Nir Felder at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

About

Within the playing of guitarist Nir Felder you can hear the strains of many influences, from Jimi Hendrix to John Coltrane and many points in-between. After formative gigs with Esperanza Spalding and Terry Lynne Carrington, the Berklee College of Music grad released Golden Age, his debut as a bandleader, in 2014. The album’s original compositions deal with the themes of political, cultural and technological upheaval and blur the lines between jazz, rock and hip-hop. Despite being wide-ranging in influence, the album retains a pensive and thoughtful tone throughout, with plenty of sonic twists and turns that thrill.