# Ted Daniel

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'''Ted Daniel''' (born June 4, 1943) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ted-daniel-mn0000615442/credits Allmusic]</ref>

==Biography==
He studied trumpet in elementary school, and began his professional career playing local gigs with his childhood friend, the guitarist [Sonny Sharrock](/source/Sonny_Sharrock). Daniel briefly attended [Berklee School of Music](/source/Berklee_School_of_Music) and [Southern Illinois University](/source/Southern_Illinois_University). Following 
that, in 1966, Daniel was drafted in the army, and served with the [9th](/source/9th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) and [25th Infantry Division](/source/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) Bands in the [Mekong Delta](/source/Mekong_Delta) of Vietnam during the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).<ref>Hazell, Ed. [https://m-etropolis.com/blog/ted-daniels-energy-module-innerconnection-no-business-records/ "Interconnection"]. ''M-etropolis.com''. Retrieved 13 June 2019.</ref> After his discharge from the Army in 1968, Daniel attended [Central State College](/source/Central_State_University), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), on a full music scholarship, where he met and studied with Dr. [Makanda Ken McIntyre](/source/Makanda_Ken_McIntyre). After a year, Daniel returned to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and eventually received a bachelor of music degree in theory and composition from the [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York). Daniel had begun his recording career while studying in Ohio. He returned briefly to New York to record Sonny Sharrock's first album ''Black Woman''. His second recording was with a band he co-led (Brute Force) with his brother, Richard Daniel. The recording was entitled ''Brute Force'' on the [Embryo](/source/Embryo_Records) label, produced by [Herbie Mann](/source/Herbie_Mann). Since then, Daniel has participated in more than 30 published recordings with such artists as: [Archie Shepp](/source/Archie_Shepp), [Dewey Redman](/source/Dewey_Redman), [Andrew Cyrille](/source/Andrew_Cyrille), [Sam Rivers](/source/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician)), [Billy Bang](/source/Billy_Bang) and [Henry Threadgill](/source/Henry_Threadgill).

Ted Daniel has held workshops at [Amherst College](/source/Amherst_College), [Bennington College](/source/Bennington_College), [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) and the University of Hosei in [Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan). He has also conducted a seminar in [Madrid, Spain](/source/Madrid%2C_Spain), as well as work in his community conducting summer music workshops for high and college age students. Daniel has produced three albums under his own name: ''The Ted Daniel Sextet'' on Ujamaa Records, ''Tapestry'' on [Sun Records](/source/Sun_Records), and ''In The Beginning'' on Altura recordings. This recording features a twelve-piece ensemble including such artist as [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake), [Arthur Blythe](/source/Arthur_Blythe), [Charles Tyler](/source/Charles_Tyler) and [David Murray](/source/David_Murray_(saxophonist)).
Eventually this ensemble evolved into a larger group called "Energy", an eighteen-piece band recorded live at Ali's Alley, a double album release on Ujamma Records in 2023.

Daniel has been the recipient of a [NEA](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) compositional grant and awarded "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from ''[Downbeat Magazine](/source/Downbeat_Magazine)''. Presently, he is writing and performing with his new group, the International Brass and Membrane Corporation (IBMC). This trio was conceived as a flexible and expandable creative music performance group, which utilizes instruments from the brass and membrane instrument families. He has also made several recordings with [Charles Compo](/source/Charles_Compo)'s "The Phibes" band. On May 20, 2008, Porter Records reissued Ted Daniel's ''Tapestry'' album, with a bonus track from the original performance of 1974 recorded at [Ornette Coleman](/source/Ornette_Coleman)'s Artist House. Daniel has also formed a duo with [Michael Marcus](/source/Michael_Marcus_(musician)) on B♭ clarinet and Daniel on trumpet and assorted brass. Their first release self-titled ''Duology'' on Boxholder Records received excellent reviews. Duology's second CD on [Soul Note Records](/source/Soul_Note_Records), entitled ''Golden Atoms'', was released in June 2008. In May 2009, Ujamaa Records released the Ted Daniel Trio CD ''The Loft Years), Volume one''.

