Jazz Articles about Jenny Scheinman

About Jenny Scheinman

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Jenny Scheinman: Rural Roots Join Eclectic Creativity

by Stephen Braunginn
May 23, 2026

Violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman joins Strictly Jazz Sounds to discuss All Species Parade, her 2024 release on Royal Potato Family. Inspired by her return to Humboldt County, California, the album reflects her deep connection to landscape, ecology, community, and collective listening. Scheinman talks about growing up off-grid, shaping a musical voice rooted in lyricism rather than virtuosity, and writing for collaborators including Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, and Nels Cline. The episode explores how jazz can model trust, individuality, and ...

Album Review

Bill Frisell: In My Dreams

Read "In My Dreams" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
February 18, 2026

At the opening of Beautiful Dreamer, Bill Frisell's biographer, Philip Watson, recounts a formative dream Bill Frisell once had--an experience the guitarist has said permanently altered the way he thinks about sound, color, and the nature of “real music." In the dream, Frisell enters a dark building, climbs into a vast library, and encounters hooded, monklike figures gathered around a table. “We want to show you what things really are," they tell him. First, they reveal “what colors really look ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jenny Scheinman: A Violin In The Wild

by Lawrence Peryer
March 16, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines On violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman.Jenny Scheinman grew up on California's remote Lost Coast, and now she brings us music that captures the wild beauty of her roots. Her double album All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family, 2024), brings together jazz and folk to create something wholly original that feels like the natural world itself.With a dream team of collaborators including Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, and Julian Lage on guitars, Jenny's violin ...

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Meet Jenny Scheinman

by Cheryl K.
January 12, 2025

In this hour, an interview with violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman. Her release of last year on Royal Potato Family is titled All Species Parade. Scheinman appears during this year's Winter Jazzfest, scheduled at various locations in NYC. Playlist Dennis Mitcheltree “911" from Nevermind the Circus (Dengor Music) 6:27 Jessica Jones Quartet “Little Melonae" from Edible Flowers (Reva) 7:50 Jenny Scheinman “The Cape" from All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family) 4:13 Jenny Scheinman “House of Flowers" from All ...

Interview

Jenny Scheinman Brings the Experience of Awe

by Dean Nardi
November 20, 2024

Play your violin for us like that wild, joyful hippie girl. You who look as if you might have come from the steppes of Russia instead of the Lost Coast, a remote region of northern California prone to earthquakes and mudslides. You who galloped into school on a snorting mare, its hair used to string the bow you wave before grabbing the violin as if it were a chicken running around the coop. Roll your perpetually startled eyes at it, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Mark Masters, Devin Gray, Andrew Vogt & Jenny Scheinman

by Joe Dimino
November 3, 2024

Welcome to the 878th episode of Neon Jazz, where the sounds of jazz legends and fresh talent collide. We kick things off with veteran, award-winning artist Jenny Scheinman, delivering the rousing “Shutdown Stomp" from her brand-new 2024 release, All Species Parade. Next, we dive into new material from her frequent collaborator, guitar virtuoso Bill Frisell, with tracks from his latest album, Breaking the Shell. From there, a lineup of jazz stalwarts lights up the playlist: Devin Gray, Andrew Vogt, Amanda ...

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Scheinman, Gray, Hargrove, Wellins & More

by Bob Osborne
October 17, 2024

There are all new releases on this edition with the standout album being from violinist Jenny Scheinman bringing together an A-List band for some outstanding music. There is previously unheard music from 1979 and 1998 as well as up to date music from USA, Canada, Japan and Ukraine.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Jenny Scheinman “Nocturne For 2020" from All Species Parade (Royalty Potato Family) 00:30 Devin Gray “Melt All The Guns" from Melt All The Guns II (Rataplan Records) ...