Anton Schwartz
{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist and composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Anton Schwartz
| image =
| caption = Schwartz at SFJAZZ concert, 2008
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|16}}
| death_date =
| origin = New York, New York, United States
| instrument = Saxophone
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = saxophonist, composer, educator, educational technologist
| years_active = 1990s-present
| label = Antonjazz
| website = [https://antonjazz.com/ antonjazz.com]
}}
Anton Schwartz (born July 16, 1967) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer based in Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California.
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 Dalton School, during which time he studied jazz privately with Warne Marsh and Eddie Daniels,{{Cite news
| title = Anton Schwartz: Interview by Jazz Improv
| magazine = Jazz Improv magazine
| pages = 129–130
| volume = 7
| issue = 2
| date = Spring 2007
| url = https://antonjazz.com/press/JazzImprovInterview2007.html }}
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,
{{cite web
| title = Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Members
| url = http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pbk/previous_4.htm
| accessdate = 2009-01-20
}} whereupon he entered the Doctoral program in Computer Science at Stanford University on a National Science Foundation Fellowship.
{{cite news
| last = Gilbert
| first = Andrew
| newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle
| title = Anton Catches On
| date = 2006-10-08
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/08/PKGR0LDOF51.DTL
}}
There he pursued research in artificial Intelligence, specializing in reinforcement learning.
{{Cite book
| 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.
= Musician =
He has released five CDs as a leader, on his own Antonjazz label.
{{cite web
| title = Anton Schwartz Discography
| website = Allmusic
| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p295068|pure_url=yes}}
| accessdate = 2009-01-20
}}
They have garnered extensive national radio play
{{cite web
| title = Jazz Album Chart
| publisher = JazzWeek
| date = 2006-10-05
| url = https://antonjazz.com/x/press/JazzWeekChartRB.pdf
| accessdate = 2009-01-01
{{cite web
| title = Jazz Album Chart
| publisher = JazzWeek
| date = 2014-03-03
| url = https://antonjazz.com/x/press/JazzWeekChartFM.pdf
| accessdate = 2014-04-14
}}
{{Cite news
| magazine = Jazz Times
| last = Conrad
| first = Thomas
| title = CD Reviews: Anton Schwartz, Radiant Blue
| date = November 2006
| url = http://jazztimes.com/articles/17455-radiant-blue-anton-schwartz
{{Cite news
| magazine = JAZZIZ
| last = Kopp
| first = Ed
| title = Anton Schwartz, Radiant Blue
| date = Jan–Feb 2007
| url = https://antonjazz.com/press/JazzizRB.html }}
{{Cite news
| magazine = Jazz Improv
| last = Bedford
| first = Winthrop
| title = Anton Schwartz, Holiday Time
| volume = 5
| issue = 2
| page = 294
| date = Winter 2005
| url = https://antonjazz.com/press/JazzImprovHT.html
{{cite magazine
| title = The Slow Lane, Anton Schwartz
| last = Astarita
| first = Glenn
| magazine = All About Jazz
| date = 2000-03-01
| url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0300_005.htm }}
{{Cite news
| newspaper = San Francisco Bay Guardian
| last = Richardson
| first = Derk
| title = Anton Schwartz, When Music Calls
| volume = 33
| issue = 8
| date = 1998-11-25
{{Cite news
| magazine = DownBeat Magazine
| last = Garelick
| first = Jon
| title = Anton Schwartz, Flash Mob
| volume = 81
| issue = 3
| page = 60
| date = March 2014
{{cite magazine
| title= Anton Schwartz: Flash Mob
| last = Astarita
| first = Glenn
| magazine = All About Jazz
| date = 2014-02-03
| url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46217
| accessdate = 2014-04-11 }}{{cite news
| title = Anton Schwartz - Flash Mob
| last = Yanow
| first = Scott
| magazine = L.A. Jazz Scene
| date = March 2014
| url = https://antonjazz.com/reviews/la-jazz-scene-flash-mob/
| accessdate = 2014-04-11
}}
His 2006 CD, Radiant Blue, featured Peter Bernstein (guitar) and Taylor Eigsti (piano) and hit number Four on the U.S. jazz radio charts.
