Daniel Schnyder
A Zurich, Switzerland, native, composer, flutist, and saxophonist Daniel Schnyder is as comfortable and gifted with classical chamber music as with avant-garde jazz, easily crossing between both significant genres of music. He originally studied flute in his homeland at the Conservatory of Winterthur. After moving to the United States, he switched to the Berklee College of Music in Boston and began to study jazz arranging, composition, and the saxophone. He has worked with Lew Soloff, Lee Konitz, Abdullah Ibrahim, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and many others over the years. Schnyder has received commissions from the NDR Big Band, the Atlanta Symphony, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Opera of Bern, and the Vienna Art Orchestra. He has captured awards from the International Trumpet Guild's Composition Contest, the Zolliker Kunstpreis, the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and the Association Composition Contest.
ENJA Records released The City, Schnyder's debut album, in 1988. That same year, the album Secret Cosmos: Modern Art Septet hit the shelves, receiving rave reviews from many. On through the '80s and into the '90s, Schnyder recorded a number of works for ENJA, such as Mythology, Decoding the Message, and Nucleus.
In 1996, Schnyder formed a trio with well-known pianist Kenny Drew Jr. and gifted trombonist David Taylor. Together they recorded Words Within Music, a superb but unexpected blending of jazz and modern classical music to reach a sound that is pure Schnyder. The album is filled with tracks like "St. Matthew Passion Suite," "Winter 1941," and "Beep-Hop."
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Art of the Duo
Daniel Schnyder & David Taylor
Klassiek - Released by Neuklang on 22 mei 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tarantula
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 1 jan. 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Around the World
Kamermuziek - Released by BIS on 6 sep. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Trombone
Klassiek - Released by VMS Musical Treasures on 24 apr. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Words Within Music
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 1 jan. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Saxophone
Daniel Schnyder, Detlef Bensmann
Klassiek - Released by VMS Musical Treasures on 12 aug. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jewish Music in Switzerland
Sergey Ostrovsky, Scott Ballantyne, Daniel Schnyder
Klassiek - Released by Cascavelle on 14 mrt. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pipa Concerto Mozart In China
Yang Jing, The Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra Tokyo, Kotarō Satō, Mischa Rachlevsky, Daniel Schnyder
Klassiek - Released by Y Music on 23 dec. 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Meets Weill & Gershwin
Daniel Schnyder, Kenny Drew II, David Taylor
Klassiek - Released by VMS Musical Treasures on 15 mei 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Da Skale
Daniel Schnyder, Kenny Drew Jr., Raetus Flisch, Toni Renold, Gilad
Jazz - Released by TCB - The Montreux Jazz Label™ on 7 aug. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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zoOM IN
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by CCnC RECORDS on 1 mei 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nucleus
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 2 jan. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Decoding the Message
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 1 jan. 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo