MARIA SCHNEIDER

7X GRAMMY WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NEA JAZZ MASTER

"Lyrical, flowing, intimately expressive, with all the elements of words, music, voice and instruments in a seamless blend, this is music to fall in love with the first time - then immediately want to hear again." — John Montanari, NPR

"Winter Morning Walks is a sterling standard for American art song." —Jeff Kaliss, San Francisco Classical Voice

WINTER MORNING WALKS

Winner of THREE GRAMMY AWARDS in 2014 (Best Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary Classical Composition & Best Classical Engineered Recording), Winter Morning Walks is the first partnership between Maria Schneider and Dawn Upshaw, bringing together two preeminent figures in jazz and classical music. Schneider has been commissioned to compose for jazz orchestras and artists all over the world, & has won multiple GRAMMY Awards. Writing for TIME Magazine, Terry Teachout said, “To call Schneider the most important woman in jazz is missing the point ... She’s a major composer–period.”

The original recording of this work features the Australian Chamber Orchestra & consists of nine pieces including poetry by Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, taken from his book of the same name. Three musicians long associated with Schneider’s jazz orchestra, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, and Scott Robinson, seamlessly add colorful improvisation throughout these pieces.

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