Twins Jazz Club Welcomes Daniel Smith's 'Bassoon and Beyond' Jazz Quartet

Daniel Smith's "Bassoon and Beyond" Jazz Quartet plays Fri., Sep. 23 & Sat., Sep. 24 at Twins Jazz for 9pm & 11pm sets.

The leading pioneer of the bassoon with his many critically acclaimed award-winning recordings and live performances. As the most recorded bassoon soloist in the world, his repertoire spans music ranging from Baroque concerti to contemporary music including jazz, ragtime and crossover. He is the only bassoonist performing and recording in both the jazz and classicAl Fields. Daniel Smith's unique career has been profiled in Gramophone, the New York Times, Fanfare, Classical Music, Musical Heritage Review, American Record Guide, NY Daily News, Classic CD and many leading European publications including The Times in England. In the USA, his career was highlighted on PBS's "All Things Considered'. In the UK, one of his recordings was used as the 'signature tune' for BBC radio 3 while BBC radio 4 showcased his career. In the field of jazz, leading jazz publications/magazines such as Jazz Inside, Jazz Improv, All About Jazz, Hot House, Jazzeitung, Sonic, Jazz Times, JazzEd, Downbeat, Music Teacher and many others have showcased his jazz performances and recordings in articles and interviews.

Daniel Smith's performances include jazz with his quartet 'Bassoon and Beyond', classical recitals with piano, concertos with orchestra, and highly popular programs divided between classical and jazz, with music ranging from Vivaldi, Elgar, Mozart and Verdi to Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie. Described as a 'phenomenon', he has been called the 'Gerry Mulligan of the Bassoon' in the world of jazz and the 'Galway' and 'Rampal of the Bassoon' in the world of classical music, bringing his unique sound and style to concert series, festivals and jazz clubs.

His historic and unprecedented 6 CD set on ASV of the complete 37 Vivaldi bassoon concertos was chosen as 'Best Concerto Recording of the Year' by the Music Industry Association and awarded the Penguin Guide's coveted *** rosette rating as well as inclusion in Fanfare's annual 'Want List'. These concertos, recorded with The English Chamber Orchestra and I Solisti di Zagreb, firmly established Daniel Smith as a leading soloist on his instrument. His recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Caravaggio Ensemble for the ASV White Line label produced innovate crossover albums, with unique renditions of ragtime pieces, opera excerpts, and popular standards. In the world of jazz, his albums on the Zah Zah label, 'BEBOP BASSOON' and 'THE SWINGIN' BASSOON' showcase the music of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and many other legendary jazz artists. His all blues album on the Summit label, BLUE BASSOON, garnered over 60 outstanding reviews and is heard extensively throughout the world on jazz radio. Other recordings of Daniel Smith are available on Vox, MHS, KemDisc, Pearl, Spectrum, Cambria, Regis, Crystal and the Forum labels.

His performances have included many firsts: The American West Coast premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gunther Schuller's 'Concerto for Contrabassoon and Orchestra'; the world premiere of Steve Gray's 'Jazz Suite For Bassoon' with the Welsh Chamber Orchestra; solo concerts at New York's Lincoln Center and the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, and also five appearances at London's 'Pizza On The Park' with his jazz quartet.

'Bassoon Goes Latin Jazz!', released in 2011, and also on the Summit label, hit the Jazz World Music chart immediately upon release... and has been among the top ten for many months ever since. It is also receiving extensive coverage in the Latin and pop fields along with the jazz world. Critics have called 'Bassoon Goes Latin Jazz!' his 'best album to date'. In 2012, Summit will release his next album, 'Big Band Bassoon! - A tribute to the great swing bands' His latest recording, to be released worldwide in 2011, will be an all-Latin/jazz album entitled 'Bassoon Goes Latin!'

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