Jeremy Bleich incorporates a wide palette of culture, ancient and modern instruments, traditions and forms
as well as electronic manipulation into the creative process of composing, performing and recording music.
His approach to the electric bass and the oud have earned him a reputation internationally as an innovator,
and his compositions have been featured in a large range of genres and venues.
Jeremy is focused on producing music that captures the essence and meaning behind the process of
creating it. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is involved with presenting new music, as well as
composing and teaching. He holds a degree in music composition from Cleveland State University.

Jeremy is a member of the critically acclaimed group birth and has performed and/or recorded with
Coung Vu (Pat Metheny Group), Joe Maneri, Jeff Coffen (Bela Fleck), Chris Jonas, Carmen Castaldi
(Joe Lovano), Joe Tomino (birth, dub trio), Kevin McCarthy and Nashville songwriters Rick Elias (Ragamuffins)
and Jason White. He has played the oud in collaboration w/ Mustafa Stephan Dill (SAMA trio),
Andrew Stoltz (laptop musician/composer), and Zevk ensemble (sufi illahis).

He has recorded for MCA Records, Hopscotch Records, High Mayhem and INS labels.

Jeremy teaches at the College of Santa Fe, for Artworks (Santa Fe Arts Commision), and develops
Operettas for children through The Santa Fe Opera.

Jeremy composed and performed music for Wise Fool New Mexico's annual Circus Luminous at the
Lensic performing arts center, (2007-2009) and composed music for Wise Fool's
"Coup de Circ: A Revolution in One Ring". which toured Canada in April 2009.

A partial list of compositions include:
Six pieces for orchestra premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony (1990-94), a progressive
study of etudes for the guitar (1993), A string orchestra piece read by the Santa Fe Community
Orchestra (2009), and a variety of compositons for jazz ensemble, solo bass, music for critically
aclaimed avant-garde group "birth", and various ensembles including Santa Fe based
balkan/middle-eastern ensemble Medjool (2008). Jeremy also contributed music to the 2009
documenty "Split Estate".

Partial list of performance venues include:

North America:
The Knitting Factory (NYC), Tonic (NYC),The Empty Bottle (Chicago), Wesleyan University,
The California Institute of the Arts (L.A.), Plan B (Santa Fe, NM).

Internationally:
Teatro Fondamenta Nuove (Venice, Italy), Cafe Damberd (Gent, Belgium),
Visiones Festival (Mexico City, Mexico).

please visit the events page to see what's next!




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“Jeremy Bleich’s free-jazz shredding and spooky low-string grooves give weight
to this fearless bass/drums/sax trio’s stream of consciousness
explorations.” - Bass Player Magazine


 

on eftah: “eftah was the one work on the program that seemed to
fufill the NWEAMO mission of uniting the avant garde with popular music.
jeremy bleich nimbly performed a series of ralph-towner-esque licks on the
oud, which were processed and accompanied by stoltz’s laptop, at times
laying down a thick modal carpet of sustained tones, at others gentle
ripplings of processed notes….” – Christian Hertzog for sandiego.com


                                                                                                                                            


on birth: “awesome and magnificent“. – Wire (U.K.)



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Jeremy is currently working on a full length studio disk for the Infinite Number of Sounds label. Using recordings made in NYC, Santa Fe, Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix and Bisbee, it includes several musicians performing in a variety of ensembles and involves quite a bit of post production and editing to create the final pieces. .... .  .  . ....

 

 

Other projects:eftah (oud+digital audio w/ andrew stoltz)
the brilliant Dullards (elegant art country experimental)
daya (oud+tabla/harmonium/frame drum w/ brook martinez)
Kevin McCarthy (sanfran singer sonwriter)
Rrake (10 piece ensemble led by chris jonas)
Mjane (with Molly Sturges)
Medjool (middle-eastern balkan quintet)
Trio Andaluze (w/ Meagen Chandler and Gregory Gutin)
the shmarms (sampler duo w/ joe tomino)
beautiful loser (instrumental avant/world/pop trio)
second wind (nyc based trio w/ michael gamble & joe tomino)


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