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Eddie Daniels

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American musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1928
Works
2

Top works

  • Clarinet Solos for the Performing Artist
  • There and back

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1941-10-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
55,763
Total plays
235,013

Tags

jazzclarinetswingClassicalsaxophone

Eddie first came to the attention of the jazz audience as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. When Thad and Mel first organized their band in 1966 to play Monday nights at the Village Vanguard in New York (where it still plays), Eddie was one of the first musicians they called. Later that year, he sank $400 in a round-trip flight to Vienna to enter the International Competition for Modern Jazz, a contest organized by the pianist Fredrich Gulda and sponsored by the city o

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Eddie
Family name
Daniels
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
saxophonist
Genre
jazz
Instrument
saxophone
Record label
Prestige
Image
Eddie Daniels.jpg
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Commons category
Eddie Daniels
date of birth
1941-10-19
start of work period
1950-00-00
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