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An excellent hard bop tenor saxophonist most influenced by
Dexter Gordon,
David Schnitter's rise in the jazz world in the 1970s preceded the "young lions"; unfortunately, he has maintained a much lower profile since the early '80s. After starting on clarinet,
Schnitter permanently switched to tenor when he was 15. He played locally, moved to New York, gigged with
Ted Dunbar, and then was a member of
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1974-1979. He worked with
Freddie Hubbard from 1979-1981, and had associations with
Frank Foster,
Charles Earland, and
Groove Holmes.
David Schnitter sounded fine on numerous records with
Blakey and as a leader for Muse during 1976-1981, but not enough has been heard from him since. ~ Scott Yanow