ABOUT GARY SCHWANTES
Based in San Francisco, CA, USA, Gary Schwantes is founder and Artistic Director of Ultra World X-Tet, and produced the group's albums Wise Dreams and Fables of the Sky, Moon and Legend , and Night Market which feature his sax, bamboo flute and guitar work as well as many of his compositions . He has toured, recorded and produced 3 albums (Threedom, 4, Moose Lodge Sessions) with the North Carolina based jazz-funk trio Hip Bones which feature his sax and bamboo flute work and many of his compositions featuring guest artists including Gift of Gab and Sidney Barnes. He has performed with SF based Klezmania!, and played on the Sanctuary Grooves album. Other gigs include sax and flute work with Melody of China, Pam Tillis, Swapan Chaudhuri, Weishan Liu, Lou Harrison, Zeke Nealy and Veve Vodou, Allen Ginsberg, John Cipolina, Hank Ballard, and many more. He co-composed the Dynasties album with Gang Situ, and played on Metal Guitarist Jason Becker's Perspective. He has composed music and done sound design for many organizations including Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, Mickey Hart's Planet Drum, Craig Baldwin, Dimensions Dance Theater, ACT, and S.F. Legion of Honor Museum. He has received commissions and grants from Meet the Composer, ACT, S.F. Legion of Honor Museum, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Opera Piccola and Chinese Cultural Productions and studied composition at Mills College with Lou Harrison and Anthony Braxton.
Recordings
Selected Concert DVD releases featuring Gary Schwantes
Ultra World X-tet-Night Market (Giespro) Music releases CD/Vinyl/Download with Performances and/or Compositions by Gary Schwantes Hip Bones-The Moose Lodge Sessions (Groosion) Ultra World X-tet-Moon and Legend (Giespro) Klezmania!-Sanctuary Grooves (Benny B.Music) Intsruments of Peace (Groosian} Hip Bones- "4" (Groosion) Hip Bones-Threedom (Groosion ) Vince Littleton-Hall of Sound Jason Becker-Perpective (Warner Bros.) Gary Ramal Malkin-Graceful Passages (Companion Arts) Gary Schwantes and Gang Situ-Dynasties (Global Echoes) The Invertebrates-Garagezilla (Spineless) The Invertebrates-Rubber Soul Train (Spineless) Michael Stillwater-Rocked in the Cradle (Inner Harmony) Dennis Hysom- Ocean Planet (Discovery Channel) Dennis Hysom- Badlands (The Nature Company) Dennis Hysom-Caribbean (The Nature Company) Dennis Hysom-Bayou (The Nature Company) Opera Piccola-Into the Eye of Magic (Opera Piccola) Olmsted-Schwantes -Leukemian (We Magazine vol. 11) Rhythm Riot-Rhythm Riot (Griot) The Job-Live at Le Disque (Jump) The Job-No More Noise (Aiwaz) Hypnotherapy Audio Releases by Gary Schwantes Target the Life You Want Introducing the Trance Experience (Giespro) Preparing for Important Events (Giespro) Sleep Now (Giespro) Selected Video and Film Soundtacks with Music by Gary Schwantes SF Drug Court-.New Justice, New Beginnings (Education, Training) International Rivers Network-Large Dams, False Promises (PBS) We Do the Work -Working til it Hurts (PBS) We Do the Work-Dying for a Job (PBS) KRON TV-Green for Life (KRON Channel 4, SF) We Do the Work -.Kid Shields (PBS) Mitchell Loch-.Bardo of Dreams (Festivals ) Legion of Honor Museum-Expressionism Installation (electronic arrangements) Marc Olmsted-American Mutant Access SF Channel 29-Animal Vegetable Television Selected Interactive Media with Music by Gary Schwantes Fisher-Price-Teen Titans (Color Pixter) Fisher-Price-Jimmy Neutron in Space (Color Pixter) Fisher-Price Learning Alphabet Forest (Color Pixter) Fisher-Price-Girls Team Van Leap Frog-Bob Saves he Porcupines (Leap Pad) Leap Frog-Adventure Globe Leap Frog- I Know Where My Food Goes (Leap Pad) Leap Frog -The Birthday Surprise (Leap Pad) Leap Frog-Once Upon a Time (Leap Pad) Leap Frog- Leap Tries Again (Leap Pad) Leap Frog-A Tad Too Much (Leap Pad) Leap Frog- Leap's Friends from A-Z (Leap Pad) Leap Frog -Pooh Gets Stuck (Leap Pad) Leap Frog-Mother Goose Song Book (Leap Pad) Fujitsu Interactive-Bio Punx (CD ROM) Broderbund-Amazing Writing Machine (CD ROM) Broderbund-Write, Camera Action (CD ROM) Broderbund-Treehouse CD ROM (CD ROM) Broderbund-Presswriter (CD ROM) Broderbund-Company Logo (All Active Mind CD ROM Products) Selected Interactive Media with Performances by Gary Schwantes Broderbund- Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (CD ROM) Broderbund-Where in the USA is Carmen San Diego (CD ROM) Broderbund- Press Writer (CD ROM) Living Books-Dr Seuss's ABC (CD ROM) Mattel-Prince of Persia 3D (CD ROM) Red Orb-War Breeds (CD ROM) Selected Interactive Media with Sound Design by Gary Schwantes Broderbund- Kid Pix Studio (CD ROM) Broderbund-Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (CD ROM) Broderbund-Treehouse CD ROM (CD ROM) Selected Theatrical/Dance Productions with Music by Gary Schwantes Dimensions DanceTheater- Spirits Uplifted Dimensions DanceTheater-Mudzimu Opera Piccola- Into the Eye of Magic Olmsted/Schwantes-American Mutants Sons of Rocket Science-Dance of Suppression Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Begin From Here (with Gang Situ) Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Common Ground (with Gang Situ) Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Spring Overture (with Gang Situ) Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Dynasty Suite (with Gang Situ) Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Static and Dynamic (with Gang Situ) ACT -Marco Millions (with Betty Wong) Other Sound Design Projects Craig Baldwin-Spectres of the Spectrum Mickey Hart-Planet Drum Ensemble |
Gary Schwantes
saxophones, bamboo flutes composition |