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Ted Daniel (born June 4, 1943) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.


Biography

He studied trumpet in elementary school, and began his professional career playing local gigs with his childhood friend, the legendary guitarist
Sonny Sharrock Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. He was married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the fir ...
. Daniel briefly attended
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and
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, before joining the army. In 1966, Daniel was drafted in the army, and served with the
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and 25th Infantry Division Bands in the
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of Vietnam during the
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After his discharge from the Army in 1968, Daniel attended
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,
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, on a full music scholarship, where he met and studied with Dr.
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. After a year, Daniel returned to
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and eventually received a bachelor of music degree in theory and composition from the
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. Daniel had begun his recording career while studying in Ohio. He returned briefly to New York to record Sonny Sharrock's first album ''Black Woman''. His second recording was with a band he co-led (Brute Force) with his brother, Richard Daniel. The recording was entitled ''Brute Force'' on the
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label, produced by
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. Since then, Daniel has participated in more than 30 published recordings with such artists as:
Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
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Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played ...
,
Andrew Cyrille Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor, among others. AllMusic biographe ...
, Sam Rivers,
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and
Henry Threadgill Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He ...
. Ted Daniel has held workshops at Amherst College,
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,
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and the University of Hosei in
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. He has also conducted a seminar in
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, as well as work in his community conducting summer music workshops for high and college age students. Daniel has produced three albums under his own name: ''The Ted Daniel Sextet'' on Ujamaa Records, ''Tapestry'' on
Sun Records Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny C ...
, and ''In The Beginning'' on Altura recordings. This recording features a twelve-piece ensemble including such artist as
Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
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Arthur Blythe Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a f ...
,
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and David Murray. Eventually this ensemble evolved into a larger group called "Energy". Daniel has been the recipient of a NEA compositional grant and awarded "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from ''
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''. Presently, he is writing and performing with his new group, the International Brass and Membrane Corporation (IBMC). This trio was conceived as a flexible and expandable creative music performance group, which utilizes instruments from the brass and membrane instrument families. He has also made several recordings with
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's "The Phibes" band. On May 20, 2008, Porter Records reissued Ted Daniel's ''Tapestry'' album, with a bonus track from the original performance of 1974 recorded at
Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Col ...
's Artist House. Daniel has also formed a duo with Michael Marcus on Bb clarinet and Daniel on trumpet and assorted brass. Their first release self-titled ''Duology'' on Boxholder Records received excellent reviews. Duology's second CD on
Soul Note Records Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black S ...
, entitled ''Golfen Atoms'', was released in June 2008. In May 2009, Ujamaa Records released the Ted Daniel Trio CD ''The Loft Years), Volume one''.


Discography


As leader

*1970: ''Ted Daniel Sextet'' with
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released 1972 *1974: ''Tapestry'' with
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Jerome Cooper Jerome Douglas Cooper (December 14, 1946 – May 6, 2015) was an American free jazz musician. In addition to trap drums, Cooper played balafon, chirimia and various electronic instruments, and referred to himself as a "multi-dimensional drummer, ...
, Richard Daniel Released on
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1974 Released on
Porter Records Porter Records is a United States record label that specializes in jazz, hiphop, electronic, world, and experimental music. Its catalog is self-described as "music for the eclectic listener", with albums by artists Henry Grimes, Joe Chambers, Matth ...
2008 *1975: ''In the Beginning'' with
Arthur Blythe Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a f ...
,
Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
, David Murray,
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Richard Dunbar Richard Dunbar was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 22, 1944. He began studying the French horn in high school and never put it down. He also was known to play the bass guita ...
,
Steve Reid Steve Reid (January 29, 1944 – April 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Kieran Hebden, and Sun Ra. He worked as a session drummer for Motown. Biography Born in ...
,
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland; May 10, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band. Biography He began playing the trumpet at age 13 in his native New York City. One of the first groups he performed with wa ...
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released 1997 *1975: ''Ted Daniel Trio'' with Richard Pierce,
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Ujamaa Records Ujamaa ( in Swahili) was a socialist ideology that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961. More broadly, ujamaa may mean "cooperative economics" ...
released 2009 *2006: ''Duology'' with Michael Marcus, clarinet ( Boxholder Records released 2007 *1981: ''Ted Daniel Solo'' Ted Daniel
Ujamaa Records Ujamaa ( in Swahili) was a socialist ideology that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961. More broadly, ujamaa may mean "cooperative economics" ...
released 2013 *1975: ''Innerconnection'' with
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Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
( NoBusinessRecords released 2014 *2008: ''Golden Atoms'' Duology with Michael Marcus, (
Soul Note Records Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black S ...
released 2008 *2012: ''Duology'' with
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and Michael Marcus ( Jazzwerkstatt Records released 2012


As sideman

With
Sonny Sharrock Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. He was married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the fir ...
*'' Black Woman ''(
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, 1968 With
Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
*''
Things Have Got to Change ''Things Have Got to Change'' is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1971 on the Impulse! label. The album features a performance by Shepp with a large ensemble and vocal choir. The album "solidified the saxophonists ...
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, 1971) With
Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played ...
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The Ear of the Behearer ''The Ear of the Behearer'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1973 for the Impulse! label.
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, 1973) *'' Coincide ''(
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, 1974) With Sam Rivers *''
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, 1974) With
Henry Threadgill Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He ...
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Rag, Bush and All ''Rag, Bush and All'' is an album by Henry Threadgill released on the RCA Novus label in 1989. The album and features four of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Sextett with Bill Lowe, Ted Daniel, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, N ...
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, 1989) *''
Song Out of My Trees ''Song Out of My Trees'' is an album by Henry Threadgill released on the Black Saint label in 1994. The album features five of Threadgill's compositions performed by a variety of ensembles that include Threadgill, Ted Daniel, Brandon Ross, Jerome ...
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David Ware David Spencer Ware (November 7, 1949 – October 18, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Biography Ware was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While in high school he a ...
(IPS, 1976) *''
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, 1978) * '' Special People ''(
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, 1980) * '' The Navigator ''(
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, 1982) With
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Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
, Richard Davis (Trio, 1976) With
Billy Bang Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. Biography Bang's family moved to New York City's Bronx neighborhood while he was still an infant, and as a ...
*'' Viet Nam the aftermath'' with
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Frank Lowe Frank Lowe (June 24, 1943 – September 19, 2003) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer. Biography Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone at the age of 12. As an adult he moved to San Fra ...
( Justin Time, 2001 *'' Viet Nam: Reflections'' with
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Just In Time 2004


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