{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62bc729dcf1ab400126c1e1b/69ff9c3628bc864b8b7c3bb9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Maria Schneider: Composing in the Age of Curated Rage","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62bc729dcf1ab400126c1e1b/1778359102563-422a02aa-f077-43c8-9e3d-400f3663ec3b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today, The Tonearm’s needle lands on composer and avid birdwatcher <strong>Maria Schneider</strong>.</p><p>Few composers working today have Maria Schneider's range. She holds seven Grammy Awards, was named an NEA Jazz Master, and this year took home the Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts, one of the most prestigious honors in the field.</p><p>Maria Schneider joins the podcast to talk about <em>American Crow</em>, her recent EP that uses jazz to make a case for something we've mostly lost, the ability to actually listen to each other. The music moves from distressed Americana into something quiet and more human, a sound Schneider connects to her Midwestern childhood, when disagreement didn't have to mean war.</p><p>Maria's here to talk about the record, what jazz improvisation has to teach a fractured society, and more.</p><p>(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Maria Schneider’s <em>American Crow</em>)</p><p>—</p><h2>Dig Deeper</h2><h3>Artist and EP</h3><ul><li>Visit Maria Schneider at <a href=\"https://www.mariaschneider.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mariaschneider.com</a> and follow her on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mariaschneiderorch/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mariaschneiderjazz/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/MariaSchneiderOrch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li><li>Purchase Maria Schneider’s <em>American Crow</em> EP from <a href=\"https://www.artistshare.com/Projects/Experience/1/539/1/Maria-Schneider-American-Crow-A-Narrative-in-Notes-and-Frames\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ArtistShare</a></li><li>Watch <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLkCeVL7oTo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>American Crow: A Narrative in Notes and Frames</em></a> — the full longform music video, free on YouTube</li></ul><h3>Selected Discography</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=1083\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Data Lords</em></a> (ArtistShare, 2020) — Pulitzer Prize Finalist; two Grammy Awards; the double album that precedes and informs <em>American Crow</em></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=773\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sky Blue</em></a> (ArtistShare, 2007) — includes \"Sky Blue,\" discussed at length in this episode</li><li><a href=\"https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Evanescence</em></a> (Enja, 1994) — Schneider's debut; features \"Wyrgly\" and \"Dance You Monster to My Soft Song,\" both favored by David Bowie</li></ul><h3>Ensemble Members and Collaborators</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.donnymccaslin.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donny McCaslin</a> — tenor saxophonist; featured throughout the conversation; also Bowie's <em>Blackstar</em> bandleader</li><li><a href=\"https://www.thetonearm.com/have-saxophone-will-travel-donny-mccaslin-follows-his-own-map/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donny McCaslin on <em>The Tonearm</em></a></li><li><a href=\"https://benmonder.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Monder</a> — guitarist; featured soloist on <em>Data Lords</em></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mikerodriguezmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Rodriguez</a> — trumpeter; featured soloist on <em>American Crow</em></li><li><a href=\"https://www.jeffmilesmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Miles</a> — guitarist; featured on \"A World Lost\" on the <em>American Crow</em> EP</li><li><a href=\"https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/versace-gary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Versace</a> — pianist; longtime Schneider Orchestra member; on faculty at Eastman School of Music</li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Brookmeyer</a> (1929–2011) — valve trombonist and arranger; Schneider's mentor; his critique of \"Green Piece\" is discussed in this episode</li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kimbrough\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Kimbrough</a> (1956–2021) — pianist; longtime Schneider Orchestra member; referenced in the discussion of \"Thompson Fields\"</li></ul><h3>Books Referenced</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-art-spirit-robert-henri/2545d206d1385752?ean=9780465002634&amp;next=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Art Spirit</em></a> by Robert Henri — the key artistic text Schneider returns to when discussing how music transmits lived experience to an audience</li><li><a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/293071/footprints-by-michelle-mercer/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter</em></a> by Michelle Mercer — Mercer reviewed a live performance of \"American Crow\" in <em>Call and Response</em>, quoted in this episode and in the press release</li></ul><h3>Birding</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Merlin Bird ID app</a> — the free sound- and photo-identification app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, enthusiastically endorsed by both Schneider and Lawrence</li><li><a href=\"https://www.birds.cornell.edu/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a> — the institution behind Merlin and one of the world's leading centers for ornithological research and citizen science</li></ul><h3>The David Bowie Connection</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.davidbowie.com/blackstar/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Blackstar</em></a> (Columbia, 2016) — Bowie's final studio album, featuring McCaslin's band and Schneider's arrangement of \"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime),\" which won a Grammy</li><li><a href=\"https://www.donnymccaslin.com/blackstar-symphony\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donny McCaslin on the <em>Blackstar</em> collaboration</a> — background on McCaslin's role in Bowie's final project</li></ul><p>—</p><ul><li>Dig into this episode's complete show notes at <a href=\"https://www.podcast.thetonearm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast.thetonearm.com</a></li></ul><p>—</p><p>• Did you enjoy this episode? 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