Ed Neumeister
- Music Department
- Composer
- Music Artist
A longtime fixture on the New York, SF Bay Area, European and Los
Angeles jazz and classical music scenes, Neumeister has been composing
and leading his own groups since 1978.
As a composer Neumeister has received commissions from all over the
world including: The Metropol Orkest (Netherlands), Hamburg Radio Big
Band (Germany), Maribor Opera Orchestra (Slovenia), Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra (New York), Milky Saxophone Quintet (Paris) and Sophisticated
Ellington Project (Tokyo), RTÉ Festival of New Music, Dublin, Ireland,
Fantasy for Cello and Big Band, Styriarte, Graz, Austria and many
diverse projects for film and TV.
He has received three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts,
a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund and Commissions by, the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), International
Associate for Jazz Education (IAJE), and a Grammy nomination.
As a trombonist, Ed performed for 15 years in the Duke Ellington
Orchestra, 19 years with the Mel Lewis Big Band (which during
Neumeister's tenure became the multi Grammy-nominated Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra). Neumeister has also performed and recorded with artists
ranging from Jerry Garcia to Gerry Mulligan. As a "classical" player,
he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco
Symphony, San Francisco Ballet and many other classical orchestras.
Since 1992, Ed has been touring extensively both as a soloist and as a
leader of his own Quartet and The NeuHat Ensemble. Neumeister has
recorded seven albums as a leader including modern big band, trombone
quartet, chamber trio, jazz quartet and quintet as well as a Concerto
for Cello and Big Band.
Neumeister is the founder of the NeuHat Ensemble in New York an
18-piece hybrid ensemble fusing 21st century classical, jazz, funk and
freely improvised music with musicians of equally diverse backgrounds
and ENJO (Ed Neumeister Jazz Orchestra) in Los Angeles.
Angeles jazz and classical music scenes, Neumeister has been composing
and leading his own groups since 1978.
As a composer Neumeister has received commissions from all over the
world including: The Metropol Orkest (Netherlands), Hamburg Radio Big
Band (Germany), Maribor Opera Orchestra (Slovenia), Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra (New York), Milky Saxophone Quintet (Paris) and Sophisticated
Ellington Project (Tokyo), RTÉ Festival of New Music, Dublin, Ireland,
Fantasy for Cello and Big Band, Styriarte, Graz, Austria and many
diverse projects for film and TV.
He has received three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts,
a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund and Commissions by, the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), International
Associate for Jazz Education (IAJE), and a Grammy nomination.
As a trombonist, Ed performed for 15 years in the Duke Ellington
Orchestra, 19 years with the Mel Lewis Big Band (which during
Neumeister's tenure became the multi Grammy-nominated Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra). Neumeister has also performed and recorded with artists
ranging from Jerry Garcia to Gerry Mulligan. As a "classical" player,
he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco
Symphony, San Francisco Ballet and many other classical orchestras.
Since 1992, Ed has been touring extensively both as a soloist and as a
leader of his own Quartet and The NeuHat Ensemble. Neumeister has
recorded seven albums as a leader including modern big band, trombone
quartet, chamber trio, jazz quartet and quintet as well as a Concerto
for Cello and Big Band.
Neumeister is the founder of the NeuHat Ensemble in New York an
18-piece hybrid ensemble fusing 21st century classical, jazz, funk and
freely improvised music with musicians of equally diverse backgrounds
and ENJO (Ed Neumeister Jazz Orchestra) in Los Angeles.