Jazz Articles about Eddie Daniels

Eddie Daniels: Homecoming - Live At The Iridium

by Joel Roberts
October 15, 2007

The homecoming in the title of Eddie Daniels' new album refers to the first New York club appearance in two decades in 2006 by the Brooklyn-born clarinet virtuoso, who's made his home in New Mexico for more than a decade. The live two-CD recording from Iridium--just five blocks from Daniels' alma mater, the old High School of Performing Arts--also highlights a return to an instrument he's played infrequently in recent years, the tenor saxophone. Joined by West ...

Aa.Vv.: One More: The Summary Music of Thad Jones, vol. 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 5, 2007

Delude il secondo CD celebrativo della IPO, dedicato al trombettista Thad Jones (1923-86) [per la recensinoe del primo clicca qui]. Una ricognizione ambiziosa -e a conti fatti temeraria-, che si concentra sul repertorio della celebre Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Orchestra. Per l’occasione è stata allestita una formazione stellare, comprendente alcuni degli storici componenti di quell’ensemble, che al jazz orchestrale ha regalato diversi capolavori. La presunzione di chi ha realizzato il disco è tale e tanta da dimenticare che la brillantezza e ...

Eddie Daniels Quartet: Mean What You Say

by Ken Dryden
October 28, 2006

For Mean What You Say, Eddie Daniels reunites with two of his bandmates from the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Hank Jones and Richard Davis), plus Kenny Washington on drums. He also brings his tenor sax on this fine studio date for the first time in quite a while. Although he has concentrated on the clarinet for decades, Daniels still has plenty of tenor chops, as evident on his boisterous interpretation of “Mean What You Say and the ...

The Eddie Daniels Quartet: Mean What You Say

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 30, 2006

Dopo aver sacrificato per quasi vent’anni il suo talento per una nota label statunitense, Eddie Daniels rimane folgorato sulla via di Damasco ed imprime una nuova direzione alla sua musica. A sessantaquattro anni l’ex allievo di Tony Scott torna al vecchio amore per il jazz, che lo aveva portato ad esordire ancora giovanissimo nell’orchestra di Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. È questa una buona notizia per tutti gli amanti della buona musica, poiché l’artista statunitense è uno dei pochi clarinettisti sulla scena ...

The Eddie Daniels Quartet: Mean What You Say

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 8, 2006

Multi-reed player Eddie Daniels has long been considered one of the best clarinetists in the business, and that ranking often includes Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Although he still does record rather infrequently (this is only his third album in the past ten years), Daniels still places in the jazz polls as one of the best clarinetists around, usually in the company of such artists as Ken Peplowski, Kenny Davern and Buddy DeFranco, insofar as active players are concerned.

The Eddie Daniels Quartet: Mean What You Say

by Jerry D'Souza
May 16, 2006

Eddie Daniels has been under the radar for several years now. The woodwind specialist has surfaced to play on occasion, but the presence that once marked him has been missing. He is now back with a stellar cast and a new recording. Daniels is in top-notch form on Mean What You Say, and hopefully he will continue to be more visible in performance and on record.

The selection of well-tested standards serves the band well. The musicians unveil them with ...

Eddie Daniels: Mean What You Say

by Jim Santella
May 8, 2006

Straight-ahead jazz doesn't get much cleaner than this. When the Eddie Daniels Quartet goes to work, the business turns neat as a pin.

They swing, too, with the intuition of veterans who have yet to run out of ideas. Cohesiveness, tone quality, intonation and a personal feel for the music's syncopated rhythms give the group a positive foundation. To this formula, they add the kind of spontaneity and creativity that has given jazz its appeal for at least ...