Scott Feiner’s musical story is not a common one. A native of New York City, Feiner received a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies/Guitar at the Hartt School of Music, where he learned about jazz history from the legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean. However, in 1995 Feiner put the guitar down and spent several years away from the music scene until moving to Rio de Janeiro in 2001 to study the pandeiro, a Brazilian hand drum, and Brazilian music in general. It is Feiner’s innovative mixture of the pandeiro with jazz, however, that has recently received the most attention. This project was first documented on Pandeiro Jazz, recorded in New York City in 2005 and released in 2006 by the Brazilian label Delira Música. Not only is he an American pandeiro player, but he has also found a way to introduce this Brazilian instrument to the world of jazz in a highly personal way.
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