Danny Bank

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Daniel "Danny" Bernard Bank (* 17th July 1922 in New York City ; † 5. June 2010 ibid) is an American jazz - baritone saxophonist , clarinetist and flutist. He played in the Gil Evans Orchestra with Miles Davis .

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At the beginning of his musical career Danny Bank played with Charlie Barnet 1942-44, Benny Goodman 1945, Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Whiteman 1946/47, then with Artie Shaw 1949/50, Tommy Dorsey 1950/51 and again with Barnet. In the 1950s, Bank worked in New York mainly as a studio musician; He was then engaged as an ensemble player in many big band productions, such as recordings by Charlie Parker , Dizzy Gillespie 1954/55, Rex Stewart , the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra , at Cannonball Adderley , Urbie Green , Clifford Brown and Helen Merrill , Art Farmer , Wes Montgomery , Quincy Jones , Jimmy Smith , Chico O'Farrill , Tony Fruscella and Gigi Gryce ( Nica's Tempo , 1955).

Most important, however, was his participation in the cooperation of the Gil Evans Orchestra with Miles Davis from 1957 to 1960, during which the legendary albums Miles Ahead 1957, Porgy and Bess 1958 and Sketches of Spain 1960 were created. In 1961, Bank also played in Miles Davis' Carnegie Hall Concert . In the 1960s he worked on other big band recordings such as Charles Mingus '( Pre-Bird , 1960), Stanley Turrentine 1965, Johnny Hodges 1966/67 and Sonny Rollins ' Alfie (1966).

In 1970 he worked for Louis Armstrong ; 1986 with Benny Goodman . In 1989 he worked with Gunther Schuller's Ensemble on a tour of Japan. In the mid-1990s he was still a member of the Jimmy Heath Big Band. In the 1990s, Danny Bank played on the album Out Of This World by Loren Schoenberg with.

Discographic notes

with Miles Davis (as composer)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Bank participated on March 25, 1952 with the recording of the Charlie Parker Big Band under the direction of Joe Lipman ; The tracks: Night And Day, I Can't Get Started, Almost Being in Love, What Is This Thing Called Love? ; included on Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
  2. ↑ Danny Bank plays in the titles Half-Mast Inhibition, Mingus Fingus No.2 and Bemoanable Lady (recorded on May 24, 1960)
personal data
SURNAME Bank, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bank, Daniel Bernard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz baritone saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2010
Place of death New York City