==Discography==

===As leader===
*1970: ''Ted Daniel Sextet'' with [Warren Benbow](/source/Warren_Benbow) ([Ujamaa Records](/source/Ujamaa_Records) released 1972)
*1974: ''Tapestry'' with [Khan Jamal](/source/Khan_Jamal), [Jerome Cooper](/source/Jerome_Cooper), Richard Daniel (Released on [Sun Records](/source/Sun_Records_(jazz)) 1977. Reissued on [Porter Records](/source/Porter_Records) 2008)
*1975: ''In the Beginning'' with [Arthur Blythe](/source/Arthur_Blythe), [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake), [David Murray](/source/David_Murray_(saxophonist)), [Charles Tyler](/source/Charles_Tyler_(musician)), [Richard Dunbar](/source/Richard_Dunbar), [Steve Reid](/source/Steve_Reid), [Ahmed Abdullah](/source/Ahmed_Abdullah), ([Altura Records](/source/Altura_Records) released 1997)
*1975: ''Ted Daniel Trio'' with [Richard Pierce](/source/Richard_Pierce_(bassist)), [Tatsuya Nakamura](/source/Tatsuya_Nakamura) ([Ujamaa Records](/source/Ujamaa_Records) released 2009)
*2006: ''Duology'' with [Michael Marcus](/source/Michael_Marcus_(musician)), clarinet  ([Boxholder Records](/source/Boxholder_Records) released 2007)
*1981: ''Ted Daniel Solo'' Ted Daniel [Ujamaa Records](/source/Ujamaa_Records)  (released 2013)
*1975: ''Innerconnection'' with [Danny Carter](/source/Danny_Carter_(musician)), [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake) ([NoBusiness Records](/source/NoBusiness_Records) released 2014)
*2008: ''Golden Atoms'' Duology with [Michael Marcus](/source/Michael_Marcus_(musician)) ([Soul Note Records](/source/Soul_Note_Records) released 2008)
*2012: ''Duology'' with [Andrew Cyrille](/source/Andrew_Cyrille) and [Michael Marcus](/source/Michael_Marcus_(musician)) ([Jazzwerkstatt Records](/source/Jazzwerkstatt_Records) released 2012)

===As sideman===
'''With [Sonny Sharrock](/source/Sonny_Sharrock)'''
*''[Black Woman](/source/Black_Woman_(album)) ''([Embryo](/source/Embryo), 1968
'''With [Archie Shepp](/source/Archie_Shepp)'''
*''[Things Have Got to Change](/source/Things_Have_Got_to_Change) ''([Impulse!](/source/Impulse!), 1971)
'''With [Dewey Redman](/source/Dewey_Redman)'''
*''[The Ear of the Behearer](/source/The_Ear_of_the_Behearer) ''([Impulse!](/source/Impulse!), 1973)
*''[Coincide](/source/Coincide_(album)) ''([Impulse!](/source/Impulse!), 1974)
'''With [Sam Rivers](/source/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician))'''
*''[Crystals](/source/Crystals_(Sam_Rivers_album)) ''([Impulse!](/source/Impulse!), 1974)
'''With [Henry Threadgill](/source/Henry_Threadgill)'''
*''[Rag, Bush and All](/source/Rag%2C_Bush_and_All) ''([RCA Novus](/source/RCA_Novus), 1989)
*''[Song Out of My Trees](/source/Song_Out_of_My_Trees) ''([Black Saint](/source/Black_Saint), 1994)
'''With [Andrew Cyrille](/source/Andrew_Cyrille)'''
*''[Celebration](/source/Celebration_(Andrew_Cyrille_album)) ''(IPS, 1976)
*''[Junction](/source/Junction_(Andrew_Cyrille_album))'' with [Lisle Atkinson](/source/Lisle_Atkinson), [David Ware](/source/David_Ware) (IPS, 1976)
*''[Metamusicians' Stomp](/source/Metamusicians'_Stomp) ''([Black Saint](/source/Black_Saint), 1978)
* ''[Special People](/source/Special_People_(album)) ''([Soul Note](/source/Soul_Note), 1980)
* ''[The Navigator](/source/The_Navigator_(Andrew_Cyrille_album)) ''([Soul Note](/source/Soul_Note), 1982)
'''With [Tatsuya Nakamura](/source/Tatsuya_Nakamura)'''
*''[Jazz Fellows](/source/Jazz_Fellows)'' with [Joe Bowie](/source/Joe_Bowie), [Hideaki Mochizuki](/source/Hideaki_Mochizuki)
*''[Song of Pat](/source/Song_of_Pat)'' with [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake), [Richard Davis](/source/Richard_Davis_(double_bassist)) (Trio, 1976)
'''With [Billy Bang](/source/Billy_Bang)'''
*''[Vietnam: The Aftermath](/source/Vietnam%3A_The_Aftermath)'' with [John Hicks](/source/John_Hicks_(pianist)), [Michael Carvin](/source/Michael_Carvin), [Frank Lowe](/source/Frank_Lowe) ([Justin Time](/source/Justin_Time_Records), 2001)
*''[Vietnam: Reflections](/source/Vietnam%3A_Reflections)'' with [James Spaulding](/source/James_Spaulding), [Henry Threadgill](/source/Henry_Threadgill), [Butch Morris](/source/Butch_Morris), [Curtis Lundy](/source/Curtis_Lundy) (Just In Time, 2005)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ted+Daniel Discogs]

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