Will Be Fire now available
November 17, 2023
The debut of Fiedler’s New Quartet seeks to capture a spirit present in the late Arthur Blythe’s Columbia releases of the late ’70s and early ’80s—with a rhythm section of electric guitar, tuba and drums.
Featuring Pete McCann, Marcus Rojas and Jeff Davis.
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The Howland Sessions now available
November 4, 2022
Fiedler’s first solo trombone album, recorded in Hudson Valley historical cultural center, marks the 50th anniversary of Albert Mangelsdorff’s first solo performance at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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Fuzzy and Blue now available
November 12, 2021
Fuzzy and Blue, Fiedler’s second volume of Sesame Street songs, shines still more light on the extraordinary wit and melodic gift of the foundational Sesame Street composers Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss, among others
Featuring Jeff Lederer, Sean Conly, Michael Sarin, Steven Bernstein, and special guest Miles Griffith
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Featured in JazzTimes
September 23, 2019
Trombonist Joe Fiedler reimagines iconic tunes as the show celebrates its 50th anniversary
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The trombonist Joe Fiedler has a new album, ‘I’m In,' that captures his feeling for a rugged but jaunty experimentalism
The New York Times
With The Crab, the trombonist has made one of the small group jazz discs of the year
Village Voice
Let me sing the praises — and the chops, imagination, and creativity — of Joe Fiedler
PopMatters
Trombonist Joe Fiedler has been an MVP in configurations that range from salsa bands to the jazz avant-garde
Time Out New York
The New York Times has pinpointed a “feeling for a rugged but jaunty experimentalism” in the music of trombone veteran Joe Fiedler, a figure as esteemed in New York jazz circles as he is in the Afro-Caribbean and pop scenes. He’s an adventurous improviser and bandleader whose small-band outings include The Crab, Sacred Chome Orb, Joe Fiedler Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff, I’m In and Like, Strange. His two releases by the unique low-brass unit Big Sackbut — a trombone/tuba corollary of sorts to the World Saxophone Quartet — have also cemented Fiedler’s reputation as a musical thinker with boundless imagination.
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