Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961) is a Swiss

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reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music. Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended

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and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He has recorded for

Enja Records Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Jap ...

and composes pieces which meld jazz and

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. His work has been published by

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, and Edition Kunzelmann; he has been commissioned by

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, ,

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and

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.Marcus Gammel, "Daniel Schnyder". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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, 2004. Sidemen on his albums include

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, Kenny Drew Jr., Dave Taylor, Adam Taubitz,

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, and

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. He has also worked with

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, and

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Discography

* ''Secret Cosmos'' (

Enja Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Jap ...

, 1988) * ''The City'' (Enja, 1989) * ''Decoding the Message'' (Enja, 1990) * ''Mythen'' (Koch, 1991) * ''Mythology'' (Enja 1991) * ''Granulat'' with Mossman (Red, 1991) * ''Nucleus'' (Enja, 1995) * ''Tarantula'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Words Within Music'' (Enja, 1999) * ''Jazz Meets Weill and Gershwin'' with Kurt Weill, David Taylor, Kenny Drew Jr. (Koch, 2000) * ''Songbook'' with Kenny Drew Jr., Kristjan Jaervi, Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera (CCn'C, 2002) * ''Zoom In'' (Universal/EmArcy, 2003) * ''Da Skale'' with Kenny Drew Jr. (TCB, 2003) * ''Colossus of Sound'' with NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, Reinhold Friedrich, Kathrin Rabus (Enja, 2004) * ''Just Follow Instructions'' with Adam Unsworth (Block M, 2009) * ''Manhattanite'' (Neuklang, 2010) * ''Around the World'' with Stefan Schulz ( BIS, 2011) * ''Daniel Schnyder'' (Migros-Kulturprozent, 2011)

As sideman

Franco Ambrosetti Franco Ambrosetti (born 10 December 1941) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer. He was born in Lugano, Switzerland; his father, Flavio Ambrosetti, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played opposite Charlie Parker.Music for Symphony and Jazz Band ''Music for Symphony and Jazz Band'' is an album by the trumpeter/flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Enja label the following year.

'' (Enja, 1991)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schnyder, Daniel 1961 births Living people Swiss jazz saxophonists Swiss jazz flautists Musicians from Zurich Swiss male classical composers Swiss jazz composers