Larry Schneider (musician)

Larry Schneider (born July 26, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist.

Early life

Schneider was born in Long Island in 1949.^[1] He attended the University of Massachusetts, where he studied biology but in 1970 he decided to become a professional musician instead.^[1]

Later life and career

After relocating to New York City, Schneider played as a sideman in the 1970s with Billy Cobham, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Horace Silver, Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, and Bill Evans.^[1] Around 1980 he moved again, to San Francisco, where he worked with Hein van de Geyn and John Abercrombie, and increasingly played in Europe in the later 1980s and 1990s, with François Jeanneau, the Orchestre National de Jazz, Marc Ducret, François Méchali, Alain Soler, André Jaume, Éric Barret and others.^[1] After music, his second passion is tennis.^[2]

Discography

As leader

So easy (Label Bleu, 1988)
Just Cole Porter (SteepleChase, 1991)^[2]
Blind Date (SteepleChase, 1992)^[2]
Bill Evans... Person We Knew (SteepleChase, 1992)^[2]
Mohawk (SteepleChase, 1994?)
"Freedom Jazz Dance" (Steeplechase) 1996
Ali Girl (SteepleChase, 1997)^[2]
Summertime in San Remo (Splasc(h), 1997)^[2]
Ornettology (SteepleChase, 1998)^[2]
Lemon Lips (Splasc(h), 2000)^[2]
It Might As Well Be Spring (SteepleChase, 2000)^[2]
Jazz (SteepleChase, 2001)^[2]
"It Might As Well Be Spring" (Steeplechase) 2003.

As sideman

With Ray Anderson

Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994)

With Billy Cobham

A Funky Thide of Sings (Atlantic, 1975)

With Miles Davis and Quincy Jones

Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (Warner Bros., 1991 [1993])

With Marc Ducret

Le Kodo (Label Bleu, 1989)

With Bill Evans

Affinity (Warner Bros., 1979) with Toots Thielemans
We Will Meet Again (Warner Bros.,1979)

With George Gruntz

First Prize (Enja, 1989)

With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott (Barklay, 1976)
Live in Munich (Horizon, 1976)

With Horace Silver

Silver 'n Percussion (Blue Note, 1977)
Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (Blue Note, 1979)

With Jody Watley

Jody Watley (MCA, 1987)

With Diederik Wissels Quartet

Malinka (Timeless Records, 1987)

With Chris Potter and Rick Margitza

Jam Session Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 2002)

External links

Larry Schneider discography at Discogs

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kennedy, Gary W. (2003), Schneider, Larry, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J687300
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1267–1268. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Grove-1] Kennedy, Gary W. (2003), Schneider, Larry, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J687300

[Penguin9-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1267–1268. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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