Noah Preminger

July 2008-

Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, jazz saxophonist Noah Preminger has been making a name for himself in the music community. Noah's playing and his group's concepts are influenced by genres ranging from classic to contemporary jazz, from hard rock to ambient music. He has performed extensively all over the northeast at venues such as the Hi-Hat (Providence), Scullers, Jordan Hall, Ryles Jazz Club (Boston), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, Cornelia Street Cafe, Smalls Jazz Club (New York City), The Bushnell (Connecticut), Upstairs jazz club, L'absynthe (Montreal) and Twins Jazz club and Bossa Project (D.C.). Noah has had the opportunity to perform and work with Dave Liebman, John McNeil, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Dave Douglas, John Mastroianni, Joel Frahm, Dave Holland, John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Marvin Stamm, Jim McNeely, Phil Grenadier, Roscoe Mitchell, Bob Nieske, Cecil McBee, Bob Moses and others. As of recently, Noah has been an important member of other groups including his own Noah Preminger Sextet, the Dana Lauren Quintet, Low Road (with Eric Lane-pianist and Ruth Lepson-poet), the Bridget Kearney Group and the Nick Sanders Quintet. Noah earned his BM at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Noah's debut album, Dry Bridge Road, is now available on the Nowt Records label. You can purchase a copy at: http://www.nowtrecords.org/albums/noah-preminger-dry-bridge-road The band includes: Russ Johnson- trumpet, Ben Monder- guitar, Frank Kimbrough- piano, John Hebert- bass, Ted Poor- drums and Noah Preminger-saxophone. The album was produced by John McNeil and recorded at Park West Studios in New York.

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Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces

Read "Open Spaces" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
September 23, 2023

The subtitle of this album is “Folk Songs Reimagined" and Daniel Hersog uses a very liberal meaning for the term “folk song" here. He includes traditional folk songs on this album, in addition to familiar tunes by Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot and his own folk-based compositions. All are given a glistening polish in the sweeping cinematic arrangements which he writes for his orchestra, and are further enhanced by excellent solo work from a number of musicians. Hersog's ...

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Daniel Hersog: Open Spaces

Read "Open Spaces" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2023

Locked down and socially distanced during the pandemic, composer-arranger Daniel Hersog had an interesting idea: rearrange some well-known and well-loved folk songs, most with Canadian roots, for jazz orchestra and throw in a handful of his own original compositions with a folk-tune ambience. The result is Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined, the sophomore album by Hersog's Vancouver-based ensemble. As on his debut recording, Night Devoid of Stars (Cellar Music, 2020), Hersog welcomes a number of talented guest ...

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Michael Feinberg: Hard Times

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by Troy Dostert
March 22, 2022

Although the Covid pandemic has been devastating to the artistic community, and certainly jazz musicians are no exception, albums like Michael Feinberg's Hard Times point to the possibility of hopeful resilience. With a top-shelf bunch of colleagues and smart compositions with rhythmically crafty arrangements, the bassist's eighth release is a winner, with a plucky spirit and satisfying grooves in abundance. Feinberg pulled this band together in October 2020, and with folks like drummer Jeff Tain" Watts and pianist ...

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Noah Preminger: Thunda

by Mike Jurkovic
June 10, 2021

There's a fascinating, affirmative equilibrium coursing throughout Thunda that words may fall short of. It's a music of purity and wonder spoken by survivors of the oddest year. It's a broad, fearless conversation between two big thinkers and all who choose to listen in, either by accident or design. Simply stated, you'll find yourself easily lost in the tight, exquisite mazes created and crafted freely by fellow metropolitans saxophonist Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass. “Slaughter" is a ...

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Noah Preminger, Kim Cass: Thunda

Read "Thunda" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
April 19, 2021

Noah Preminger è uno di quei musicisti che amiamo definire sul crinale: molto rispettosi della tradizione, dotati di un solismo sfavillante, robusto, grammaticalmente impeccabile, rischiano di rimanere ingabbiati in un manierismo che la loro perizia strumentale e padronanza lessicale in senso lato possono arrivare persino a presupporre, trasformando il tutto in una prigione dorata quanto alla fine priva di sbocchi (quanto meno creativi). Preminger, in realtà, ci aveva regalato sempre, nei suoi svariati album ascoltati prima di ...

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Noah Preminger: Zigsaw: Music of Steve Lampert

Read "Zigsaw: Music of Steve Lampert" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
January 18, 2021

Noah Preminger prosegue nella pubblicazione di lavori estremamente interessanti, stavolta dirigendo e interpretando un'opera non sua, ma da lui commissionata al trombettista e compositore Steve Lampert—esperienze vastissime a partire da quelle giovanili con Lionel Hampton e Gerry Mulligan, fino a maturare una personale concezione dell'improvvisazione. Si tratta di un singolare brano unico, lungo oltre quarantotto minuti, fittamente strutturato, ma al tempo stesso illuminato dalle improvvisazioni dei singoli. Il titolo, Zigsaw, rimanda da un lato all'andamento zigzagante della musica, ...

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Noah Preminger: Contemptment

Read "Contemptment" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 14, 2020

If you followed saxophonist Noah Preminger's early career you might have read an interview where he revealed his fascination with boxing. The fact that he trained in the sweet science for nearly a decade while making music is evident in the pugilistic blues heard on self-released albums Pivot: Live At The 55 Bar (2015) and Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (2016). On those two recordings and Genuinity (Criss Cross, 2018), he had a perfect sparring partner in ...

