Jazz Articles about Dani Assis

Introducing Vocalist Dani Assis

by Sanford Josephson
June 1, 2024

Vocalist Dani Assis' bio points out that he was born into a musical family. That is an understatement. “When I was younger," he said, “I didn't know there was anything else to life other than music because both my parents were musicians. My mom, Adriana Quadros, is a wonderful singer, and my father, Nanny Assis, is a percussionist (and singer), so I remember being under 10, just crawling under the tables of New York bars--SOBs (Sounds of Brazil), the Zinc ...