Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels (born October 19, 1941 in New York City ) is an American clarinetist who made a name for himself both as a jazz musician and as an interpreter of classical music.
Live and act
Daniels began his career as a jazz musician by participating in the Newport Jazz Festival as a saxophonist in Marshall Brown's International Youth Band . He then attended the Juilliard School of Music , where he studied clarinet, and was one of its first members when the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra was founded in 1966 . In the same year he took part in the International Competition for Modern Jazz in Vienna organized by Friedrich Gulda , where he received first prize in the saxophone category.
By the early 1970s he also made recordings with Freddie Hubbard , Richard Davis , Don Patterson and duets with Bucky Pizzarelli . Increasingly focused on the clarinet, he received Downbeat Magazine's International Critics New Star Award and several Grammys and Grammy nominations. He also received recognition as an interpreter of classical works. Leonard Bernstein said about him: Eddie Daniels combines elegance and virtuosity in a way that makes me remember Arthur Rubenstein. He is a thoroughly well-bred demon. In 1972 and 1976 he was a member of The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band . Daniels played a number of albums as a band leader with his own band. Since the beginning of the 1990s he has increasingly appeared again as a saxophonist. In 1994 there was a cooperation with the clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the arranger / composer Torrie Zito ("Blues for Sabine").
The Swiss-born composer and jazz saxophonist Daniel Schnyder composed a Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra for Eddie Daniels in 2009 on behalf of the Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne , called MATRIX 21 , which was premiered in January 2010 under the direction of Christian Zacharias ; Schnyder dedicated it to Daniels.
Discography
jazz
- First Prize with Richard Davis , Mel Lewis , Sir Roland Hanna , 1966
- A Flower for All Seasons
- This is Now with Billy Childs, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jimmy Johnson, Tony Dumas, Ralph Penland, 1991
- Morning Thunder
- Street wind
- Brief Encounter with Rick Laird , Andy LaVerne , Billy Mintz , 1977
- Breakthrough
- To Bird With Love
- Memos From Paradise
- Blackwood with Steve Khan , Rob Mounsey , Dave Grusin , Sammy Figueroa , Jeff Mironov , Dave Weckl , 1989
- Nepenthe with John Patitucci , Sammy Figueroa , Chuck Loeb , Adam Nussbaum , Dave Weckl , 1989
- Benny Rides Again with Gary Burton , Peter Erskine , Marc Johnson , Marcus Johnson , Mulgrew Miller , 1992
- Under the Influence with Peter Erskine , Michael Formanek , Alan Pasqua , 1993
- Real Time with Chuck Loeb , Ned Mann , Adam Nussbaum , 1994
- The Five Seasons , Jazz adaptation of the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with Alan Broadbent , Peter Erskine , Dave Carpenter and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1995
- Beautiful love
- Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet with the hr big band ( Tony Lakatos , Kurt Bong , Thomas Heidepriem , Wilson de Oliveira , Wolfgang Haffner , Peter Feil , Torolf Mølgaard , John Oslawski , Martin Auer , Harry Petersen , Peter Reiter , Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn , Werner Vetterer ), 2000
- Crossing the Line with Larry Combs , Gary Novak , Larry Novak , Brad Opland and the Rami Solomonow String Quartet, 2004
- Mean What You Say with Hank Jones , Kenny Washington , Richard Anthony Davis , 2005
- Homecoming. Live at the Iridium with Joe Locke , Tom Ranier , Dave Finck , Joe LaBarbera , 2007
- Live at the Library of Congress with Roger Kellaway , 2011
- Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: Duke at the Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe , 2013
- Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: * Just Friends: Live at the Village Vanguard , 1988, ed. 2017
Web links
- Eddie Daniels' website (English)
- Eddie Daniels at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Daniels, Eddie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |