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| Maria Schneider Orchestra will perform in Seattle The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle presents for two nights only (February 6 - 7) composer/conductor Maria Schneider and her 19-piece Jazz Orchestra. Band members include: Steve Wilson (alto/soprano/clarinet/flute/alto flute/oboe/English horn), Charles Pillow (alto/soprano/clarinet/flute/alto flute/oboe/English horn), Rich Perry (tenor/flute), Donny McCaslin (tenor/soprano/clarinet/flute), Scott Robinson (baritone/flute/clarinet/bass clarinet), Tony Kadleck (trumpet/flugelhorn), Greg Gisbert (trumpet/flugelhorn), Jon Owens (trumpet/flugelhorn), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet/flugelhorn), Keith O-Quinn (trombone), Rock Ciccarone (trombone), Larry Farrell (trombone), George Flynn (bass trombone), Ben Monder (guitar), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), Clarence Penn (drums), Jon Wikan (cajon), and Hugo Alcazar (cajon). The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra came into being in 1993, appearing at Visiones in Greenwich Village every Monday night for a stretch of five years. Subsequently, her orchestra received invitations to perform at many jazz festivals and concert halls across Europe as well as in Brazil and Macau. She's received numerous commissions and invites for guest conducting her music with American and European orchestras. Countries with groups that she's guest conducted include Italy, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Canada, Scotland, Australia, Greenland and Iceland, as well as across the U.S. Commissions include the Norrbotten Big Band's and Danish Radio Orchestra's commission to arrange and conduct concerts with Toots Thielemans. She arranged a concert of Ivan Lins' music for Ivan Lins, Toots Thielemans and the Danish Radio Orchestra for an extensive European tour in 2003. Spring of 2004, she and her orchestra gave a series of four concerts at Hunter College. Maria's debut recording Evanescence, was nominated for two 1995 Grammy Awards: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance, and for its title piece, Best Instrumental Composition. Her second and third recordings Coming About and Allgresse were also both nominated for Grammy Awards as well. Maria has received two Jazz Journalist Awards for Best Composer, two for Best Arranger and one for Best Big Band. Maria has won many of the DOWNBEAT and JAZZTIMES Critics and Readers Polls. Her third album, Allgresse was chosen by both TIME and BILLBOARD in their “Top Ten recordings of 2000”, which was inclusive of all genres of music. Most recently Concert in the Garden received a Grammy Award (2005), and is the first recording to receive the award without being distributed in record stores. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |