Masterclass Jazz-Komposition mit Noam Wiesenberg

Composing using the “hook”. What it means, and how to use it as a tool to develop your ideas

Noam Wiesenberg
Curiosity and intention-guided nuance pervade Noam Wiesenberg’s expression. The bass player and composer creates dimension in the spaces he leaves as well as those he fills.
Wiesenberg has spent the past decade collaborating on stage and in the studio, interpreting a range of live music from such diverse artists as Jeff “Tain” Watts, Antonio Sanchez, Melissa Aldana, Billy Hart, Ari Hoenig, Chano Dominguez, Seamus Blake, Miguel Zenon, Immanuel Wilkins, Shai Maestro and many more. An orchestral frontiersman, he has composed critically acclaimed arrangements for Camila Meza’s Ámbar (Sony Masterworks, 2019), Ari Hoenig’s Nonet and multiple arrangements for the Metropole Orkest.
In 2018, the Tel Aviv native released his long-awaited debut recording Roads Diverge to effusive praise from peers and critics. “Being about the power of choice and making choices, Roads Diverge shows enough assertiveness for us to conclude that Wiesenberg has made the right ones,” says JazzTrail’s Filipe Freitas.
In November 2023, Wiesenberg will release his much anticipated sophomore album NeoNomadic on La Reserve Records, which will include Philip Dizack (Trumpet), Charles Altura (Guitar), Michael King (Piano), Kush Abadey (Drums) and special guest Melissa Aldana (Tenor Saxophone).
Wiesenberg has performed across the world as a leader and highly sought collaborator, appearing at both cutting-edge venues and mainstay institutions, including the Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jazz Station in Belgium, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Jazz Dock in Prague, Jazz in Marciac, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, Blue Note Tokyo, The Cotton Club Japan, Small’s Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz & Supper Club, Le Poisson Rouge and Joe’s Pub. Festival hits include Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, SFJazz Festival and Vitoria Jazz Festival.
Technical mastery and a sharpening palate for spontaneity-driven composition and orchestration earned Wiesenberg a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a Performance degree in 2010 and a masters degree from Queens College of Music in composition. Since then, artistic peers and collaborators have returned to Wiesenberg again and again for his dual sense of understanding where the music wants to go and creating vessels for interpreting the journey.