David Reaper

David Bertram "Dave" Schnitter (born May 19, 1948 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American modern jazz musician ( saxophone , occasionally flute, vocals) who is particularly strongly anchored in the black tradition. "His influences," writes critic John Howard, "range from Bird to Coltrane with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins ."

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Schnitter, who had clarinet lessons as a child and also learned the tenor saxophone at the age of fifteen , studied clarinet at Jersey City State College . He began as a dance musician, played with rock bands and then moved to New York, where he performed with Ted Dunbar and from 1972 with his own group. He played with Joe Newman , Frank Foster , Howard McGhee and Wilbur Little . From 1974 to 1981 he was a member of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers (together with Valery Ponomarev , Curtis Fuller and Bobby Watson ), with whom he was on several international tours and made records. Schnitter worked on Harry Whitaker's debut album in 1976 , then played with Freddie Hubbard (1979-1982, Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner ) and worked with Charles Earland and Richard Groove Holmes . David Schnitter recorded four albums for the Muse label from 1976 to 1981 , but then disappeared from the American jazz scene. In Spain, where he has lived since 1991, he has performed with Johnny Griffin , Slide Hampton , Gary Bartz , Sal Nistico , Tete Montoliu and Bobby Hutcherson . In 1996 he was involved in the cooperative project 90 ° with 100% Humidity with Jimmy Madison . In 2002 he presented a new quartet at the New York Club Smoke . James Zollar , Thomas Bramerie and Jimmy Madison worked on his quartet album Sketch .

Since 1995 he has been a faculty member of the New School University Jazz Program .

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .

↑ to Kunzler Jazzlexikon
↑ All About Jazz: Saxophonist Dave Schnitter. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
↑ Jazz Discography Project: David Schnitter Discography. Retrieved January 12, 2018 (American English).
^ David Schnitter - School of Jazz. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Reaper, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reaper, David Bertram (full name); Reaper, Dave (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newark