Jenny Scheinman - One Hundred Years Today (2026)

On One Hundred Years Today, violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman transforms family history into a vivid meditation on memory, upheaval, and the enduring power of music. Reuniting the extraordinary ensemble from All Species Paradeguitarists Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Tony Scherr, and drummer Kenny WollesenScheinman creates music that moves between lyrical intimacy, adventurous improvisation, and what she calls end-of-times jazz.

The album was inspired by a recently discovered trove of postcards documenting the travels of Scheinmans Palestinian Jewish grandparents, musicians who spent a decade moving through Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa between 1926 and 1937. Their story offers a window into a generation of artists creating connections amid political instability and rising authoritarianism.

Scheinman imagines each composition as a message passed between generations: a coded transmission from the past and a signal to the future. Songs such as Turns the Wagon Wheel, Stars of the Lower Deck, Alive at the Kakadu, and The Edge of Dawn trace themes of love, freedom, danger, and resilience, while tributes to Django Reinhardt and Hal Willner extend the albums spirit of fearless creativity.

Written partly on her grandmothers piano, One Hundred Years Today is ultimately a testament to music as remembrance, resistance, connection, and hope.

Jenny Scheinman - violin
Bill Frisell - guitar
Julian Lage - guitar
Carmen Staaf - piano
Tony Scherr - bass
Kenny Wollesen - drums