Jim Snidero

Jim Snidero (b. May 29, 1958) is an American jazz saxophonist.

Snidero studied at the University of North Texas before moving to New York City in 1981. After touring with Jack McDuff, he joined Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra in the early 1980s in New York, working in the group for twenty years. He also played in Frank Sinatra's and Eddie Palmieri's bands, and worked in the Frank Wess Sextet, and the Mingus Big Band. He has worked as a sideman for Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, and Tom Varner, among others, and has written instructional books on jazz.

Discography

As leader

• Mixed Bag (Criss Cross Jazz, 1987)
• Live (Red Records, 1989)
• Time Out (Red, 1989)
• Blue Afternoon (Criss Cross, 1989)
• Storm Rising (Ken Music, 1990)
• Urban Tales (Square Discs, 1991)
• While You Were Here (Red, 1991)
• Vertigo (Criss Cross, 1996)
• San Juan (Red, 1997)
• Standards Plus (Double-Time Records, 1997)
• The Music of Joe Henderson (Double-Time, 2000)
• Strings (Milestone Records, 2003)
• Close Up (Milestone, 2004)
• Tippin' (Savant Records, 2007)

As sideman

With Tom Varner

• Jazz French Horn (Soul Note, 1985)

References

• Scott Yanow, Jim Snidero at Allmusic

External links

• www.jimsnidero.com