Larry Schneider (musician)

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

Early life

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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

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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

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As leader

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  • 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

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With Ray Anderson

With Billy Cobham

With Miles Davis and Quincy Jones

With Marc Ducret

With Bill Evans

With George Gruntz

With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

With Horace Silver

With Jody Watley

With Diederik Wissels Quartet

With Chris Potter and Rick Margitza

  • Jam Session Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 2002)
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References

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  1. ^ 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
  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.