“…curling his sinewy lines that refuse to be intimidated.”James Griffiths · The Guardian, UK
“The guy takes off like a terrified, electrified swallow, painting notes in places you weren’t expecting to hear them.”DJ Johnson · on The Hub
“A conversational approach to the alto very akin to that of Eric Dolphy — from fierce screams to lilting melody, short staccato bursts of pure energy, or long sinewy lines of bebop-like convolution.”John Cratchley · Jazzwise, UK
“A free-sax blast of sound gripping in its precision and energy — a real breath of fresh air, even if it hits your eardrums at dangerous velocities.”John Fordham · The Guardian, UK
The bands — past & present.
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The list grows — Dan adds projects as they form (and as the archive gives them up).
The calendar keeps its own hours — like the music. When it burns, it burns.
The archive — a history.
Dates don’t expire here — they file themselves. Two coasts, many continents and tours, twenty-five years of collaborations: a partial record, for a sense of range.
Listen.
A taste, not the menu. These are a few favorites on record — but Dan shapes every night to the room, from bossa and bebop to the great American songbook and well beyond.
…and another forty years' worth of great music to choose from.
Book
Dan.
Bring Dan to your stage. Duos, trios, or a full band — candlelit bossa to festival-grade fire. Rider on request. Programs as you want them: tell us the date, the space, and the feeling you want in it.