Name Ed Schuller Role Bassist | Parents Gunther Schuller Siblings George Schuller | |
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Interview ed schuller lenz schuller piano and bass duo
Edwin Jan Schuller (January 11, 1955) is an American jazz bassist and composer.His father is Gunther Schuller, a composer, horn player, and music professor, and his younger brother is drummer George Schuller.
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- Interview ed schuller lenz schuller piano and bass duo
- Uli lenz ed schuller piano and bass duo modern jazz
- Career
- As leader
- As sideman
- References

Uli lenz ed schuller piano and bass duo modern jazz
Career
A native of New York City, Schuller learned clarinet and guitar as a child. He switched to double bass at age 15, and the same year he had his first professional appearances with Ricky Ford. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Schuller has played with Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Ted Curson, Dave Liebman, Abbey Rader, Jimmy Knepper, Clark Terry, Ran Blake, Paul McCandless, Billy Hart, Mat Maneri, Marty Ehrlich, and Roland 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, Barry Miles, Terry Silverlight, and Jaki Byard. He has played on over 60 recordings and been a member of numerous collective ensembles, including the ensemble that recorded Charles Mingus's Epitaph in 1990.
Schuller has taught at the Newark Academy and at Berklee College of Music, and was the head of the jazz department at Schweitzer Institute of Music in Idaho from 1988.
As leader
As sideman
With Tim Berne
With Anat Fort
With Paul Grabowsky
With Russ Lossing
With Uli Lenz
With Joe Lovano
With Paul Motian
With Night Ark
With Jim Pepper
With Herb Robertson
With Mal Waldron
With Tom Varner