Maria Schneider

Kurt Andersen visits the jazz composer Maria Schneider in her studio to hear her creative work in progress. 

One year after Kurt Andersen’s initial visit with Maria Schneider, she finishes her album “The Thompson Fields.”

Maria Schneider doesn’t release an album very often, so when she does, it’s an event. She let us inside her writing process for her latest, “The Thompson Fields.”

In this 2013 Leonard Lopate Show interview, soprano Dawn Upshaw and composer Maria Schneider talk about their Grammy-winning recording, “Winter Morning Walks.”

The Big Band era is long gone, but in 1993 Maria Schneider created a contemporary big band here in New York. Now, six albums and two Grammy Awards later, she’s branching out into orchestral music. She joins us to talk about writing jazz for large ensembles.  

We look into how listening to jazz music can be a collaborative experience. New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff is author of The Jazz Ear, which profiles many jazz greats including composer Maria Schneider.

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