Loren Schoenberg
Loren Schoenberg (born July 22, 1958 in Fair Lawn (New Jersey) ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophonist , band leader, arranger) and jazz historian. He runs the Jazz Museum in Harlem ; his own band mainly plays swing music .
Life
Schoenberg received piano lessons from his mother from the age of three, and later from a private piano teacher. Since the early 1970s he was engaged in the music of Benny Goodman and collected old shellac records with early jazz. During this time he also took lessons with Teddy Wilson , Paul Shaffer , Hank Jones and Sanford Gold . At the age of 15 he taught himself to play the saxophone as an autodidact . From 1976 he studied at the Manhattan School of Music ; during this time he played with Eddie Durham . In 1979 he produced a concert at Carnegie Hall honoring the music of Charlie Parker and Lester Young and featuring musicians such as Howard McGhee , Joe Albany , Buddy Anderson , Dicky Wells , Eddie Bert , Herb Ellis and Mel Lewis .
In the early 1980s, Goodman commissioned him to archive his arrangements; later he became its assistant and then its manager. During this time he also founded his large-format rehearsal band , with which he played the jazz of the thirties to fifties and performed in the Blue Note , Michael's Pub and Carnegie Hall; In 1985 the band was hired by Goodman. From 1982 Schoenberg had a weekly radio show (initially at WKCR), where he played historical recordings and interviewed musicians. Between 1986 and 1992 he was a member of the American Jazz Orchestra , first as a saxophonist and later as musical director. During this time, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the WDR Big Band Cologne brought him in as guest conductor for productions with works by George Gershwin and Duke Ellington ; together with Mel Lewis , he led in Japan an orchestra that the Third Stream compositions by Gunther Schuller aufführte. Between 1995 and 2005 he was musical director and saxophonist in Bobby Short's band . He was also involved in recordings of Benny Carter , John Lewis , Jimmy Heath and David Murray . He also played with Peanuts Hucko and Buck Clayton .
As a jazz writer, Schoenberg wrote for The New York Times and contributed to the Lester Young Reader , The Oxford Companion to Jazz and Masters of the Jazz Saxophone. He also acted as a consultant for the television series Jazz by Ken Burns . Since 2002 he has directed the Jazz Museum in Harlem. He is a senior professor at Juilliard School and previously taught at The New School , Manhattan School of Music, William Paterson University, State University of New York (Purchase) and Long Island University .
Schoenberg published an extensive box with historical recordings by Benny Goodman and he was co-producer of the Savory Collection 1935-1940 , which appeared in 2018. His liner notes for historical recordings by Louis Armstrong and Woody Herman , written with Dan Morgenstern , were awarded a Grammy .
Discography
- That's the Way It Goes (1984)
- Time Waits for No One (1987)
- Solid Ground (1988)
- Just A-Settin 'and A-Rockin (1989)
- Manhattan Work Song (1992)
- Out of this World (1999)
Fonts
- NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz . Perigee Books 2002
literature
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Web presence
- Loren Schoenberg at Allmusic (English)
´ * Loren Schoenberg at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoenberg, Loren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and jazz historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fair Lawn (New Jersey) |