Danny Tobias

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Equally at home with a cornet or trumpet, Danny Tobias brings beautiful shape and individuality to his performances. Playing professionally since the age of 15, he’s best known for traditional jazz and swing, either reproducing classic arrangements or artful improvisation. Danny’s skills and repertoire embrace a variety of styles.

In addition to playing with the Midiri Brothers’ Sextet at jazz festivals across the USA, Danny has led bands and performed for the Pennsylvania Jazz Society, New Jersey Jazz Society and the Tri-State Jazz Society. Danny has worked with a number of prolific artists such as Warren Vaché, Scott Robinson, Vince Giordano, Wycliffe Gordon, Gordon Webster, Harry Allen, Jon-Erik Kellso, Marty Grosz, Brooks Tegler and Howard Alden. He has performed at Birdland, the Lincoln Center Atrium, the Players Club, and other jazz-loving venues in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Halifax and Montreal!

Danny also mentors young musicians, encouraging them to reach the heights of their skill and creativity.

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by Richard J Salvucci
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Not everyone was fortunate enough--or long lived enough--to have been around for the glory days of Benny Goodman's 1937 band, with a young Martha Tilton singing songs she barely knew, and scared to death of Benny as well. But the Liltin' Miss Tilton was plenty talented, and she made a big impression soon enough. And if a listener just moved the dial a bit, Connee Boswell or Lee Wiley could be found too. They were spectacularly good singers: great phrasing, ...