Rhythm Heritage Victor Feldman’s Generation Band The Miles Davis Quintet Les Brown And His Band Of Renown The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Woody Herman And His Orchestra Shelly Manne & His Men Gerald Wilson Orchestra Henry Mancini And His Orchestra The L.A. Express Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars Woody Herman’s Big New Herd Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova Allstars Pepper Adams Quintet Woody Herman And The Swingin’ Herd The Tommy Vig Orchestra Leroy Vinnegar Sextet Bill Perkins Quintet The Victor Feldman All-Stars Marty Paich Big Band Woody Herman Band The Victor Feldman Quartet Woody Herman And The Fourth Herd Leroy Vinnegar Quintet J.J. Johnson Quartet The Buddy DeFranco Septette Marty Paich And His Jazz Piano Quartet The Mariano-Dodgion Sextet The Victor Feldman Trio Ronnie Ball Quartet Barney Kessel And His Men Ben Tucker And His Quintet The Ronnie Scott Boptet Victor Feldman Septet Victor Feldman Modern Jazz Quartet Buddy DeFranco And The All-Stars Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble Johnny Dankworth’s Cool Britons Herb Geller Quintet Victor Feldman Nine-Tet Stan Getz Septet Woody Herman And The Swingin’ Herd Victor Feldman Quintet
ex The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra, Ronnie Scott’s Quintet, Ralph Sharon Sextet
ex The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra, Ronnie Scott’s Quintet, Ralph Sharon Sextet
English jazz musician who played vibraphone, keyboards, drums, piano and other assorted percussion instruments.He was also a songwriter, composer and arranger of popular music.
Born 7 April 1934 in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK - died 12 May 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Father of jazz drummer Trevor Feldman and jazz bassist Jake Feldman and producer/manager Joshua Derek Feldman.
He began performing professionally at the age of seven on drums, adding piano at nine and vibes at fourteen. He was considered a musical prodigy and eventually earned acclaim in the UK jazz scene as an adult. Feldman immigrated to the United States in the mid-1950’s, where he continued working in jazz and also as a session musician with a variety of pop and rock performers.
He charted with his Victor Feldman Quartet in 1962 with A Taste of Honey, it rose to #88 on the U.S. charts. He left the jazz field for a more financially sound career in the recording studios and the world of popular music, including writing for Joni Mitchell and Steely Dan, primarily between the years 1965-85.
