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Jim Snidero.(Strings)(Sound Recording Review)
Strings. Milestone MCD-9326-2, 2003.
A graduate of the University of North Texas's legendary jazz program and an alumnus of such A-list ensembles as the Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band, the Mel Lewis Orchestra, and the small combos of Jack McDuff and Eddie Palmieri, saxophonist and composer Jim Snidero is no newcomer, though his profile as a leader remains relatively low. On his first album for the Milestone label he leads a quartet that also includes pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Paul Gill, and the great Billy Drummond on drums, as well as a ten-piece string section. Some jazz lovers react with an instinctive cringe when they see the word "strings" on an album cover, but those who generally feel that way should reserve judgment in this case. Snidero deliberately avoids the typical combo-with-strings ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service April 8, 2003 700+ words
...ROBERT SCHUMANN "String Quartets Nos. 1...stars Schumann's string quartets have never...Mark Stryker ___ JIM SNIDERO "Strings" (Fantasy) 2...jazz trenches, Jim Snidero's Milestone debut, "Strings," represents the...
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- Magazine article from: Music Trades April 1, 2007 700+ words
...Espina; Selmer sax artists Russ Nolan, David Pietro, and Jim Snidero; and legendary jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath. Located on Manhattan...sister store in Boston. In addition to numerous orchestral string instrument brands, the store carries a wide range of brass...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 14, 1988 700+ words
...Tenth Power Michael Pedicin Jr. Marlena Shaw Friday Evening - Jim Snidero/Bubba Kolb Trio October 14 The Fred Johnson Group Nick Brignola...immersed himself in just about every opportunity that has involved string arrangements or classical influences. DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mike Joyce May 6, 1994 700+ words
...REGARDLESS OF their commercial fate, the new albums by saxophonist Jim Snidero and trumpeter Tim Hagans will go down as breakthrough recordings...Red Garland and Juan Tizol, called "Passing Giants." JIM SNIDERO - "Urban Tales" (Square Discs). To hear a free Sound...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mike Joyce September 2, 1988 700+ words
...originally arranged for "The Tonight Show" orchestra), Potts knows how to keep big band jazz sounding passionately alive. Jim Snidero Quintet "Mixed Bag" (Criss Cross Jazz 1032). An alto saxophonist who's worked with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Lloyd Sachs January 31, 1994 700+ words
...Lynch, whose aggressive, hard-edged playing cut to the song's bluesy essence - as did the taut phrasing of alto saxist Jim Snidero. For the muted Davis, who was as yet without late-arriving tenorist Ari Brown, the tune served mainly as a warm-up...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Young, Bob October 22, 2004 700+ words
...night at Ryles, also in Cambridge, and Spyro Gyra on Thursday and Oct. 29 at Scullers will help get you there. CD PICK: Jim Snidero, "Close Up" (Milestone). LIVE SURE SHOT: Billy Novick and Guy Van Duser, Charlestown branch library, Monday, 7...
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- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) EVONNE COUTROS, Staff Writer April 25, 1995 700+ words
...Green, some of whom have recorded their own albums. There's guitarist Mike Smith, trombonist Carl Fontana, saxophonist Jim Snidero, and trumpeters Richie Vitale and Herb Phillips. Sinatra says it's the perfect number of musicians, and who's to argue...
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