His most recent release, Flash Mob, featured Dominick Farinacci (trumpet) and Taylor Eigsti (piano) and enjoyed a long run on the radio Top 10.{{cite web
| title= Anton Schwartz: Flash Mob
| publisher = JazzWeek
| date = 2014-04-11
| url = http://www.jazzweek.com/releases/2014/01/anton-schwartz-flash-mob-anton-jazz/
| accessdate = 2014-04-11 }}
Schwartz performs periodically at Yoshi's. One such performance was broadcast nationally in the U.S. as an hourlong episode of NPR's JazzSet.
{{cite web
| title = NPR's JazzSet: Anton Schwartz Quintet
| publisher = npr.org
| url = https://www.npr.org/programs/jazzset/shows/aschwartz2006.html
| year = 2006
| accessdate = 2009-01-20
}}
Recent performances by Schwartz include an hourlong concert of unaccompanied saxophone for the 2013 San Francisco Jazz Festival{{cite web
| title = Anton Schwartz
| publisher = SFJAZZ
| url = http://www.sfjazz.org/events/festival/2013/anton-schwartz
| year = 2013
| accessdate = 2014-06-16
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228115550/http://www.sfjazz.org/events/festival/2013/anton-schwartz
| archive-date = 2014-02-28
| url-status = dead
}}
and as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra at Boston Symphony Hall (2014).
{{cite web
| title = Harvard Night with Alan Gilbert
| publisher = Boston Symphony Orchestra
| url = http://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/60561
| year = 2014
| accessdate = 2014-06-16
}}
=Educator & Educational Technologist=
In 2019, Schwartz released [https://randomroots.app/ Random Roots], a music practice aid app that utilizes skill acquisition techniques such as varied practice, the spacing effect, the testing effect, context dependency, illusions of mastery and the generation effect. In 2013, he described the practice methodology that inspired the Random Roots app in [https://antonjazz.com/2013/06/random-roots/ a blog post of the same name].
In 2021, he released [https://scalemate.app/ ScaleMate], a music theory app aimed at helping musicians deepen their understanding of scales and musical harmony.
Schwartz is a faculty member of the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, California,
{{cite web
| publisher = California Jazz Conservatory
| title = California Jazz Conservatory Faculty
| url = http://cjc.edu/baccalaureate-program/cjc/
| accessdate = 2017-02-03
}}
has taught frequently at The Stanford Jazz Workshop, and has been Artist-In-Residence at Harvard University
{{cite web
| publisher = Office for the Arts at Harvard
| title = Harvard Alums Return to Celebrate 30 Years of Making Music
| url = http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~spectrum/past_spectrums/2002/mar02/2.htm
| date = 2002-03-02
| accessdate = 2009-01-20
}}
and The Brubeck Institute.
{{cite web
| publisher = University of the Pacific
| title = Brubeck Fellowship Program
| url = http://web.pacific.edu/x19742.xml
| accessdate = 2010-10-22
{{cite web
| publisher = University of the Pacific
| title = Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony
| url = http://web.pacific.edu/x19743.xml
| accessdate = 2009-01-20
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116003929/http://web.pacific.edu/x19743.xml| archivedate= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}}
Discography
- When Music Calls (1998, Antonjazz)
- The Slow Lane (2000, Antonjazz)
- Holiday Time (2004, Antonjazz)
- Radiant Blue (2006, Antonjazz)
- Flash Mob (2014, Antonjazz)
References
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External links
- [https://antonjazz.com Anton Schwartz's official web site]
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3Y5wum8AAAAJ Anton Schwartz on Google Scholar]
- [https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/anton-schwartz/id1330331588 Music educational apps by Anton Schwartz on the App Store]
- [http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=1039 Anton Schwartz on AllAbout Jazz]
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p295068|pure_url=yes}} Anton Schwartz on Allmusic]
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