Data Lords

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)

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

Summary

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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

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Track listing

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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

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Additional Credits

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  • 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

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  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.
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