{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Data Lords | type = studio | artist = Maria Schneider Orchestra | cover = Maria_Schneider_Data_Lords.jpg | released = July 24, 2020 | recorded = August 30 – September 2, 2019 | studio = Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York | genre = Jazz<br>Big band | length = 96:00 | label = ArtistShare | producer = Brian Camelio, Maria Schneider, Ryan Truesdell | prev_title = The Thompson Fields | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''Data Lords''''' is a large-ensemble jazz album by the Maria Schneider Orchestra that was released in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=2020-07-24 |title=Composer Maria Schneider Returns, With A Reckoning, On 'Data Lords' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/07/24/894686507/composer-maria-schneider-returns-with-a-reckoning-on-data-lords |work=National Public Radio |access-date=2020-12-01 |archive-date=2020-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130190831/https://www.npr.org/2020/07/24/894686507/composer-maria-schneider-returns-with-a-reckoning-on-data-lords |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Martin |date=2020-08-03 |title='Data Lords' Review: On Gigabytes and Garden Sights |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/data-lords-review-on-gigabytes-and-garden-sights-11596484869 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Futterman |first=Steve |title=Maria Schneider Orchestra: "Data Lords" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords |work=The New Yorker |access-date=2020-12-01 |archive-date=2020-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001232431/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Summary== The tracks of the album are thematically organized in two sections,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2020-07-24 |title=Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords review – digital dystopia in jazz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/24/maria-schneider-orchestra-data-lords-review |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref> which the liner notes call "a story of two worlds" and are much like a two-disk release. The two sections are named "The Digital World" and "The Natural World".
== Accolades == * 2021 - Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/225|title=The Pulitzer Prizes: Music|publisher=Pulitzer.org|access-date=2021-06-11|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064037/https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/225|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2021 - Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album<ref name="2020grammys1">{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020|title=63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards|publisher=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2021-06-11|archive-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123173217/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2020grammysJT">{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/blog/maria-schneider-chick-corea-win-big-at-2021-grammy-awards|title=Maria Schneider, Chick Corea Win Big at 2021 Grammy Awards| publisher=JazzTimes}}</ref> * 2021 - The track "Sputnik" won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition<ref name="2020grammys1" /><ref name="2020grammysJT" /> * 2021 - Le Grand Prix de l’Académie du Jazz for Best Record of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2021/03/maria-schneider-wins-le-grand-prix-de-lacademie-du-jazz/|title=Maria Schneider wins Le Grand Prix de l'Académie du Jazz|publisher=Jazz in Europe|access-date=2021-06-17|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417202437/https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2021/03/maria-schneider-wins-le-grand-prix-de-lacademie-du-jazz/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Maria Schneider
| headline = The Digital World | title1 = A World Lost | length1 = 9:42
| title2 = Don't Be Evil | length2 = 13:38
| title3 = CQ CQ, Is Anybody There? | length3 = 10:18
| title4 = Sputnik | length4 = 8:10
| title5 = Data Lords | length5 = 11:06 }}
{{Track listing | headline = The Natural World | title6 = Sanzenin | length6 = 5:46
| title7 = Stone Song | length7 = 5:45
| title8 = Look Up | length8 = 9:05
| title9 = Braided Together | length9 = 3:59
| title10 = Bluebird | length10 = 11:11
| title11 = The Sun Waited For Me | length11 = 7:22
}}
== Personnel == {{Div col}} * Greg Gisbert – trumpet, flügelhorn * Tony Kadleck – trumpet, flügelhorn * Nadje Noordhuis – trumpet, flügelhorn * Mike Rodriguez – trumpet, flügelhorn * Marshall Gilkes – trombone * Ryan Keberle – trombone * Keith O'Quinn – trombone * George Flynn – bass trombone * Dave Pietro – alto saxophone, clarinet, piccolo, flute * Steve Wilson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute * Donny McCaslin – tenor saxophone, flute * Rich Perry – tenor saxophone * Scott Robinson – baritone, Bb, bass & contrabass clarinets, muson * Gary Versace – accordion * Frank Kimbrough – piano * Ben Monder – guitar * Jay Anderson – bass * Johnathan Blake – drums, percussion {{Div col end}}
== Additional Credits == * Producer: Brian Camelio, Maria Schneider, Ryan Truesdell * Associate Producer: Zachary Bornheimer * Engineering: Brian Montgomery, assisted by Charles Mueller and Edwin Huet * Trumpet electronics programming on "CQ CQ, Is Anybody There?": Michael Lenssen * Recording production assistance: Eunha So * Mixing: Brian Montgomery and Maria Schneider * Mastering: Gene Paul at G&J Audio, and Nate Wood
Package Design: * Illustration: Aaron Horkey * Graphic design: Cheri Dorr * Print production: Franklin Press, Inc. * Session photography: Briene Lermitte * Video documentation on ArtistShare: Marie Le Claire assisted by Erin Harper
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==External links== * [https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/albuminfo?id=1083 Data Lords page on ArtistShare.com] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1YDopPZksg Trailer] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pWHFFk49Q Pre-concert interview]
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