גיטריסט, מלחין , מפיק ומחנך, בוגר ברקלי קולג' אוף מיוזיק. מורדי ניגן והקליט עם מייקל ברקר, ג'ק דג'ונט, אדי גומז, פיטר ארסקין, ג'ורג גרזון , בוב מינצר, ריצ'רד בונה, ריצ´י ביירק ועוד רבים. הוציא 5 אלבומים כמוביל הרכב בחברות Enja, Half Note, BFM and CBS Europe Record labels.
Mordy Ferber is an exquisite jazz musician whose compositions and performances have brought jazz into the 21st century.
He effortlessly blends intricate melodies with stunning guitar-playing and musicianship and most importantly has developed a sound of his own. In a recent book by journalist and Jazz Historian Scott Yanow,
Mordy was included in the list of 350 of the greatest Jazz Guitarists of all time in the book "The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide".
At the age of 18, Mordy joined the Israeli army, he toured the country as part of the military’s entertainment unit giving concerts to other soldiers in remote areas both inside and out of the country. During this time, Mordy began earning a strong reputation as a guitarist and upon his completion of service, Mordy quickly became one of Israel’s top musicians, performing and recording on numerous records for CBS (Sony) with singers like Arik Ainstain, Shlomo Artzi, Shem Tov Levi, Shlomo Gronich, Yoni Rechter, Estar Ofarim Miki Gavrielov and Norit Galron, appearing regularly on radio and television shows.
At 23, Mordy was the first Israeli musician to receive a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston and immigrated to the United States. He graduated in 1987 with full honors and received the prestigious Jim Hall award for outstanding musicianship.
Mordy has thirty years of teaching experience at such prestigious institutions as New York University, Berklee College of Music in Boston, the New School University, American Institute for Guitar and the Sam Ash Institute in New York City. He is highly sought after for his private instruction and has taught master classes in improvisation technique, harmony and composition all over the world. Mordy is regularly commissioned to write music for television and film and his work has been used widely in shows such as the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Jack Ass, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Guilty on HBO, Fresh Prince, Bay Watch, Felicity, Chris Rock Special on HBO, Everybody Loves Raymond, Veronica’s Closet, the VH1 Fashion Award Show, the Grammy Awards promo, and on many other
Mordy Ferber has performed and recorded with artists including Michael Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Gomez, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman, Miroslav Vitous, Jeff Berlin, Danny Gottlieb, Chester Thompson, Bob Moses, Richie Beirach, Richard Bona, George Garzone, Jack Bruce, Will Lee, Larry Coryell, Adam Nussbaum and Billy Hart, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins,
He has recorded 5 albums as a leader on the Enja, Half Note and CBS Europe Record label.
saxophonist David Liebman, describes notes "Mordy is a wonderful musician who digs deep in his writing and playing with a clear sense of communicating to the listener." Ferber has also received praise from iconic drummer Jack DeJohnette, "I love his sound and his feeling. He writes beautiful compositions. Mordy is committed to the highest level of quality and creativity. He is not afraid to take risks."
My most engraved Mordy Ferber memory as an improvising musician was when I heard him in California with Danny Gottlieb and Jeff Berlin. Mordy's playing was hard-edged, avant-garde,
don't give-a damn-about convention, and rhythmically on fire. This is the spirit of what I like best about Mordy–he chooses hip scale-dissonance coupled with a rebellious freedom that reveals the pure joy of improvisation.
As A composer, Mordy shows another side, a more abstract, melodic, original, out-of -the-mainstream approach to jazz and that's the Mordy Ferber to whom no-one else can compare…
(Larry Coryell)
on Reflection, Mordy Ferber has proven himself to be absolutely chameleonic on guitar, composing and playing pieces as varied and emotionally magnetic as the breadth of his experiences and talent allow.
(EJazz News)
"On Reflection, Mordy Ferber provides reason to make sure he’s included in the lists of jazz guitarists who not only have developed sounds of their own through deep personal experience and technical mastery,
but also who have shown sufficient compositional imagination to make their own statement."
jazz review
"Add Mordy Ferber to the list of notable guitarists in the jazz world today. This Israeli-born sensation displays readily apparent technical fortitude and, more importantly,
a confident sense of when and how to flex his talent. Ferber is a player of considerable promise who blends irreverent energies and an angular, dare we say European?, harmonic sense into an overall jazz sans frontiers."
(Jazziz)
"New York guitarist-composer, Mordy Ferber, is a powerful, contemporary guitarist with an attitude, energy, and a pluck all his own. And with a batch of riveting originals and plenty of zing per string, Ferber is clearly his own man."
(Jazz Times)
"Ferber’s Mr. X makes manifest his deep commitment and his firm attitudes towards his music. The compositional lines are strong; the ballads are fresh; and, the guitar work throughout is outstanding."
(The Jerusalem Post)
כמה קליפים מעולם הג׳אז של מורדי
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDRfOAxtJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIdtEN9tiiM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kiILquP3Xo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZR5NUmaEg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KxDSyrgg4A
דוגמאות – על קצה המזלג-קליפים בישראל 1980/81 עם אריק איינשטיין, שם טוב לוי ואודיו עם שלמה ארצי ושלמה גרוניך
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGcl-BwVKgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_QYNxq8-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIwWmQuuwAk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZwF6sJwiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3-46dAqwo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwFSAiUhihY
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