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Daniel Ellis Perez

Born: September 12, 2005

Puerto Rican–American bassist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Daniel Ellis Perez grounds his work in listening, responsibility, and a rigorous commitment to individual voice. Emerging organically as a bassist after beginning on guitar, he approaches the instrument as both a musical and ethical center, prioritizing time, feel, and deep attentiveness while engaging jazz as a language, lineage, and ethic rather than a style to be imitated. Born and raised in Chicago, his sound is shaped by the city’s contradictions and communal realities, drawing from Black American music, rock, and alternative forms to pursue meaning as much as form