Results for "Ed Neumeister"

Close Your Eyes: Celebrating Bernice Petkere

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 24, 2020

Included are new releases from the Maria Schneider Orchestra, pianist Nicole Zuraitis, vocal artist Jay Clayton and DuoTrio led by trumpeter Daniel Nissenbaum, with birthday shoutouts to Bernice Petkere (Close Your Eyes, Lullaby of the Leaves), George Shearing, Bill Evans, Cyrille Aimee, Pat Metheny, Lorraine Desmarais, Mary Stallings, Fostina Dixon and more. Thanks for listening and ...

Ed Neumeister

Performed for 15 years with Duke Ellington Orchestra, 19 years with Mel Lewis Big Band, becoming the multi Grammy-nominated Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Also performed with Jerry Garcia, Gerry Mulligan, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn, and with New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Ballet. Works extensively in Europe, including Netherlands’ Metropol Jazz Orchestra, Budapest Jazz Orchestra, was Professor of Jazz Trombone at the University of the Performing Arts, Graz Austria from 1999 - 2017. Active in film music, orchestrated for such films as Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Dark Knight and the 2012 Academy Awards.

Don't miss the 13tet In Concert at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York on May 19th

May 3, 2019

13tet is a group of seasoned New York jazz players, playing charts that let them blow! Smaller and leaner than the usual big band, 13tet emphasizes the players as soloists and personalities, with arrangements rooted in the big band tradition but brought into the 21st Century. It’s hard-driving jazz that explores interesting textures and meters- as ...

Wake Up Call

By Ed Neumeister

Label: MeisteroMusic Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Birds of Prey; Dog Play; New Groove; Reflection; Deliberation; Locomotion; Processize; Wake Up Call.

Ed Neumeister & His NeuHat Ensemble: Wake Up Call

by Jack Bowers
June 27, 2017

If you are one of those restless wanderers who is searching high and low for easy listening, look elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you are drawn to music that is more or less off the beaten path and challenges your mind and spirit, composer / arranger / trombonist Ed Neumeister's new album may well serve ...

Ed Neumeister: Suite Ellington

by Dan McClenaghan
November 28, 2016

Trombonist Ed Neumeister opened his excellent quartet outing, New Standards (Meistero Music, 2005) with an energized take Duke Ellington's signature tune, “Take The 'A' Train." It was apparent that he had a way with Duke's music. A quick dip into Neumeister's resume finds that he played in Duke Ellington's Orchestra for sixteen years, post-Duke, when the ...

Ed Neumeister: Suite Ellington

by Karl Ackermann
June 26, 2016

A complete summary of trombonist Ed Neumeister's musical career would date back to his pre-school years. Initially a regular fixture on the San Francisco circuit, he later immersed himself in the New York jazz scene dividing almost thirty-five years between the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Mel Lewis Big Band. His additional experiences with classical orchestras ...

Ed Neumeister (All Star) Quintet at Vitello's September 9

August 17, 2010

Veteran cutting edge composer, arranger, trombonist Ed Neumeister brings his newest quintet into Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club on September 9th. Featuring: Bob Mintzer—saxes, Peter Erskine—dr, John Beasley—pno, Edwin Livingston—bs Neumeister has picked the right people for this gig. He called the players first and then found an available date, rather than getting a date and ...

Ed Neumeister: Reflection

by Budd Kopman
October 30, 2006

I am embarrassed to say that Ed Neumeister is a new name to me, since he is a master trombonist who plays the instrument with a tone and facility that almost belies its membership in the brass family. Neumeister is a veteran of many large groups, including Mel Lewis' big band, the Vanguard ...

The Neal Kirkwood Octet - Baghdad by the bay

By Neal Kirkwood

Label: Self Produced
Released: 1996
Track listing: Baghdad By The Bay; Portrait Of Pony Poindexter; Portrait Of Sidney Bechet; The Dog Who Smokes; Passion Flower; Bye Ya; Ghost Shadows; The Dream; Gemarek's Tango; Chopin's Waterloo