Maria Schneider

Born: November 27

Maria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, imaginative, revelatory, riveting, daring, and beyond categorization.” Blurring the lines between genres, her varied commissioners stretch from Jazz at Lincoln Center, to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, to the American Dance Festival, and include collaboration with David Bowie. She is among a small few to receive GRAMMYS in multiple genres, having received the award in jazz and classical, as well as for her work with David Bowie.

With her first recording, Evanescence (1994), Schneider began developing her personal way of writing for her 18-member collective made up of many of the finest musicians in jazz today, tailoring her compositions to the uniquely creative voices of the group. They have performed at festivals and concert halls worldwide, and she herself has received numerous commissions and guest-conducting invites, working with over 90 groups in over 30 countries.

Loke Risberg: Solo

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 9, 2025

Abbinando brani suoi (per lo pi��) e di altri (fra cui Bach e Berg), in questo album inciso nell'ottobre 2022 ma uscito solo di recente Loke Risberg, al secolo Eva Susanna Linn��a Risberg, chitarrista svedese (quasi) trentacinquenne, gi�� a fianco, fra gli altri, di Maria Schneider e Mats Gustafsson, approda alla formula del solo, sfoggiando una ...

Kenneth Dahl Knudsen: Beyond 'Sound American' �C Crafting a Nordic Jazz Identity

by Ieva Pakalniskyte
September 4, 2025

What does finding an authentic musical voice in a genre so deeply connected to history and geography mean? The answer for Danish double bassist, composer, and educator Kenneth Dahl Knudsen is to transcend limitation and let identity shape the sound. A restless presence on the European jazz scene, Knudsen has resisted the pressure to ...

Ryan Keberle & Collectiv do Brasil: Choro das Aguas

by Katchie Cartwright
August 14, 2025

Ryan Keberle began to study music at age four in Spokane, first at the piano with his mother, Ann, followed by Suzuki violin lessons. His father Dan, a university jazz director, encouraged him to pick up the trombone at 10, for the sensible reason that he always seemed to be short a trombonist in his ensembles. ...

Donny McCaslin and the Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra at the National Theatre in Macedonia

by Nenad Georgievski
July 24, 2025

Donny McCaslin and the Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra Macedonian National Theatre Skopje, Macedonia July 14, 2025 It's not every day that Skopje's National Theatre transforms into a playground for jazz on this scale, but when it does, the walls remember. On this particular evening, the Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra, under the ...

The Large Ensembles of Ryan Truesdell and Claire Cope

by Jerome Wilson
June 19, 2025

These are two excellent recent large ensemble jazz recordings. One celebrates the work of a venerated master composer and arranger while the other showcases an outstanding newer writing talent. Ryan Truesdell Shades of Sound Outside in Music 2025 This is the third release from Ryan Truesdell's Gil ...

Omar Thomas, Mark Masters, Billy Strayhorn

by David Brown
June 19, 2025

This week showcases large band music from composer/arrangers Omar Thomas, Gerry Mulligan and Maria Schneider. Bandleader Mark Masters is next with a pair of new albums. With Sam Rivers 100, Masters honors the centenary of the avant-garde jazz pioneer, while on Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! Masters explores the music of spiritual jazz legend Billy Harper. Bird ...

The Maria Schneider Orchestra at Birdland

by Paul Reynolds
June 4, 2025

Maria Schneider Orchestra Birdland Jazz Club New York, NY May 30, 2025 The late set by Maria Schneider and her orchestra on Friday at Birdland Jazz Club was so engrossing as to be a world unto itself. Every aspect of the performance--even including, in the best way, the musicians' identities--bowed to ...

Camila Meza, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Amanda Ekery, The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 2, 2025

This broadcast celebrates Memorial Day weekend with new releases from Camila Meza, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Amanda Ekery, with birthday shoutouts to Rosemary Clooney, Jackie Cain, Sheryl Bailey, Cynthia Sayer, Yoko Miwa, Caity Gyorgy plus honorable man Darcy James Argue, among others. Happy ...

Ryan Truesdell: Shades of Sound

by Angelo Leonardi
June 2, 2025

Shades of Sound costituisce il secondo volume del Gil Evans Project di Ryan Truesdell, inciso dal vivo al Jazz Standard di New York. Data d'incisione e organico sono gli stessi di Lines of Color, il primo volume registrato dal 13 al 18 maggio 2014 con una formazione di 23 musicisti pi�� il leader, scelti tra i ...