Miguel Gandelman

Miguel Gandelman.

Miguel Gandelman (Rio de Janeiro, February 18, 1983) born Miguel Costa Gandelman is a musician, composer and producer based out of Los Angeles, CA.

Early life

Miguel was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lived until high school. Son of Brazilian Saxophonist Leo Gandelman, Miguel started playing the Saxophone when he was only five years old. He spent many years travelling around the country with his family as his father toured Brazil on concerts. Miguel always had a passion for the stage and could be seen from at least 1 year of age on the stage of Brazil's major artists such as Lulu Santos^[1]. Born into a family of musicians he was raised in a world of art. His first steps were taken on stages while touring with his father and at age 7, he composed and performed his own composition for the Italian feature film "Pure Juice."^[2]

When he was 10, the Brazilian press featured him as a "rising star" and soon after, Gandelman was participating in studio recording sessions that now pay homage to some of his father’s own work as well as a myriad of other artists^[3].

Miguel won the North American Scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, when he was only a junior in high school and graduated at sixteen. At Berklee Miguel met some of the musicians who would later shape his professional circle such as Ray Monteiro^[4].

Career

After graduating, Gandelman was invited to join Monteiro in a world tour with Baby Face^[5] This is where his career took off. He then moved to California and alongside Ray, Randy Ellis and Garrett Smith, they started The Horns. The four musicians have been playing together since 2003^[6] Having continually crossed paths for a few years, Miguel and his four bandmates formed their own group, simply called The Horns, and have since gone on to play with some of biggest names in the music business including Christina Aguilera, Prince, the Jonas Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Sting; James Brown, The Black Eyed Peas, Earth, Wind and Fire, James Taylor; Babyface, Whitney Houston, B.B. King, Diana Ross, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin and Shakira^[7].

"The Horns" were featured in Christina Aguilera's "Back to Basics Tour" as well as the Jonas Brothers' World tour in 2009.

Miguel Gandelman joined "The Tonight Show Band" under the musical direction of Rickey Minor in 2010.

Gandelman, Randy Ellis, Raymond C. Monteiro and Garrett Smith make up the horn section of the "Tonight Show Band."

Gandelman lives in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^ http://vejabrasil.abril.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/editorial/m2002/sax-appeal
2. ^ http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/studio/ums1/thetonightshowwithjayleno/biographies?bio=contents/biographies/Talent%20Bios/NBC_Entertainment/TheTonightShowwithJayLeno/Gandelman_Miguel.xml
3. ^ http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/studio/ums1/thetonightshowwithjayleno/biographies?bio=contents/biographies/Talent%20Bios/NBC_Entertainment/TheTonightShowwithJayLeno/Gandelman_Miguel.xml
4. ^ http://www.berklee.edu/bt/222/la_news.html
5. ^ http://vejabrasil.abril.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/editorial/m2002/sax-appeal
6. ^ http://www.berklee.edu/bt/222/la_news.html
7. ^ http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/studio/ums1/thetonightshowwithjayleno/biographies?bio=contents/biographies/Talent%20Bios/NBC_Entertainment/TheTonightShowwithJayLeno/Gandelman_Miguel.xml

External links

• [1]
• www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/miguel-gandelman/1240219/
• www.myspace.com/mgandelman
• www.jazzreview.com/article/review-4939.html
• veja.abril.com.br/vejarj/180106/beiramar.html
• tributomichaeljackson.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/miguel-gandelman-saxofonista-ultimo-brasileno-que-toco-con-michael-jackson-revela-su-vida-musical-estaba-al-100/
• jonasbrothersfp.blogs.sapo.pt/683331.html

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