- Ed Schuller
Edwin G. Schuller (b. Jan. 11, 1955) is an American
jazz bassist and composer.Schuller was born in
New York City ; his father isGunther Schuller and his younger brother is drummerGeorge Schuller . Schuller learned clarinet and guitar as a child and switched to bass at age 15; that same year he had his first professional appearances withRicky Ford . He studied at theNew England Conservatory of Music . Schuller has played withLee Konitz ,Joe Lovano ,Ted Curson ,Dave Liebman ,Jimmy Knepper ,Clark Terry ,Ran Blake ,Paul McCandless ,Billy Hart ,Marty Ehrlich , andRoland Hanna , and has toured with Lovano,Paul Motian ,Tim Berne ,Jim Pepper ,Pat Martino ,Mal Waldron ,Uli Lenz ,Karl Berger ,Gerry Hemingway ,Marty Cook ,Nicolas Simian ,Perry Robinson ,Mingus Epitaph , andJaki Byard . He has played on over 60 recordings and been a member of numerous collective ensembles.Schuller has taught at the
Newark Academy and atBerklee College of Music , and was the head of the jazz department atSchweitzer Institute of Music inIdaho from 1988.References
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Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, "The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz". Oxford, 1999, pp. 587-88.
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