Biography
Dan, a Detroit born Jazz guitarist and composer started playing guitar at the age of 9. One of his first major influences was listening to the genius of Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Dan devoted himself to become a die-hard Jazz artist.
He received a Bachelors degree from the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston majoring in Jazz Composition and Arranging. He also earned his Masters degree at the University of Miami with a major in Jazz Pedagogy.
He currently resides in the Atlanta area where he teaches Jazz Guitar at Emory University and leads his own groups as well as freelance guitar work. Jazz Guitarist-Dan has released four CD's with Blue Canoe Records.
The most recent being in collaboration with Hammond B3 extraordinaire David Ellington entitled "Organ Trio".
Song List
Jazz Standards
All The Things You Are
Alone Together
Angel Eyes
Autumn Leaves
Blue Moon
Bluesette
Body and Soul
Broadway
Chelsea Bridge
Cherokee
Cute
Embraceable You
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia
Have You Met Miss Jones
Here’s That Rainy Day
How Deep is the Ocean
I Thought About You
I’ll Remember April
In Your Own Sweet Way
Invitation
It Could Happen To You
Like Someone In Love
Moonlight In Vermont
No Greater Love
Old Folks
On Green Dolphin Street
Out of Nowhere
Polka dots & Moonbeams
Prelude To A Kiss
Softly.
Someday My Prince Will Come
Speak Low
Stella By Starlight
Summertime
The Days Of Wine..
The Night Has 1000 Eyes
What Is This Thing Called Love
Yesterdays
You Don’t Know
you Syepped Out of a Dream
Latin Bossa Novas
Black Orpheus
Corcovado
Estate’Gentle Rain
Girl From Ipanema
How Insensitve
Little Sunflower
Meditation
Once I Loved
One Note Samba
The Mambo Inn
Triste
Wave .
Rock/Pop/funk
Affirmation
Angela (Taxi Theme)
Black Magic Woman
Big Brother
Breezin'
Chameleon
Clocks
Cold Duck Time
Come As You Are
Come Away With Me
Come Together
Comin’ Home
Don’t Know Why
Evil Ways
Good Riddance
Time of Your Life
Isn’t She Lovely
Just The Two Of Us
Just The Way You Are
Let It Be
Light My Fire
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Red Clay
Rolling In The Deep
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Soul
The Scientist
This Masquerade
Viva La Vida
What's Goin' On
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Yesterday
You Are The Sunshine of My Life
Jazz Tunes
500 Miles High
A Child Is Born
Airegin
Blues / Blue Bossa
Blues In Green
Blue Monk
Blues For Alice
Ceora
Crazeology
Donna Lee Doxy
Equinox
Fee Fi Fo Fu
Footprints
Four
On Six
Giant Steps
Hot House
I Mean You
In Walked Bud
Inner Urge
Joy Spring
Nardis
Nica’s Dream
Oleo
Ornithology
Pannonica
Peace
Recordame
Relaxin’ At Camarillo
Saint Thomas
Solar
Some Nerve
Song For My Father
Sonnymoon For Two
Stablemates
Take Five
Tenor Madness
The Kicker Tranes
Slow Blues
Unit 7
Valse Hot Vierd
Blue Voyage
Well You Needn’t
West Coast Blues
Whisper Not Woody ‘N You
Yes And No
Black Orpheus
...and many more!
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