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Maria Schneider: Concert In The Garden

Read "Concert In The Garden" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
August 25, 2004

With her new release, the magnificent Concert In The Garden , composer-arranger Maria Schneider has taken very real artistic and commercial risks. She has produced the CD herself, and has authorized a limited release, available only from her website. She has taken complete artistic and financial control of her music, with all the uncertainties inherent therein. ...

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Maria Schneider Orchestra: Concert in the Garden

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by Dan McClenaghan
July 6, 2004

Composer/arranger Maria Schneider, at the helm of her seventeen-piece orchestra, soars back and forth over the blurry line that separates classical music and jazz on Concert in the Garden , her first CD offering since 2000's Grammy-nominated Allegresse.With Schneider's compositions, movement seems always a theme. From her gravity-defying “Hang Gliding" on Allegresse to her ...

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Meet Terri Lyne Carrington

by Craig Jolley
March 1, 2002

Drummer/composer Terri Lyne Carrington found her voice early. Unlike other child prodigies, she was not transfixed by her early success and has continued to grow musically. Besides her brilliance as a drummer she is now established as a bandleader and producer. She records and tours with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and many others. New ...

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Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder

by Phil DiPietro
January 1, 2002

With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...

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The Maria Schneider Orchestra: Allegresse

Read "Allegresse" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2001

There are no liner notes in the booklet accompanying the latest release by the Maria Schneider Orchestra, but there are five candid close'ups of Schneider conducting, and another photograph on the front cover in which she is seen holding a white rose to her face. So exactly what is being promoted here? Leaving the rhetorical question ...

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Allegresse

By Maria Schneider

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Hang Gliding; Nocturne; Allegresse; Dissolution; Journey Home; Sea Of Tranquility.

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Maria Schneider: Allegresse

Read "Allegresse" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 1, 2000

Few would debate composer/arranger and big band leader, Maria Schneider's significance to the world of jazz. A true stylist who possesses a gifted ear, an equally impressive pen and a penchant for extracting the very best out of her band mates, Schneider has three recordings to her credit which includes this highly anticipated new release, titled ...

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