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Despite setbacks, Jazz music survives and thrives in Boston

Source: Michael Ricci
January 23, 2015

Jazz has become fringe  art. Sure, Chris Botti and Diana Krall still move tickets, but the talented students pouring out of Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory face a tough economic reality: Graduates often make more money behind the counter at Starbucks than blowing their horns. But young players can take heart in an upswing in the scene. The South End's Beehive has done so well booking jazz in the past seven years, the owners opened a ...
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Event

Saxophonist Noah Preminger Celebrates Release Of New Palmetto CD "Haymaker" In Concert With Two Nights At The Jazz Standard, NYC On May 21 & 22, 2013

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 1, 2013

Noah Preminger with guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Matt Pavolka and drummer Colin Stranahan Plus special guest vocalist Alison Wedding “His sound is informed by everybody but beholden to no one. Which makes him continually unpredictable, and continually satisfying.” – Jon Garelick, The Boston Phoenix “...luxe melodic improvising... he designs a different kind of sound for each note, an individual destiny and story.” – Ben Ratliff, The New York Times Acclaimed tenor saxophonist/composer Noah Preminger celebrates the release of his third ...
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The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With the Noah Preminger Quartet

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 5, 2012

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Tkts are now ONLY $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season SUNDAY, March 11, 2012, 8:00 PM NOAH PREMINGER Quartet NOAH PREMINGER—tenor saxophone FRANK KIMBROUGH—piano CECIL MCBEE—bass ...
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Noah Preminger's "Before The Rain" Among Jazz Critics' Top CDs of 2011

Source: Scott Foster
January 14, 2012

The latest CD by the Noah Preminger Quartet, “Before The Rain" (Palmetto Records), has appeared on at least 11 best-jazz-CD lists for 2011 and has won a coveted spot on the Rhapsody Jazz Critics' Poll. The CD, which features the 25-year-old Preminger, a tenor saxophonist/composer, along with pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist John Hébert and drummer Matt Wilson, is Preminger's 2nd release as a leader, following Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), a debut that received similar accolades. Preminger is one of ...
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Noah Preminger Quartet 10/23 at the Blue Note New York

Source: Scott Foster
October 20, 2011

The Noah Preminger Quartet will perform at the Blue Note New York on October 23, 2011. Appearing with Noah Preminger, a brilliant jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and Palmetto Records artist, will be pianist Dan Tepfer, bassist John Hébert, and drummer Colin Stranahan. For this Sunday jazz brunch engagement, there are 2 sets, at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM. The Blue Note New York is at 131 W. 3rd St. in Manhattan. Reservations may be made on the Blue Note's website ...
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Radio

The Jazz Session #258: Noah Preminger

Source: AAJ Staff
April 19, 2011

Recording

Noah Preminger Plays Ballads on Tenor: "Before the Rain"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
March 24, 2011

Coltrane's Ballad album gave much credence to the idea that a cutting-edge player could still say something important within the ballad form. Since then there have been others. Young tenor saxman Noah Preminger weighs in with his own Before the Rain (Palmetto) and he does it with style. He has picked the right players for this quartet date. Frank Kimbrough, piano, John Hebert, bass, and Matt Wilson, drums, are seasoned professionals, each major players who can be expected to render ...
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Recording

Noah Preminger - Before the Rain (2011)

Source: Something Else!
January 19, 2011

By Pico In 2008, then-21 year old tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger issued his debut CD Dry Bridge Road, one that made much of an impression. Fresh out of the New England Conservatory, Dry Bridge Road racked up recognition from publications like Jazztimes, Jazz Review and the Village Voice, where it won the Jazz Critics' Poll Best Debut Of The Year. Now twenty-four, Preminger has followed up with Before The Rain, an album where he astutely avoids the dreaded sophomore slump. ...
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Noah Preminger - Before the Rain (Palmetto, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
January 6, 2011

Tipping a subtle reference to John Coltrane's hauntingly beautiful song “After the Rain," saxophonist Noah Preminger makes his Palmetto debut with a collection of well crafted performances focusing on subtle and graceful ballad playing. He is joined on this album by a classy group including Frank Kimbrough on piano, John Hebert on bass and the always interesting Matt Wilson on drums. The music the group makes is spacious and moody, with an emotionally late-night vibe of rain slicked pavement under ...
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Young Bandleader Plays, and Listens

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2009

Precocity without deference can make for a rough start in jazz. The tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger, at 23, clearly understands that: since taking his first real steps as a bandleader a couple of years ago, he has worked often with musicians of deep experience and generous judgment. Dry Bridge Road (Nowt), his auspicious debut, released last year, reflected this strategy. So, too, will a forthcoming live album, which he recorded on Sunday and Monday at the Cornelia Street Cafe. Mr. ...
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Preminger's Debut CD, Dry Bridge Road:

"More than just a promising starting point, this is a display of integrity; here’s a musician you feel you can trust... Preminger’s album “Dry Bridge Road” is unusually graceful... [he] plays with care and dry precision, dividing his time among all registers, with even tone and projection in each." - Ben Ratliff, New York Times

"Noah Preminger's impressive premiere, Dry Bridge Road, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the future of an up-and-coming artist." - Troy Collins, All About Jazz

"Preminger is a more than promising young tenor saxophonist whose cohorts on this recording debut reflect the esteem in which he is held... the unison line of Sax of a Kind with Ben Monder is immaculately played, while Preminger's solos, particularly on Where Seagulls Fly and Blues for Steve Lacey, are assured and well conceived. Tellingly, in the group improvisations that develop, Preminger sounds thoroughly at home." - Ray Comiskey, Irish Times (Dublin)