Data Lords

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Data Lords
Maria Schneider Data Lords.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2020
RecordedAugust 30, 2019 - September 2, 2019
StudioOktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York
Genre Jazz
Big band
Length96:00
Label ArtistShare
Producer Maria Schneider, Brian Camelio, Ryan Truesdell
Maria Schneider Orchestra chronology
The Thompson Fields
(2015)
Data Lords
(2020)

Data Lords is an album by the Maria Schneider Orchestra that was released in 2020. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Summary

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

Track listing

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

Additional Credits

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