Larry Schneider (born July 26, 1949) is an American

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saxophonist.

Early life

Schneider was born in Long Island in 1949. He attended the

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, where he studied biology but in 1970 he decided to become a professional musician instead.

Later life and career

After relocating to New York City, Schneider played as a sideman in the 1970s with

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the ''Mode ...

, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra,

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...

, Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, and Bill Evans. Around 1980 he moved again, to San Francisco, where he worked with

Hein van de Geyn Hein van de Geyn (born 18 July 1956) is a jazz double bassist, composer and band leader from the Netherlands. Van de Geyn also teaches double bass and music. Early life Hein van de Geyn was born in Schijndel, Netherlands on 18 July 1956. He st ...

and John Abercrombie, and increasingly played in Europe in the later 1980s and 1990s, with

François Jeanneau François Jeanneau (born June 15, 1935, Paris) is a French jazz saxophonist, flautist, and composer. Jeanneau studied flute under René Leroy at the Paris Conservatory, but was an autodidact on saxophone.Michel Laplace, "Francois Jeanneau". '' The ...

, the

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, François Méchali, Alain Soler, André Jaume, Éric Barret and others. After music, his second passion is tennis.

Discography

As leader

*''So easy** (

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, 1988) *''Just Cole Porter'' ( SteepleChase, 1991) *''Blind Date'' (SteepleChase, 1992) *''Bill Evans... Person We Knew'' (SteepleChase, 1992) *''Mohawk'' (SteepleChase, 1994?) * "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Steeplechase) 1996 *''Ali Girl'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *''Summertime in San Remo'' (Splasc(h), 1997) *''Ornettology'' (SteepleChase, 1998) *''Lemon Lips'' (Splasc(h), 2000) *''It Might As Well Be Spring'' (SteepleChase, 2000) *''Jazz'' (SteepleChase, 2001) * "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Steeplechase) 2003.

As sideman

With Ray Anderson *''

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*''

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'' (Atlantic, 1975) With

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

and

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

*'' Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux'' (Warner Bros., 1991

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With

*''Le Kodo'' (

, 1989) With Bill Evans *''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1979) with

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

*''

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'' (Warner Bros.,1979) With

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

*'' First Prize'' (Enja, 1989) With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra *'' Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott '' (Barklay, 1976) *'' Live in Munich'' (Horizon, 1976) With

*'' Silver 'n Percussion'' (Blue Note, 1977) *'' Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres'' (Blue Note, 1979) With Jody Watley *'' Jody Watley'' (MCA, 1987) With

Diederik Wissels Diederik Wissels (born December 1960, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz pianist. In 1968, he moved to Brussels, Belgium and later attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. In his early career, he played with Chet Baker, Joe Henderson ...

Quartet *''Malinka'' (

Timeless Records Timeless Records is a jazz record label based in the Netherlands. Timeless was founded in Wageningen in 1975 by Wim Wigt. It has specialized in bebop, though it also did a sub-series of releases of Dixieland and swing recordings. As of 2000, th ...

, 1987) With Chris Potter and Rick Margitza *''Jam Session Vol. 1'' (SteepleChase, 2002)

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References

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