Artist · Clarinet
Oscar Noriega
Biography
Oscar Noriega is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Brooklyn, where he has lived since 1992. He plays alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet and drums.
His collaborators have included Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman and Paul Motian. His projects include Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, Endangered Blood with Chris Speed, Jim Black and Trevor Dunn, and Banda de los Muertos, co-led with Jacob Garchik and inspired by Mexican brass-band music. On Norwegian Landscapes, he joins the Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio and DJ Olive, playing B-flat clarinet and bass clarinet.