Jenny Scheinman
Jenny Scheinman (* 8. June 1979 in Jacksonville (Florida) ) is an American jazz - violinist .
Live and act
Jenny Scheinman grew up in Petrolia , California ; her parents were folk music amateurs; in addition to the violin, she also learned the piano. After studying music at the Oberlin Conservatory and graduating from the University of California, Berkeley , she founded a project that dealt with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli , but also made contacts with the Californian avant-garde scene. She performed with the Rova Saxophone Quartet and with Carla Kihlstedt . In 1999 she moved to New York City where she worked with Sean Lennon , Leni Stern , Linda Perry , Norah Jones , Pablo Ablanedo , John Zorn and Bill Frisell . She also appeared on the Late Show on David Letterman . From 2002 she recorded albums under her own name, u. a. with Myra Melford , Trevor Dunn , Greg Cohen and Kenny Wollesen . In December 2004 her much-noticed album 12 Songs u. a. with Doug Wieselman , Ron Miles and Bill Frisell, which takes up traditional themes in Jewish music.
She also worked with the Charming Hostess formation ; in Bill Frisell's band, she performed at the Century of Song concert series as part of the RuhrTriennale . In 2006 she played in Christian McBride's band ( Live at Tonic ). She also worked on the album Electric Ascension by the Rova Saxophone Quartet and was on tour with Madeleine Peyroux . She was also a violinist on the three albums of the Scott Amendola Band, released between 2000 and 2005.
Between 2003 and 2007, Scheinman was honored by the Down Beat every year in a row as the most important young violinist ("Rising Star"). Wolf Kampmann counts her as one of the few "violinists who have enriched jazz with a more personal tone" and "advanced it".
She is the niece of robotics pioneer Victor Scheinman .
Discographic notes
- The Rabbi's Lover ( Tzadik , 2002)
- Shalagaster ( Tzadik , 2003)
- 12 songs ( Cryptogramophone , 2005)
- Jenny Scheinman (cook, 2008)
- The Littlest Prisoner (Sony Masterworks, 2014)
- Here on Earth ( Royal Potato Family , 2017)
- Jenny Scheinman / Allison Miller : Parlor Game Royal (Potato Family, 2019)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Ssirus W. Pakzad Down-beat winner: The rise of Jenny Scheinman , Jazzzeitung 5/2006
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scheinman, Jenny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jacksonville (Florida) |