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Also Known As Maria Lynn Schneider
Born November 27, 1960 (age 65) • Minnesota
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (2013) • Grammy Award (2007) • Grammy Award (2004)
Notable Works “The Thompson Fields”
Charlie “Bird” Parker, 1949
Charlie Parker
American musician
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American musician
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Trane
John Coltrane
American musician
Glenn Miller, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiles while holding a trombone in a studio portrait from the 1940s.
Glenn Miller
American composer and musician
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
Dizzy Gillespie
American musician
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American composer and singer
Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American musician
Coleman, Ornette
Ornette Coleman
American musician
Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski
Stan Kenton
American musician
Haden, c. 1976
Charlie Haden
American musician
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American musician
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American musician
Morton, 1923
Jelly Roll Morton
American musician
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American musician and composer
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American musician
Earl (“Fatha”) Hines, c. 1945.
Earl Hines
American musician