Miguel Gandelman
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Miguel Gandelman born Miguel Costa Gandelman is a musician, composer and producer based out of Los Angeles
, CA.
, 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
. 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."
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.
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.
and alongside Ray, Randy Ellis and Garrett Smith, they started The Horns. The four musicians have been playing together since 2003 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
.
"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.
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CA.
Early life
Miguel was born in Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, where he lived until high school. Son of Brazilian Saxophonist Leo Gandelman
Léo Gandelman
Léonardo Gandelman is a Brazilian saxophonist, composer and producer. He has played with Lulu Santos, and guest appeared in Titãs' single "Televisão"...
, 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
Lulu Santos
Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, considered one of the great names of Brazilian rock.- Career :...
. 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."
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.
Miguel won the North American Scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, 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.
Career
After graduating, Gandelman was invited to join Monteiro in a world tour with Baby Face This is where his career took off. He then moved to CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and alongside Ray, Randy Ellis and Garrett Smith, they started The Horns. The four musicians have been playing together since 2003 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
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
, Prince
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
, the Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
, Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
, Sting; James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
, Earth, Wind and Fire, James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
; Babyface, Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
, B.B. King, Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
, Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
, Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
, John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
, Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place...
, Patti Labelle
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
and Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
.
"The Horns" were featured in Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
's "Back to Basics Tour
Back to Basics Tour
The Back to Basics Tour was the fourth concert tour by American recording artist Christina Aguilera. The tour supported her third studio album Back to Basics. It grossed over $90 million worldwide with 82 shows...
" as well as the Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
' World tour in 2009.
Miguel Gandelman joined "The Tonight Show Band
The Tonight Show Band
The Tonight Show Band is the band which plays on the American television variety show, The Tonight Show. From 1962 to the 1990s, during the years the show was known as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the band was a 17-piece Big Band, and was an important outlet for jazz on American...
" under the musical direction of Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor is a music director, composer and music producer, now best known as musical director and bandleader for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after Kevin Eubanks left. Minor was born in Monroe, Louisiana to parents Cole and Goldie Minor and was raised in South Central Los Angeles, CA...
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.
External links
- http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/studio/ums1/thetonightshowwithjayleno/biographies?bio=contents/biographies/Talent%20Bios/NBC_Entertainment/TheTonightShowwithJayLeno/Gandelman_Miguel.xml
- 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