Originally from
Rishon LeZion,
Israel, Noy began performing in
Tel Aviv at a young age, and by his early twenties, was working regularly as a studio musician. He was also part of the house band on the popular television show
Rashut Habidur (
The Entertainment Authority), hosted by
Dudu Topaz. He relocated to New York City in 1996 and soon began attracting notice from established jazz musicians, including
Will Lee and
Anton Fig, the rhythm section from the
CBS Late Show band. He developed a reputation for a progressive and iconoclastic guitar style, and became a fixture in the city's instrumental scene, maintaining weekly residency at Greenwich Village's
The Bitter End and appearing frequently across the downtown jazz-fusion circuit. It was at The Bitter End that Noy recorded his debut album,
Oz Live (2003), over the course of three nights. The album featured alternating trio lineups with bassists Will Lee,
James Genus, and
Reggie Washington, and drummers Anton Fig and
Keith Carlock. The debut was met with critical acclaim, and was followed by his first studio album,
Ha! (2005), which featured a guest appearance by guitarist
Mike Stern. Noy promoted the release with a headlining performance at
Iridium Jazz Club, a venue he has frequented since. He released two more albums on Magna Carta Records:
Fuzzy (2007) and
Schizophrenic (2009) and in 2011, he joined Abstract Logix, beginning with
Twisted Blues Vol. 1. After a series of releases, Noy's eleventh album,
Triple Play (2023), was recorded live at Stages Music Arts in
Maryland with
Jimmy Haslip and
Dennis Chambers. In 2024, he debuted on the Criss Cross Jazz label with
Fun One, an album combining jazz standards and original compositions arranged for a straight-ahead jazz quartet. As a session and touring guitarist, Noy has performed or recorded with artists such as [Vinnie Colaiuta], [Dave Weckl],
Gavin DeGraw,
Clay Aiken,
Roger Glover,
Idina Menzel,
Cyndi Lauper,
Harry Belafonte,
Toni Braxton,
Al Kooper, and
Eric Revis—
The New York Times described Noy’s “barbed-wire electric guitar” on Revis’s 2004 album
Tales of the Stuttering Mime as evoking the raw edge of
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