★★★★★
Composer Maria Schneider and her Orchestra have been a fixture on the New York Jazz scene for many years now but a memorable performance at the 2005 London Jazz Festival did much to raise her profile in the UK. Schneider is a brilliant composer and arranger whose work is comparable to that of such acknowledged masters as Gil Evans and Mike Gibbs. "Sky Blue" has already received huge critical acclaim and listening to the album it's easy to see why...
- www.thejazzmann.com
2010-12-20
★★★★★
Maria Schneider may very well be the most interesting composer/arranger working in the jazz field today. The jazz of the native of rural Minnesota, and acolyte of Gil Evans, is not that of the frenetic big city. Instead, her writing reflects the wide open spaces of her youth while referencing Latin and rock (check the recurring Stairway to Heaven motif in Rich's Piece)...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Composer/arranger/conductor Maria Schneider has garnered rave reviews in the past few years for her recordings Allégresse and 2004's Grammy Award winner Concert in the Garden, which was pretty much universally praised by critics. It's easy to understand why after listening to her latest, a selection of five standards and four originals...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Track Listing: Concert in the Garden; Three Romances: Choro Dancado, Pas de Deux, Danca Illusoria; Buleria, Solea y Rumba Personnel: Ben Monder--guitar; Frank Kimbrough--piano; Rich Perry--tenor saxophone; Ingrid Jensen--flugelhorn; Donny McCaslin--tenor saxophone; Charles Pillow--soprano saxophone; Gary Versace--accordion; Larry Farrell--trombone; Greg Gisbert--flugelhorn; Luciana Souza--vocals; a.o...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: The 'Pretty' Road; Aires de Lando; Rich's Piece; Cerulean Skies; Sky Blue...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: The 'Pretty' Road; Aires de Lando; Rich's Piece; Cerulean Skies; Sky Blue...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Lately; The Willow; That Old Black Magic; My Ideal; Last Season; Começar de Novo; Days of Wine and Roses; Over the Rainbow; Bird Count...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Lately; The Willow; That Old Black Magic; My Ideal; Last Season; Começar de Novo; Days of Wine and Roses; Over the Rainbow; Bird Count...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20