DRUMMER/COMPOSER JARED SCHONIG
CELEBRATES TWO CD DEBUT
TWO TAKES - VOL. 1: QUINTET & VOL. 2: BIG BAND
Available Now on Anzic Records
July 21, 2022
Jared Schonig Big Band @ The Jazz Gallery
Sets at 7:30 & 9:30 PM
Jared Schonig -drums + compositions
Woodwinds: Andrew Gould -alto saxophone 1, Matt Hong -alto saxophone 2, John Ellis -tenor saxophone 1, Jason Rigby -tenor saxophone 2, Remy Le Boeuf -baritone/bass clarinet
Trumpets: Tony Kadleck, Jon Owens, Brian Pareschi, Scott Wendholt
Trombones: Michael Davis, Mike Fahie, Matt McDonald, Jeff Nelson
Guitar: Jeff Miles, Piano: Carmen Staaf, Acoustic Bass: Edward Perez
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August 8, 2022
Jared Schonig Quintet @ Soapbox Gallery
Scott Wendholt, trumpet, Irwin Hall, alto sax, Luis Perdomo, piano,
Cole Davis, acoustic bass, Jared Schonig, drums
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“. . . a prime candidate for album of the year . . .”
– Ron Netsky, Rochester City Paper
"Schonig has worked extensively as a touring sideman, a session drummer, and a pit engine in Broadway productions like The Color Purple. His two new albums — Two Takes Vol. 1: Quintet and Two Takes Vol. 2: Big Band— decisively put him forward as a bandleader, with eight original tunes rendered in both combo and large group settings. The quintet has Marquis Hill on trumpet, Godwin Louis on alto saxophone, Luis Perdomo on piano and Matt Clohesy on bass; the big band enlarges Schonig’s themes with charts by some of the leading orchestrators of our time, like Jim McNeely, Darcy James Argue, Mike Holober and Miho Hazama." – Nate Chinen, WBGO Fall Preview
“Quite frankly, this level of enterprise needs a degree of attention that a mere review can only hint at. Suffice to say, that the quintet versions are best described as hard bop, they’re bright, direct, and filled with exceptional solo playing, all underpinned by Schonig’s varied rhythmic motifs and accents. This is stirring stuff . . . you’ll realise the audacity of the concept and its range. There’s incident aplenty, a multiplicity of twists and turns offered by these writers, each chart marked by a suffusion of top soloists, the whole enterprise a huge gesture of confidence in both composer and executant. Lucky Jared”
– Peter Vacher, JazzWise Magazine
“Taken on its own, the stripped-down quintet recording would be a worthy offering of original music, played at the highest level by some remarkable performers . . . feels like accelerating onto the freeway in a brand-new BMW. Schonig’s drumming is energetic, precise, and with the exception of the solo interludes, never steals the spotlight . . . But the true brilliance resides in the decision to release the quintet recordings as a kind of source material to show how the music is transformed in spectacular fashion by some truly incredible arrangers.”
– Gary Fukushima, DownBeat Magazine (4 ½ Stars)
"the exemplar of the 21st Century musician . . . rich in melodic material, ripe with strong solos, and excellent accompaniment. Jared Schonig set a sumptuous table for his musical partners and the listener gets to partake in the feast! . . . Both albums are worth investigating and owning. Great sounds that will brighten your attitude and your day!"
– Richard Kamins, Step Tempest
“Schonig creates a language flexible and distinct enough to contain multitudes”– Jon Garelick, The Boston Phoenix
“Schonig provides a snappy, powerful backbone . . . it develops in surprising and spontaneous ways”
– Peter Margasak, The Chicago Reader
