Anton Schwartz

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Anton Schwartz

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1967|7|16
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Origin = New York, New York, USA
Instrument = Saxophone
Genre = Jazz
Occupation = saxophonist, composer, record producer, educator
Years_active = 1990s-present
Label = Antonjazz
URL = [http://antonjazz.com/ antonjazz.com]

Anton Schwartz (born July 16, 1967) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

Biography

Anton Schwartz was born and raised in New York City, the son of Tony Schwartz, the audio documentarian and media theorist, and Reenah Lurie Schwartz. He attended the The Dalton School, during which time he studied jazz privately with Warne Marsh and Eddie Daniels, and studied advanced mathematics at New York University and Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's, Phi Beta Kappa, in Mathematics and Philosophy at Harvard University in 1989, whereupon he entered the Doctoral program in Computer Science at Stanford University on a National Science Foundation Fellowship. There he pursued research in artificial Intelligence, specializing in reinforcement learning.Citation
last = Schwartz
first = Anton
year = 1993
contribution = A reinforcement learning method for maximizing undiscounted rewards
title = Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Machine Learning
publisher = Morgan Kaufmann
pages = 298-305.] He left the program to become a full-time musician, but not before earning a Master of Science degree along the way.

He has released four CDs as a leader, on his own Antonjazz label. They have garnered strong national radio play and reviews. His most recent, Radiant Blue, features Peter Bernstein on guitar and Taylor Eigsti on piano and landed Top Five on the U.S. jazz radio charts.cite web
title = Jazz Album Chart
publisher = Jazzweek
date = 2006-10-05
url = http://antonjazz.com/press/JazzWeekChartRB.pdf
format = pdf
accessdate = 2008-08-08]

Schwartz is a faculty member of [http://jazzschool.com The Jazzschool] in Berkeley, California and The Stanford Jazz Workshop, and has been Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University and The Brubeck Institute. He is currently a resident of Oakland, California.

Discography

* "When Music Calls" (1998, Antonjazz)
* "The Slow Lane" (2000, Antonjazz)
* "Holiday Time" (2004, Antonjazz)
* "Radiant Blue (2006, Antonjazz)

References

External links

* [http://www.antonjazz.com Anton Schwartz's official web site]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/anton Schwartz on AllAbout Jazz]
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:eqjm7i6og7dr~T0 Schwartz on All Music Guide]