Jenny Scheinman - violin, Carmen Staaf - piano, Tony Scherr - bass, Kenny Wollesen - drums, Dave Devine - guitar, Julianna Cressman - dance
Jenny Scheinman, acclaimed violinist and composer, and a stalwart of the New York jazz and creative music scenes, presents music from All Species Parade, an epic double-album celebrating the Pacific Northwest wilderness, where Scheinman was raised. The album has topped many year-end charts, and Downbeat Magazine’s Critics voted Scheinman as the #2 Violinist of the year and has honored the album with 4 1/2 stars.
In addition to her extensive work in jazz and improvised music with Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Brian Blade, Ron Miles and Allison Miller and many more, Jenny Scheinman has toured and recorded with songwriting legends such as Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Fulks, and Joni Mitchell. She is featured on the original cast recording of Anais Mitchell’s hit musical Hadestown, and has written several feature length movie scores, including the forthcoming The Optimist. In March 2015 she premiered a multimedia performance at Duke University entitled Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, which she continues to present in theaters around the country. In the summer of 2026 she will be releasing her twelfth studio album featuring her beloved All Species Parade band.
Press Quotes About All Species Parade
“A wild and expansive double album” - All Music
“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2” - DownBeat
“...the music is equal parts personable, eccentric, and dreamlike...one of the best folk jazz recordings of 2024.” - Bandcamp
“...multi-hued music that is singularly Scheinman's own.” - Stereophile
"All Species Parade may well be the versatile Jenny Scheinman’s best across a multi-genre career.” - Glide Magazine
“Scheinman [has] a distinctive vision of American music, suffused with plainspoken beauty and fortified … by country, gospel, and melting-pot folk, along with jazz and the blues.” – The New York Times
“Scheinman [is] a meticulous interpreter of emotion and a composer of cinematic vision and scope.” - DownBeat
“There is an emotional element to Jenny Scheinman's playing that makes her music deeply satisfying." - Wall Street Journal
