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ROSS SCHNEIDER'S song litter, seeking good musical homes! "The future, and even the present, has to be about performers who are doing SOMETHING NEW. It's not enough just to sing the great American songbook in a swinging, jazzy fashion": WILL FRIEWALD, NYTimes Mag 12/31/2000
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HEY SINGERS! A NEW DEAL! SHOP THIS SITE AND PICK OUT SOME SONGS YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING, SEND ME YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS AND A LIST, AND I'LL SEND YOU THOSE SONGS ON A CD ALONG WITH LEAD SHEETS!!! MORE LOVE SONGS MORE SWING SONGS MORE WALTZES MORE NIGHT SONGS GOSPEL BEST VERSIONS OF STANDARDS LIST & DISCUSSION BOARD (IT'S A LONG LOAD) CONTACT ROSS BY E-MAIL TO HIRE HIM AS A MUSICIAN IN THE NYC-NJ-CT-PA AREA. Ross has had songs recorded or performed by Fred Jacobs, Marlene Verplanck, Hilary Kole, Stephanie Nakasian & Hod O'Brien, Lee Konitz, Alan Harris, Horace Silver & Andy Bey, Nina Sheldon, Janet Lawson, Pam Purvis, Nancy Donnelly, Jodi Shayne, Sandra Aran, Miranda Sage, Mariette Bodier, Frances Coche', Celine Berman, Janet Metzger, Juanita Williams, Kathleen Willison, Rai Ragland, Robin Aleman, Anaela, Kim Addison, Janice Franco, Edith Ramirez, Enrique Lopez, Christiana Drapkin, Aya Ishihara, Bobby Cottonwood, Ralph Napolitano, Karen Somerville, Ithamara Koorax, Betty Comora, Madeleine Davis, Daniela Schachter, Mark Miller, Susan Sutton & others Saxophonist/ chromatic harmonicist/ flutist Ross has played with the University of Illinois Jazzband, Ted Weems, Richard Maltby, Jimmy McGriff, Reuben Wilson, Camila Benson, Ronny Whyte,Vinnie Burke, John Gamba,John Pizzarelli Jr, Tony Corbiscello, Andy Bey, Carmen Leggio,Ram Ramirez,Boots Maleson,Cameron Brown,Melvin Sparks,Alvin Queen,Victor Jones, Kermit Driscol, Victor Gaskin,Mike Richmond,Bill Crow,Mickey Gravine,Sarah Jane Cion,Bobby Jospe,Anca Parghel,Don Wilner, Betty Comora, Rick Stone, Julius Tolentino, Bensen-Scott Band,Nina Sheldon,Dave Kikoski,Joe Cinderella,Ross Tompkins, Zoot Sims, Roy Eldridge,Charlie Shavers,Big Chief Moore among others, studied with Lee Konitz, written songs with Horace Silver, Buddy DeFranco, Barry Miles, Fred Jacobs, Jim Hall, Rodgers Grant, A.K.Salim, Pat Metheny and others, played harmonica on hip-hop CD's by N-Tyce and Ultramagnetic MC's. He is known for his ability to function in varied musical situations, contributing sparkling, lyrical solos and backgrounds, and his capacity to exhume mass quantites of standards in any key. Ross wrote his first song, "Superman(I Wish I Could Do What He Can)" at age 6. His second was "Frankenstein" at age 11. Then he succumbed to a 14 year writer's block. Thanx to Sheila Schneider and Keith Willner for help with this site, and to my dad Nelson Schneider, a player from the twenties, who taught me to play on his C-melody sax. First lesson-make it laugh and cry. Moral: It ain't just notes! |
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