A very special experience this week playing the music of Charlie Mingus w Harry Skoler, Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, Jonathan Blake and Nicholas Payton. Working with musicians of that caliber was hugely inspiring and gave me a big push. They were also hilarious! It was doubly great cause my string buddies Tomoko Omura, Megan Weeder Gould, and Karen Waltuch were there. Incredible string arrangements were by our dear Fabian Almazan and new friend Darcy James Argue. Tracked live by producer Walter Smith III at Sear Sound. Amazing music with amazing people.

Stay well,

Noah

Williamsburg Brooklyn

Brooklyn Love. Recording at the incredible Bunker Studios this week and taking a quick walk-break. Love the Brooklyn sights and sounds. Music of the wonderful Jazz pianist and vocalist Mavis Pan with great strings by Grammy winning composer-arranger Michael Patterson. So good to be back making music with real live human beings again…..

Hello Friends!

I hope you’re doing well and enjoying a Spring renewal. Hopefully going forward we can make choices that create a better future for us all, caring for our world and every being within it. Our thoughts and prayers matter too.

A lot of change is in the air! I spent 12 days in L.A., working on 2 great projects. I look forward to sharing them with you soon. (See cactus above for flavor).

I recorded solo cello for a beautiful album of music for strings by Bryan Senti. Bryan and I met in 2018 while recording his score for Experimenter, with Winona Ryder and Ewan McCregor. A cool film!

Some images from the studio this month- that's Bryan to my right, and multi Grammy-winning engineer Justin Moskevich just below him.

And I was honored to film pieces by composer and synth wizard Peter Adams. Peter is a true artist who's creation captures the emotional experience of this year, both its challenges and its promises. The album is exquisite. The film was shot by a great crew in a beautiful outdoor setting.

But now, watch a video below of our submission for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest!

Stay well everyone.

With thanks and love,

Noah