The New Album is Here!
BAM! showcases the trio's high-powered, freewheeling approach to group improvisation. Features an enticing blend of originals and some truly unique covers (including a wicked take on "Smoke On The Water").
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Meet the Daniel Glass Trio
Meet the Daniel Glass Trio, three of New York City's best and baddest session players. Led by award-winning drummer, author, and educator Daniel Glass, the group includes Sean Harkness on guitar and Michael O'Brien on bass. The Trio's collective credits span an impressive array of top-tier artists, including Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Liza Minnelli, Brian Setzer, Royal Crown Revue, the Manhattan Transferâs Janice Siegel, KISS frontman Gene Simmons, Trey Anastasio from Phish, Jose Feliciano, actress Kathleen Turner, Mike Ness from Social Distortion and âCountess Luannâ de Lesseps from the Real Housewives of New York.
The Trio performs regularly throughout the U.S. and Europe, bringing their dynamic sound to diverse audiences and venues. From intimate club gigs to festival stages, the Daniel Glass Trio delivers a musical experience that is as infectious as it is unforgettable.
Daniel Glass first came to prominence in the early 1990s as a member of the Los Angeles-based powerhouse swing septet Royal Crown Revue. His fierce drumming powered the bandâs hit song âHey Pachuco!â, which found massive mainstream success when it was featured in the 1993 Jim Carrey film, The Mask. Danielâs tenure with RCR (spanning 19 years and nine albums) was characterized not only by countless world tours, but also a growing interest in the evolution of drumming and American popular music. To date, Daniel has published five books and three DVDs on these topics, and is a regular contributor on Drumeo, the world's largest online drum education platform.
Relocating to New York City in 2010, Daniel quickly established himself on the scene, landing a job as the Monday night house drummer at the legendary Birdland jazz club (a position he still holds today). Daniel also continued his work as an educator, creating an annual five-day Jazz Intensive that attracts musicians from around the world. It was in this setting that he first tasked Harkness and OâBrien to join him as the house band. What began as a project designed for music education quickly evolved into something extraordinary, as the three musicians realized they had discovered a sound worth sharing.
That sound embodies two defining characteristics: versatility and virtuosity. The groupâs 2023 release - entitled "BAM!" - showcases a free-wheeling improvisational style that bounces between contemporary jazz, post-bop and funk. Their repertoire, which contains a mixture of stellar original compositions and unexpected covers (everything from âI Feel Freeâ to âScarborough Fair,â and even âSmoke On The Water,â) belies a cross-genre appeal that defies characterization, but always maintains the unique character of the band.
In addition to performing, the Daniel Glass trio also conducts clinics, masterclasses and workshops that focus on the evolution of popular music. Their primary presentation, From Ragtime to Rock takes participants on a thrilling musical journey that spans more than 100 years, beginning with the brass bands of the American Civil War (1865), followed by ragtime, jazz, big band swing, bebop, and rhythm and blues, and concluding with modern styles like rockânâroll, funk and hip-hop. To learn more or to book the Trio for a clinic or workshop, CLICK HERE.
Read the Reviews!
The trio is killer! The guitar player is fantastic and you and the bassist are super locked. Love it!
â¨Steve Smith (legendary drummer for Journey)
This ensemble delivered a performance that was nothing short of mesmerizing. The evening was a thrilling journey through jazz, funk, and re-imagined classics, with each musician bringing their own brand of artistry to the forefront.
Times Square Chronicles
The Daniel Glass Trio demonstrates that jazz and rock are inherently more alike than they are different. The trio draws on music from both sides of the aisle, as they say in Congress, and approaches all of these works on a level playing field, without any kind of inherent bias.
â¨Will Friedwald (Music Critic, The Wall Street Journal)
With both a keen respect for musical history and a bent toward the innovative and adventurous, the group's latest recording (entitled BAM!) provides very satisfying twists and turns.
BroadwayWorld.com
The Daniel Glass Trio is a dream team of rhythm, working its way through an enticing blend of originals and some truly unique covers (including a wicked take on 'Smoke On The Water').
Marilyn Lester, Nitelife Exchange
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Band Biographies
DANIEL GLASS (drums) has recorded and performed with many chart topping artists from the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli, to Freddie Cole, Marilyn Maye, Jose Feliciano, even Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. Since 2010, Daniel has been the Monday night house drummer at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club in NYC.
Daniel is also an award-winning author, historian and educator, having published five books and three DVDs about the evolution of drumming, jazz and American Popular Music.
Daniel has presented more than 300 clinics worldwide at top drumming festivals and prestigious institutions like the Frost School of Music at University of Miami. Since 2016, he has hosted the week long Daniel Glass Jazz Drumming Intensive in both NYC and Frankfurt, Germany.
For 19 years, Daniel was a member of the powerhouse swing septet Royal Crown Revue, who are credited with pioneering the swing resurgence of the 1990s-2000s. With RCR, Daniel released nine albums on the Warner Bros label, performed in premier venues from the Hollywood Bowl to Radio City Music Hall, and recorded chart-topping singles that continue to influence the world's popular culture via Olympic skaters and gymnasts, major motion pictures (The Mask, Swingers) and network television series, (Dancing with the Stars, Malcolm). www.DanielGlass.com
SEAN HARKNESS (guitar) is in high demand as a performer and composer. He accompanies an astonishing array of world class vocalists, musicians and ensembles. A six-time recipient of MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs & Cabarets) awards, he recently garnered the Outstanding Instrumentalist Backstage Bistro Award. Deemed a musician's musician by his peers, he is often invited to hold guitar master classes at some of the world's most prominent music schools and universities. According to The New York Times, "Harkness gives full expression to the mood of the moment." www.SeanHarkness.com
MICHAEL O'BRIEN (bass) is a world renowned bass player. A student of the great Anthony Cox, he has composed or played with Harry Connick, Jr., Ruben Blades, the Jazz Mandolin Project and more. He has taught at the West Bank School of Music, MusicTech and McNalley-Smith College. He is not only an accomplished educator and composer, but his arrangements have been performed all over the world. Recently, his arrangement of "Pine" was performed at the Kennedy Center by the acclaimed string quartet, Ethel.
CLUB44 RECORDS - based in the Music City of Nashville, Tennessee - is a new independent label which aims to highlight the Broadway, cabaret and jazz genres, preserve the American Songbook, and provide a home for artists who represent this timeless music. Following their premiere studio release, Christmas at Birdland, the label has presented Love Notes, the latest album from Tony Award and Golden Globe winner Linda Lavin; Billy's Place from Grammy Award winner Billy Stritch; Act One from rising vocal star Nicolas King; and Jane Monheit's Come What May, which celebrates the international Billboard #1 pop/jazz vocalist's 20th anniversary as a recording artist. All releases are distributed digitally through Green Hill Productions/ Universal Music Group and to retail outlets by Provident/Sony. Club44Records.com
