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Syd Schwartz

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Jazz Journalist (professional- voting member)
First name
Syd
Last name
Schwartz
Jazz Hero
Wayne Shorter
City
Scarsdale
Country
United States of America
I am a jazz
  • writer
  • web producer
  • other
"Other" means. . .
Marketing and Digital Consultant
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Other key Publications/Productions
Liner notes I've written (updated as of April 2025)

Art Pepper Modern Art (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
Bill Evans Explorations (Riverside/Craft 2024)
Charles “Charlie” Rouse Two Is One (Strata-East 2025)
Dizzy Reece Blues in Trinity (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
Donald Byrd Kofi (Blue Note Tone Poet 2024)
Jonathan Blake Homeward Bound (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
Kenny Burrell/Art Blakey On View at the Five Spot: The Complete Masters (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
Charles Rouse Two Is One (Strata-East 2025)
Serge Chaloff Blue Serge (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
The Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
The Jazz Crusaders Freedom Sound (Blue Note Tone Poet 2025)
Various Artists Blue Note Alts 'N Outs (UME/Blue Note Record Store Day 2025)
Wayne Shorter Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note Tone Poet 2024)
Yes Close to the Edge Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2025)
Yes Fragile Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2024)
Yes Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy Two (Rhino 2015/2024)
Yes Relayer 50th Anniversary/Rhino Hi Fi Edition (Rhino 2024)
Yes The Yes Album Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2023)
My interests in jazz are:
Facilitating the connection between jazz music and potential audiences. As a writer, marketer, and record label executive, nothing gives me greater pleasure than helping an artist and a fan connect! I'm also interested in helping dispel myths, tell stories, eliminate gatekeepers, and honor history while avoiding the anchors that prevent evolution.
More about what I do:
I've written liner notes for Blue Note (Wayne Shorter, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey, Art Pepper, Dizzy Reece, Serge Chaloff, the Jazz Crusaders and more), Craft Recordings (Bill Evans), Strata-East (Charlie Rouse), and have many others in the pipeline. I also founded and continue to curate the @jazzandcoffee Instagram (over 20K followers) and the Jazz and Coffee Substack. My Substack was chosen as a 2024 Editor's pick, is currently #23 in Music on the "Substack Rising Chart", and has over 5,000 subscribers. I'm also a 30+ year veteran of the music industry, having held senior executive positions at Capitol, Virgin, Sony, EMI, Wind-up (a founder), and held multiple roles in digital/tech, artist management, retail, and wholesale music operations.
I support the JJA because
The music business is a full-contact sport. The more people on the JJA team, the better!
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