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Alto saxophonist Danny Zamir plays modern jazz that draws as much from klezmer as it does from Ornette Coleman Born circa 1980 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Zamir was drawn to the sound of the saxophone at a young age and began studying the instrument at the age of 12

An excellent pianist with a light touch, Dardanelle’s credits dated back to the ’40s She could play hot, funky blues and surging originals, or do a menu of novelty tunes and old standards

DARIA
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Jazz singer DARIA has a distinctive three-octave vocal range that can be silky smooth when it suits the song DARIA was born in San Francisco, CA She was raised in a family filled with artistically gifted members, including a father who was a longtime concert violinist for the San Francisco Symphony, a mother who is a novelist, a sister who is a painter, and a brother who is happily following in their fathers impressive steps as a violinist

D.D. Jackson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Influenced by his mentor Don Pullen, DD Jackson helped the ailing Pullen complete his final work, “Earth Eagle First Circle,” in 1995 Jackson started on the piano when he was six and, after growing up in Canada, he earned degrees from the Manhattan School of Music (in jazz) and Indiana University (in classical music); he also had valuable lessons with Pullen and Jaki Byard

Darnell Howard Biography, Photos, Pictures

A skilled soloist who sometimes displayed a hyper style on clarinet in later years that was also influenced by the smoother Jimmie Noone, Darnell Howard had a long career Both of his parents were musicians

D.D.T. Jazz Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

Group A Finnish traditional jazz band that recorded and performed for two decades, with trumpeter Rick Wahlstein aand trombonist Sven Svard on board for every session and cornetist Freddy Anderson playing on most of them

Darrell Grant Biography, Photos, Pictures

Pianist Darrell Grant’s second album as a bandleader is called The New Bop, a title that sums up his simultaneously backward-looking and forward-thinking aesthetic Grant is steeped in the traditions of bop and post-bop jazz, but he also has a thorough knowledge of both R&B and straight pop (he’s worked as musical director for both Little Anthony and Lesley Gore) and a cerebral, Bill Evans-like edge to his soloing that suggests a working knowledge of 20th century classical composers as well

Daryl Stuermer Biography, Photos, Pictures

Guitarist Daryl Stuermer has played on some of the biggest hits of Genesis’ and Phil Collins’ career, in addition to releasing several solo albums on his own Born on November 27, 1952, Stuermer grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and took up the guitar at the age of 11

Daunik Lazro Biography, Photos, Pictures

The French saxophonist Daunik Lazro combines a tart, piercing tone with a quick mind, and flexible philosophy of music-making His professional start was in the bassist Saheb Sarbib’s orchestra, a relationship he maintained through most of the ’70s, including three recordings

This Florida-based pianist played in the early-’90s lineup of the Bill Norman Group and appears on the 1991 album entitled That’s It He was later replaced by Ken Hanks in a group that guitarist Norman had been leading since the early ’80s

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