Maria Schneider

The Maria Schneider Orchestra, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and Melissa Aldana are among the offerings in this edition of Moment’s Notice, WRTI’s weekly digest of jazz listings in the Philadelphia area.

(Originally published on March 15, 2021) With a grand stroke of prescience, NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider crafted a double album about being polarized by the demands of a digital society and longing for human connection, all before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After collaborating with David Bowie in 2014, the multiple Grammy-winning composer found her artistic process had been recombobulated a bit — much like our ever-more digital world.

Happy New Year from ICON Magazine and Nick Bewsey with a fantastic lineup of jazz CDs from last year!Best / Favorite Jazz Recordings of 2015Kamasi…

The most harmonious and beautiful jazz orchestral music of the year comes from Maria Schneider, an emotionally affecting composer, arranger, and…

Winter Morning Walks, an album featuring jazz composer Maria Schneider and soprano Dawn Upshaw, revolves around meditations on nature and beauty by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. All three artists have had battles with cancer — when, Schneider says, "everything in life becomes heightened."