Concert in the Garden

Concert in the Garden
Concert in the Garden
Studio album by Maria Schneider
Released	2004
Recorded	March 8–11, 2004
Studio	Avatar, New York City
Genre	Jazz, big band
Length	58:13
Label	ArtistShare
Producer	Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider chronology

Last updated January 09, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[2]

Concert in the Garden is the fourth studio album by American jazz composer Maria Schneider. The album was released in 2004 by ArtistShare and won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2005.^[3]

Background

Schneider's three previous albums were nominated for Grammy Awards, but the previous one, Allégresse , was released four years before Concert in the Garden. The delay has been attributed to the financial difficulty of recording with large groups, which are required for the music that Schneider writes.^[5]

Compared to previous albums, this album is more classical than jazz, with a greater influence of Brazilian, Spanish, and flamenco music.^[5]

Reception

The JazzTimes review was mostly positive, stating, "Three Romances" and "Buleria, Solea y Rumba" "are revelatory in their complete realization", but the solos on the other pieces "are not strong enough to provide sufficient contrast to the piece's slow, hovering progress".^[5]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album a maximum four stars and added it to the book's Core Collection. It stated that the title-track was “a slight disappointment”, but overall the album was "the great achievement of her career so far."^[2]

Legacy

The album was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2019. In its citation, the Library of Congress stated that, alongside its musical merits, Concert in the Garden's release on ArtistShare, the first ever commercial crowdfunding website (the album was the site's first fan-funded project), as well as becoming the first-ever Grammy-winning album to be sold on the Internet instead of in stores, marked it as a trailblazer in music distribution, opening the door for ways "to respond to fan-driven demand for styles of music not otherwise readily available, while offering artists greater control over their work."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Maria Schneider

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Concert in the Garden"	11:57
2.	"Three Romances: Choro Dançado"	9:45
3.	"Three Romances: Pas de Deux"	9:02
4.	"Three Romances: Dança Ilusória"	9:05
5.	"Bulería, Soleá y Rumba"	18:24

Personnel

Maria Schneider – conductor
Charles Pillow – alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, oboe, English horn
Tim Ries – alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, alto and bass flutes
Rich Perry – tenor saxophone, flute
Donny McCaslin – tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute
Scott Robinson – baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Tony Kadleck – trumpet, flügelhorn
Greg Gisbert – trumpet, flügelhorn
Laurie Frink – trumpet, flügelhorn
Ingrid Jensen – trumpet, flügelhorn
Keith O'Quinn – trombone
Rock Ciccarone – trombone
Larry Farrell – trombone
George Flynn – bass trombone, contrabass trombone
Ben Monder – guitar
Frank Kimbrough – piano
Jay Anderson – double bass
Clarence Penn – drums
Jeff Ballard – cajón and quinto cajón on "Bulería, Soleá y Rumba" (stereo right)
Gonzalo Grau – cajón on "Bulería, Soleá y Rumba" (stereo left)
Gary Versace – accordion on "Concert in the Garden"
Luciana Souza – voice on "Concert in the Garden" and "Bulería, Soleá y Rumba". Voice and pandeiro on "Choro Dançado"
Pete McGuinness – trombone on "Pas de Deux" and "Dança Ilusória"
Andy Middleton – tenor saxophone on "Pas de Deux" and "Dança Ilusória"

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References

↑ La Gorce, Tammy. "Concert in the Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9 ed.). Penguin. pp. 1268–1269. ISBN 9780141023274.
↑ "ArtistShare: about us". artistshare.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
↑ "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress . March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
1 2 3 Conrad, Thomas (1 October 2004). "Concert in the Garden". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
↑ "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

External links

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[La_Gorce-1] La Gorce, Tammy. "Concert in the Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[Penguin-2] 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9 ed.). Penguin. pp. 1268–1269. ISBN 9780141023274.

[3] "ArtistShare: about us". artistshare.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[4] "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress . March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[JT-5] 1 2 3 Conrad, Thomas (1 October 2004). "Concert in the Garden". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[6] "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Evanescence (1992) Coming About (1995) Days of Wine and Roses - Live at the Jazz Standard (2000) Allégresse (2000) Concert in the Garden (2004) Sky Blue (2007) Winter Morning Walks (and Dawn Upshaw, 2012) The Thompson Fields (2014) Data Lords (2020)