Hailey Niswanger
Hailey Niswanger (born February 12, 1990 in Houston ) is an American musician ( alto and soprano saxophone , flute , composition ) of modern jazz .
Live and act
Hailey Niswanger grew up in Portland, Oregon, and graduated in late 2011 with a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. At the age of 19 she won the Mary Lou Williams Saxophone Competition. She then lived in Brooklyn, New York for seven years before moving to Los Angeles. She entered so far with musicians such as Esperanza Spalding , Terri Lyne Carrington ( The Mosaic Project ), Harvey Mason , Wolff & Clark Expedition and Ralph Peterson Jr. on. She also led her own bands with which she performed at numerous jazz festivals. Hailey was also a guest soloist with the Soul Rebels Brass Band and performed with Demi Lovato on Saturday Night Live and with the noise pop duo Sleigh Bells on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and on David Letterman's Late Show . So far she has released three albums under her own name, Confeddie (2009), The Keeper (2012) and PDX Soul (2015).
In 2016, Hailey founded the formation MAE.SUN , with which she plays her own compositions and performed in the New York area. She toured the US West Coast with the group, performed at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest and performed live on WBGO's The Checkout . The band includes Nikara Warren on vibraphone, Axel Laugart (piano), Andrew Renfroe (guitar), Aaron Liao on bass and David Frazier Jr. on drums. The debut album Vol. 1: Inter-be was released in 2017, followed by Vol. 2: Into the Flow (2019). In the field of jazz, she was involved in several recording sessions between 2008 and 2018, according to Tom Lord . Hailey was listed in the Down Beat Critic Survey in the Rising Star category for alto and soprano saxophone for seven consecutive years .
Discographic notes
- Confeddie (2009), with Michael Palma, Greg Chaplin, Mark Whitfield Jr.
- The Keeper (2012), with Darren Barrett , Takeshi Ohbayashi , Max Moran , Mark Whitfield, Jr.
- PDX Soul (2015)
Web links
- Web presence
- Hailey Niswanger at Allmusic (English)
- Hailey Niswanger at Discogs (English)
- Niswanger Hailey Niswanger at SoundCloud
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeff Tamarkin: Hailey Niswanger: The Healing Has Begun. JazzTimes, April 29, 2020, accessed March 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 1, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niswanger, Hailey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (saxophone, flute, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston |