Dan grew up in a high-brow musical family. Classical and sacred music played on our stereo all day, every day. Mom and Dad and six kids—everybody was a musician. There was never a question of  whether you were going to play . . . It was only a question of what. Piano was mandatory, followed by the instrument of your choice. 

Dan chose trumpet. 

He was a “trumpet-

head” in high school 

and all through 

college. 

Then he discovered 

he had a knack for 

picking up new 

instruments. When 

he performs these 

days, he is sur-

rounded by nearly 

60 of them. Plus a 

bevy of electronics.

For many years Dan was content to be the hired as the two-fisted painter quietly plying his trade in the corner while the musical stage was manned by middle-aged rockers thunderously destroying everyone’s future hearing. 

Happily, those days are past. 

If you want Dan to paint, you have to 

listen to him play. His visual art and his 

auditory art go together.  

Go ahead and hire the 

middle-aged rockers 

or your other festival. 

The only thing sadder than a 

deaf middle-aged rocker 

is a deaf middle aged rocket 

who's starving.

Think of Dan as a 

One-Man Art Festival . . . 

For the Rest of Us. 

More “Wine & Cheese”, 

less “Elephant Ear & Corn Dog”.

What kind of music does Dan play?

That’s a very good question, and a little hard to answer:

         • Spontaneous*         

         • A wide variety of styles on a

         • A wide variety of instruments

         • Improvisational

         • Mostly Original

         • Similar to “Nordic Jazz”

         • More down-beat than up-beat 

           . . . but definitely some up-beat

* Dan’s favorite gig 

is to play a chord progression 

he’s never played or practiced before—

one that is perfectly suited 

to the moment in which it is played—

and then solo on top of that progression.