Data Lords is a large-ensemble jazz album by the Maria Schneider Orchestra that was released in 2020.[1][2][3]

Data Lords
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2020
RecordedAugust 30 – September 2, 2019
StudioOktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York
GenreJazz
Big band
Length96:00
LabelArtistShare
ProducerMaria Schneider, Brian Camelio, Ryan Truesdell
Maria Schneider Orchestra chronology
The Thompson Fields
(2015)
Data Lords
(2020)

Summary

edit

The tracks of the album are thematically organized in two sections,[4] which the liner notes call "a story of two worlds" and are much like a two-disk release. The two sections are named "The Digital World" and "The Natural World".

Accolades

edit

Track listing

edit

All tracks are written by Maria Schneider

The Digital World
No.TitleLength
1."A World Lost"9:42
2."Don't Be Evil"13:38
3."CQ CQ, Is Anybody There?"10:18
4."Sputnik"8:10
5."Data Lords"11:06
The Natural World
No.TitleLength
6."Sanzenin"5:46
7."Stone Song"5:45
8."Look Up"9:05
9."Braided Together"3:59
10."Bluebird"11:11
11."The Sun Waited For Me"7:22

Personnel

edit

Additional Credits

edit
  • Producer: Brian Camelio, Maria Schneider, Ryan Truesdell
  • Associate Producer: Zachary Bornheimer
  • Engineering: Brian Montgomery, assisted by Charles Mueller and Edwin Huet
  • Trumpet electronics programming on "CQ CQ, Is Anybody There?": Michael Lenssen
  • Recording production assistance: Eunha So
  • Mixing: Brian Montgomery and Maria Schneider
  • Mastering: Gene Paul at G&J Audio, and Nate Wood

Package Design:

  • Illustration: Aaron Horkey
  • Graphic design: Cheri Dorr
  • Print production: Franklin Press, Inc.
  • Session photography: Briene Lermitte
  • Video documentation on ArtistShare: Marie Le Claire assisted by Erin Harper

References

edit
  1. ^ Chinen, Nate (2020-07-24). "Composer Maria Schneider Returns, With A Reckoning, On 'Data Lords'". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. ^ Johnson, Martin (2020-08-03). "'Data Lords' Review: On Gigabytes and Garden Sights". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ Futterman, Steve. "Maria Schneider Orchestra: "Data Lords"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. ^ Fordham, John (2020-07-24). "Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords review – digital dystopia in jazz". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  5. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes: Music". Pulitzer.org.
  6. ^ a b "63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com.
  7. ^ a b "Maria Schneider, Chick Corea Win Big at 2021 Grammy Awards". JazzTimes.
  8. ^ "Maria Schneider wins Le Grand Prix de l'Académie du Jazz". Jazz in Europe.
edit