Photo by Dasha Dare
Noah Garabedian - bass
David Leon - saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Carmen Staaf - piano
Angus Mason - drums
Bass player and composer Noah Garabedian brings his quintet to the Jazz Gallery tonight to present all new music for his 2025 New Jazz Works Grant from Chamber Music America. Additionally, he is a 2022 Calouste Gulbenkian In View Grant recipient; 2021 Fellow for Creative Armenia; 2022 and 2016 Fulbright Specialist Grant recipient; 2011 ISB Double Bass Competition finalist.
Noah holds a BA in Ethnomusicology from The University of California Los Angeles and a Master's of Music Performance from New York University. He has performed and toured with numerous artists including Ravi Coltrane, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Andy Milne, Edu Ribeiro, and Kris Davis. He is a two-time Arts Envoy Grant recipient with the US State Department where he performed and taught throughout Asia and the Middle East.
As a composer and bandleader Noah released his latest quartet album, "Quartets and Solos,” was released on September 19, 2025 on Contagious Music. He was the music director for the dance show Rhythm Is Life, choreographed by Dormeshia, and is also a part of the collective trio, Ember.
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