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 guitarist

Sonny Sharrock Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. His first wife was 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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. Following that, in 1966, Daniel was drafted in the army, and served with the 9th and 25th Infantry Division Bands in the

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of Vietnam during the

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.Hazell, Ed
"Interconnection"
''M-etropolis.com''. Retrieved 13 June 2019. After his discharge from the Army in 1968, Daniel attended

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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:

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, Sam Rivers,

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and

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. Ted Daniel has held workshops at

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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

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, and ''In The Beginning'' on Altura recordings. This recording features a twelve-piece ensemble including such artist as

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and David Murray. Eventually this ensemble evolved into a larger group called "Energy", an eighteen piece band recorded live at Ali's Alley, a double album release on Ujamma Records in 2023. 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 Charles Compo'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

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's Artist House. Daniel has also formed a duo with Michael Marcus on B♭ 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

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, entitled ''Golden 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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( Ujamaa Records released 1972 *1974: ''Tapestry'' with

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, Richard Daniel Released on

1974 Released on

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2008 *1975: ''In the Beginning'' with

, David Murray,

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, ( Altura Records released 1997 *1975: ''Ted Daniel Trio'' with Richard Pierce,

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( Ujamaa Records released 2009 *2006: ''Duology'' with Michael Marcus, clarinet ( Boxholder Records released 2007 *1981: ''Ted Daniel Solo'' Ted Daniel Ujamaa Records released 2013 *1975: ''Innerconnection'' with Danny Carter,

(

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released 2014 *2008: ''Golden Atoms'' Duology with Michael Marcus, (

released 2008 *2012: ''Duology'' with

and Michael Marcus ( Jazzwerkstatt Records released 2012

As sideman

With

*'' Black Woman ''(

, 1968 With

*'' Things Have Got to Change ''( Impulse!, 1971) With

*'' The Ear of the Behearer ''( Impulse!, 1973) *'' Coincide ''( Impulse!, 1974) With Sam Rivers *''

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''( Impulse!, 1974) With

*'' Rag, Bush and All ''( RCA Novus, 1989) *''

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''(

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, 1994) With

*'' Celebration ''(IPS, 1976) *''

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'' with Lisle Atkinson, David Ware (IPS, 1976) *'' Metamusicians' Stomp ''(

, 1978) * '' Special People ''(

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, 1980) * '' The Navigator ''(

, 1982) With

*'' Jazz Fellows'' with Joe Bowie, Hideaki Mochizuki *'' Song of Pat'' with

, Richard Davis (Trio, 1976) With

*'' Vietnam: The Aftermath'' with

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( Justin Time, 2001) *'' Vietnam: Reflections'' with

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(Just In Time, 2005)

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