Jenny Scheinman is a jazz violinist. She has produced several critically acclaimed solo albums, including ''12 Songs'', named one of the Top Ten Albums of 2005 by ''The New York Times''. She has played with
Linda Perry,
Norah Jones,
Nels Cline,
Lou Reed,
Ani Difranco,
Bruce Cockburn,
Aretha Franklin
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,
Lucinda Williams,
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended ...
,
Bill Frisell, the
Hot Club of San Francisco
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, and
Allison Miller.
In 2008 Scheinman released a self-titled vocal album. She has also played with her friend,
Sean Lennon, on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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''.
Her playing is frequently used as soundbed for
NPR programming. Her album ''Mischief & Mayhem'' features guitarist
Nels Cline, drummer Jim Black, and bassist
Todd Sickafoose.
She grew up in
Petrolia, California, a remote area of Humboldt County near
Cape Mendocino. She is the niece of robotics pioneer
Victor Scheinman and the granddaughter of
Telford Taylor, chief prosecutor at the United States war crimes trials at
Nuremberg
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.
Discography
* ''Live at Yoshi's'' (
Avant, 2000)
* ''The Rabbi's Lover'' (
Tzadik, 2002)
* ''Shalagaster'' (
Tzadik, 2004)
* ''12 Songs'' (
Cryptogramophone, 2005)
* ''Crossing the Field'' (
Koch
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People
* Koch (surname), people with this surname
* Koch dynasty, a dynasty in Assam and Bengal, north east India
* Koch family
* Koch people (or Koche), an ethnic group originally from the ancient Koch kingdom in north east ...
, 2008)
* ''Jenny Scheinman'' (Koch, 2008)
* ''Mischief & Mayhem'' (self released, 2012)
* ''The Littlest Prisoner'' (
Sony Masterworks, 2014)
* ''Here on Earth'' (RPF, 2017)
With
Ani DiFranco
* ''
Red Letter Year
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Says DiFranco about the album: “When I listen to my new record, I hear a very relaxed me, which I think has been absent in a lot o ...
'' (Righteous Babe, 2008)
* ''
Allergic To Water
''Allergic to Water'' is the 18th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released on November 4, 2014.
Critical reception
The album has a score of 71 out of 100 from Metacritic
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'' (Righteous Babe, 2014)
With
Bill Frisell
* ''
The Intercontinentals'' (
Nonesuch, 2003)
* ''
Unspeakable'' (Nonesuch, 2004)
* ''
Richter 858
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Background
The album features Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Jenny Scheinman and ...
'' (Songlines, 2005)
* ''
History, Mystery
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* Jenny Scheinman ...
'' (Nonesuch, 2008)
* ''
Disfarmer'' (Nonesuch, 2009)
* ''
Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet'' (
Savoy Jazz, 2010)
* ''
All We Are Saying
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'' (Savoy Jazz, 2011)
* ''
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved'' (Savoy Jazz, 2012)
* ''
Big Sur
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'' (
OKeh, 2013)
With
Eyvind Kang
* ''
The Narrow Garden'' (Ipecac, 2012)
With
Christian McBride
* ''
Live at Tonic'' (Ropeadope, 2006)
With
Allison Miller
* ''Boom Tic Boom'' (Foxhaven, 2010)
* ''No Morphine, No Lilies'' (The Royal Potato Family, 2013)
* ''Otis Was a Polar Bear'' (The Royal Potato Family, 2016)
* ''Glitter Wolf'' (The Royal Potato Family, 2019)
* ''Parlour Game'' (The Royal Potato Family, 2019)
With
Madeleine Peyroux
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* ''
Standing on the Rooftop
''Standing on the Rooftop'' is the sixth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on June 14, 2011. Peyroux had previously released an EP to promote the album, which included the cover "Martha My Dear" and the new so ...
'' (Decca, 2011)
With
Lou Reed and
Metallica
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* ''
Lulu
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Companies
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* Lulu.com, an online e-books and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer
* Lulu Hypermarket, a retail chain in Asia
* Lululemon Athletica or simply Lulu, ...
'' (Warner Brothers/Vertigo 2011)
With
Rova Saxophone Quartet
* ''
Electric Ascension
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'' (Atavistic, 2005)
With
Lucinda Williams
* ''
West
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Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
'' (Lost Highway, 2007)
References
External links
Jenny Scheinman's Website2008 interview w/State of MindNPR June 10, 2008
1973 births
Living people
American jazz violinists
People from Humboldt County, California
Jewish American musicians
Jewish jazz musicians
21st-century violinists
Jazz musicians from California
21st-century American Jews
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