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Dan Nimmer performing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Lyon in 2016

Dan Nimmer (born June 11, 1982 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American jazz musician ( piano , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Never began to play the piano autodidactically after his family bought him an instrument. He then received a classical education and at the age of 15 attended the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music, where he studied jazz. With his parents he also visited local jazz clubs , where he also met numerous musicians. His mentor was the saxophonist Berkley Fudge. After graduating from high school, he studied music at Northern Illinois University ; he also played in Chicago clubs. Soon he belonged to the band of Fareed Haque , with whom he went on tour. The first recordings were made in 2002 with the Sam Burckhardt Trio. In early 2004 he moved to New York City; there he began the following year to work with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra .

In addition, Nimmer u. a. with Curtis Fuller , Benny Golson , Larry Ridley , Ed Thigpen , Frank Wess , Clark Terry , Kenny Washington , Paquito D'Rivera , Joe Chambers , Wess Anderson , Kurt Elling , Eric Alexander , Carl Allen , Lyle Lovett , Wynonna Judd , Tom Jones , James Moody , Kathleen Battle, and the Blind Boys of Alabama . He also presented a number of trio albums under his own name. In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 46 recording sessions between 2002 and 2019, apart from the aforementioned with Kengo Nakamura , Whitney Marchelle , Joe Temperley , Marcus Printup , Ted Nash , Adrian Cunningham and Elliot Mason .

Discographic notes

  • Tea for Two (Venus, 2005), with David Wong , Peter Van Nostrand
  • Kelly Blue - Tribute to Wynton Kelly (Venus, 2006), with John Webber , Jimmy Cobb
  • Yours Is My Heart Alone (Venus, 2007), with Peter Washington, Lewis Nash
  • Modern Day Blues (Venus, 2009), with David Wong, Peter Van Nostrand
  • All the Things You Are (Venus, 2012), with David Wong, Peter Van Nostrand

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dan Never. Smalls, December 11, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 11, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Never, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin