Jazz Articles about Idit Shner

Idit Shner: Infinite Possibilities

by Jane Kozhevnikova
August 2, 2022

Idit Shner, a saxophonist from Israel based in Eugene, Oregon, has a wide range of musical influences in the projects she has recorded. Her albums have been published on OA2 Records and Origin Classical and have something to offer for any listener. Grounded in the jazz traditions, she has kept reinventing herself musically, so that she has always something to say, as an artist. On top of being a brilliant saxophonist, educator, and composer, Shner is a caring ...

Idit Shner: Live at the Jazz Station

by Jack Bowers
March 17, 2021

Alto saxophonist Idit Shner is a professor of saxophone and jazz studies at the University of Oregon. On Live at the Jazz Station, she offers her students (and others) a master class in how to translate academic theory into performance art—and she does it live, without a net, at Portland's Jazz Station. The album's opening track, the Jerome Kern standard “Yesterdays," is more exploratory than illustrative, with Shner's alto guardedly encircling its strong melodic line while pianist ...

Idit Shner: Tuesday's Blues

by C. Michael Bailey
January 9, 2009

Dr. Idit Shner is a smart one. Currently instructor of saxophone and Jazz Studies at the University of Oregon, Shner was awarded her doctorate in saxophone performance within jazz studies from North Texas State after studying at the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University. Coming from those friendly confines, one might assume Shner the second coming of the Texas Tenor, but one would be wrong.

A native of Israel, Shner performed in the Israeli Air Force Band in ...