Danny Toan
Danny Toan (birth name Danforth Noyes Toan ; * 1951 ) is an American fusion guitarist and composer. His style can be described in the broadest sense as jazz rock .
Toan comes from a musical family: his father, the architect Danforth W. Toan, was a jazz saxophonist; his brother Braden is a conductor. His publications under his own name date from the 1970s. This resulted in a degree of fame as a so-called Musicians' Musician, i.e. a musician who was primarily known to insiders of the music scene. In 1976 he was a member of Larry Young's band Fuel ( Spaceball ) and Larry Coryell's Eleventh House ( Aspects ); Coryell has interpreted some of his pieces. In 1978 he was involved in the recording of the albums Something Like a Bird by Charles Mingus and Sunbelt by Herbie Mann .
Tom Lord records only six Toan's recording sessions between 1976 and 1979. At the Baltimore Museum , he played with John Lee and Gerry Brown in 2000 ; In 2013 he performed at the 70th birthday concert of Coryell.
Discographic notes
- First Serve ( Embryo / Atlantic 1977)
- Memories of the Future (Atlantic, 1978, with Randy Brecker , Narada Michael Walden and others)
- Big Foot (Sandra, 1979, Reissue: INAK, 1990 with John Lee, Gerry Brown and Joachim Kühn )
- Various - The Blackout (Mother Records, 1997, soundtrack);
Web links
- Jazz Discography Project
- Danny Toan at Allmusic (English)
- Danny Toan at Discogs (English)
- Danny Toan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Discogs
- ^ Portrait of Braden Toan
- ^ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography
- ↑ Live at Nite
- ↑ Larry Coryell 70th Birthday 2013
- ↑ Discogs
- ^ Jazz Discography Project
- ↑ Discogs
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toan, Danny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toan, Danforth Noyes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fusion guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |