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Eddie Daniels
Jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels performing live in concert in New Haven, CT on September 14, 2007.
Background information
Born	October 19, 1941 (1941-10-19) (age 67)
Origin	New York, New York, U.S.
Genre(s)	Jazz fusion Chamber jazz Third stream Contemporary jazz Post bop Hard bop
Instrument(s)	Clarinet saxophones
Years active	1950s – present

Eddie Daniels (born 19 October 1941) is a prolific American musician. Though he is most well-known as a jazz clarinet player, he has also played alto and tenor saxophones , as well as classical music on the clarinet.

Daniels was born in New York City to a Jewish family. He was raised in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. He became interested in jazz as a teenager when he was impressed by the musicians accompanying singers, such as Frank Sinatra, on recordings. Eddie's first instrument was the alto saxophone, and by the age of 15 he had played at the Newport Jazz Festival youth competition. By the time he entered college, he was also playing clarinet.

Daniels has toured and recorded with a variety of bands, small groups and orchestras, and appeared on television many times. Since the 1980s he has focused mainly on the clarinet. In 1989 he won a Grammy Award for playing on the Roger Kellaway arrangement of Memos from Paradise.

Eddie Daniels has played with Thad Jones, and most recently has been featured as a guest artist with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, on the album Swingin' For The Fences, the first album by the band. He featured in Goodwin's arrangement of Mozart's 40th symphony in G minor on XXL, and on the Big Phat Band's newest album The Phat Pack on "Under The Wire"

External links

• Official website