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 and flute, as well as classical music on the clarinet. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

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. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A Russian-language bookstore under the elevated train tracks in Brighton Beach Newly built luxury co-ops on Brighton Beach Brighton Beach is a community on Coney Island in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor who many consider to be one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ...

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 his playing on the Roger Kellaway arrangement of Memos from Paradise. Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards, commonly abbreviated as the Grammys or GRAMMYs ), presented by the Recording Academy known as NARAS, (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards... Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger, and pianist. ...

Eddie Daniels has played with Thad Jones, and most recently has been featured as a guest artist on the album "Swingin' For The Fences" the first album by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. He was also featured on the Big Phat Band's newest album "The Phat Pack" on "Under The Wire" Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 - August 21, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter. ... Swingin For The Fences was the first album by the supergroup Gordon Goodwins Big Phat Band. ... Gordon Goodwins Big Phat Band is a 21st Century Big Band featuring the talents of players such as Wayne Bergeron. ...

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