Thursday, July 25, 2024
Noah Preminger was named a top artist in three categories of jazz publication DownBeat’s annual Critics Poll.
Receiving accolades in the Tenor Saxophone, Rising Star Flute, and Rising Star Arranger categories, Preminger’s wins place him alongside other acclaimed artists like Charles Lloyd, James Brandon Lewis, Anna Webber, and Lakecia Benjamin.
DownBeat is devoted to coverage, criticism, and recommendations of jazz music, and has served as the preeminent news source for jazz fans since its founding in the 1930s. The publication’s annual Critics Poll serves as an introduction to rising artists to watch and provides a timely snapshot of the current state of jazz music.
Noah Preminger
Longy Jazz and Contemporary Music faculty member and saxophonist Noah Preminger is also a two-time winner of DownBeat’s “Rising Star Best Tenor Saxophonist” award and has recorded nearly two dozen critically acclaimed albums as a band leader.
The New York Times declared of the Brooklyn-based musician: “Mr. Preminger designs a different kind of sound for each note, an individual destiny and story.”
Preminger has performed on key stages from the United States to Europe and Asia to Australia, playing and recording with the likes of Jason Moran, Dave Holland, John Patitucci, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Billy Hart, Rob Garcia, Joe Lovano, Victor Lewis, John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Cecil McBee, George Cables, and Roscoe Mitchell.
Preminger is currently recording a hip-hop album with rapper Tone860 and composer Steve Lampert, and THUNDA 2.0 with bassist Kim Cass, created partly with grant funding from New Music USA. He also expects to release a ballad record on Chill Tone Records and a Criss Cross Jazz Records quartet project over the next two years.
To see the rest of the DownBeat critics’ picks for 2024, visit https://archive.maherpublications.com/view/315898231/.