Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961 in Zurich) is a Swiss

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reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music. Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He has recorded for

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and composes pieces which meld jazz and classical music. His work has been published by Hal Leonard,

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, and Edition Kunzelmann; he has been commissioned by

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, ,

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and

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.Marcus Gammel, "Daniel Schnyder". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004. Sidemen on his albums include

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, Kenny Drew Jr., Dave Taylor,

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, and Mark Feldman. He has also worked with Flavio Ambrosetti, Lee Konitz, and

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Discography

* ''Secret Cosmos'' ( Enja, 1988) * ''The City'' (Enja, 1989) * ''Decoding the Message'' (Enja, 1990) * ''Mythen'' (Koch, 1991) * ''Mythology'' (Enja 1991) * ''Granulat'' with Mossman (Red, 1991) * ''Nucleus'' (Enja, 1995) * ''Tarantula'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Words Within Music'' (Enja, 1999) * ''Jazz Meets Weill and Gershwin'' with Kurt Weill, David Taylor, Kenny Drew Jr. (Koch, 2000) * ''Songbook'' with Kenny Drew Jr., Kristjan Jaervi, Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera (CCn'C, 2002) * ''Zoom In'' (Universal/EmArcy, 2003) * ''Da Skale'' with Kenny Drew Jr. (TCB, 2003) * ''Colossus of Sound'' with NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, Reinhold Friedrich, Kathrin Rabus (Enja, 2004) * ''Just Follow Instructions'' with Adam Unsworth (Block M, 2009) * ''Manhattanite'' (Neuklang, 2010) * ''Around the World'' with Stefan Schulz ( BIS, 2011) * ''Daniel Schnyder'' (Migros-Kulturprozent, 2011)

As sideman

Franco Ambrosetti Franco Ambrosetti (born 10 December 1941) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer. He was born in Lugano, Switzerland; his father, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played opposite Charlie Parker.Music for Symphony and Jazz Band'' (Enja, 1991)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schnyder, Daniel Living people 1961 births Swiss jazz saxophonists Swiss jazz flautists Musicians from Zürich Swiss male classical composers Swiss jazz composers