Jazz and big band composer, arranger and percussionist.
Schmitz studied percussion and jazz at the University of Northern Iowa. He is Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at SUNY Oswego, where he directs the Oswego State Jazz Ensemble and Latin Jazz Ensemble, co-leads and performs with faculty jazz quartet Oswego Jazz Project, and teaches jazz and rock history, improvisation, jazz arranging, and music theory and composition.
Son of Alan Schmitz and brother of Christopher Schmitz.
2023
Ravello Records
CD, Album
2016
Ravello Records
CD, Album
2012
Not On Label (Oswego Jazz Project Self-Released)
CDr, Album
2023
Hip-Bone Music
CD
2016
Hip-Bone Music
CD, Album
2001
Sea Breeze Vista
CD, Album
Not On Label
CD, Comp
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