Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords (2020)

Maria Schneider Orchestra
Data Lords
2020 - ArtistShare: AS0176
https://www.artistshare.com/Projects/Experience/1/510/1/Maria-Schneider-Data-Lords
https://www.artistshare.com/projects/experience/?artistID=1&projectId=510
https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=1083
https://mariaschneider.bandcamp.com/album/data-lords
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Lords



* Maria Schneider : conductor
* Steve Wilson : alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto flute
* Dave Pietro : alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto flute, piccolo flute
* Rich Perry : tenor saxophone
* Donny McCaslin : tenor saxophone, flute
* Scott Robinson : Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, baritone saxophone, muson
* Tony Kadleck : trumpet, flugelhorn
* Greg Gisbert : trumpet, flugelhorn
* Nadje Noordhuis : trumpet, flugelhorn
* Mike Rodriguez : trumpet, flugelhorn
* Keith O’Quinn : trombone
* Ryan Keberle : trombone
* Marshall Gilkes : trombone
* George Flynn : bass trombone
* Gary Versace : accordion
* Ben Monder : guitar
* Frank Kimbrough : piano
* Jay Anderson : bass
* Johnathan Blake : drums, percussion

https://www.mariaschneider.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Schneider_(musician)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/maria-schneider-mn0000269285

CD1: “The Digital World ”
CD2: “Our Natural World ”.

Recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York, USA,
on August 30th – September 2nd, 2019.

Engineered by Brian Montgomery.
Assisted by Charles Mueller and Edwin Huet.

Our barter with Big Tech: Tax that!
By Maria Schneider
https://www.startribune.com/our-barter-with-big-tech-tax-that/568092192/

Reviews

By J.D. Considine
https://jazztimes.com/features/lists/year-in-review-top-40-new-jazz-releases-2020-10-1/nggallery/image/1-mso_data_lords_cover_highest_res-copy/

By now, jazz fans have come to expect marvels from Maria Schneider, but the
scale and magnificence of Data Lords is exceptional even for her. A concept
album split into two spheres, it wrestles with the key conflict of our time:
the alluring, empty promises of “The Digital World” versus the calming,
nourishing beauty of “The Natural World.” It’s not hard to guess which side
Schneider is pulling for, but this is less a polemic than a portrait, and the
soundscapes she paints are as wonderfully detailed as any she’s composed. Even
as “Don’t Be Evil” evokes Google’s techno-menace through towering trumpets and
growling bass trombone, it’s hard not to be awed by the beauty of the
writing. Likewise, it’s both thrilling and horrifying to hear Mike Rodriguez’s
electronically altered trumpet solo portray the transformation of AI from
useful servant to uncaring data lord. On the second disc, Schneider’s richly
colored writing escorts us through the grounds of a Buddhist temple in
“Sanzenin” and captures the drama of avian life in “Bluebird.” Whether
conjuring forests and fields or circuits and cities, Data Lords stands as a
pointed reminder of just how much can be said with a jazz orchestra.

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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/data-lords-mw0003348193

By John Fordham
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/24/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords-review
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/21/the-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2020

By Karl Ackermann
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/data-lords-maria-schneider-orchestra-artist-share

By Doug Hall
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/data-lords-maria-schneider-artist-share

By Jerome Wilson
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/data-lords-maria-schneider-orchestra-artist-share__7447

By Friedrich Kunzmann
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/data-lords-maria-schneider-artist-share__6079

By George W. Harris
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2020/08/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords/

By S. Victor Aaron
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/07/31/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords-2020/

By Raul Da Gama
https://jazzdagama.com/music/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords/

Leif Carlsson (se)
https://www.lira.se/skivrecension/data-lords/

Da Angelo Leonardi (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/data-lords-maria-schneider-artist-share__20986