Ted Daniel at Atlas July 21 to Celebrate Music of Jazz Legend "King" Oliver

Jazz at Atlas will present lifelong Hudson Valley resident and celebrated trumpeter, cornetist and composer Ted Daniel and his ensemble, the International Brass & Membrane Corps (IBMC), at Atlas Studios, 11 Spring St. in Newburgh, NY, on Saturday, July 21 at 8 PM. General admission is $20 at the door. No advance tickets will be available.

The IBMC brings a contemporary reading to the early New Orleans jazz of Joseph “King” Oliver and features leader Daniel on cornet, Marvin Sewell on guitar, Joseph Daley on tuba and Newman Taylor Baker on drums. This group was conceived as a flexible and expandable creative music performance group, which utilizes instruments from the brass and membrane instrument families.

The evening will be not only a concert, but also a party: IBMC is celebrating the release of their new CD, Zulu’s Ball -- Ted Daniel Plays the Music of King Oliver, on Altura Records. 

Daniel has lived most of his life in Ossining. A leading figure in the NYC loft jazz scene in the 1970s, Daniel has recorded and performed with such other major artists as Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Dewey Redman, Andrew Cyrille, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill, and Defunkt while also leading groups of his own. His IBMC is a powerful quartet of equals with equally long histories in the music and demonstrates how even the oldest forms of jazz can be approached with both respect and contemporary freshness.

Jazz at Atlas is a cooperative effort of musician, writer and multimedia artist James Keepnews and music researcher, radio host and producer Ben Young. Along with presenting performances by world-renowned creative musicians, JAA also offers listening sessions, dialogues with artists and classes covering the entire spectrum of creative music.

Daniel studied trumpet in elementary school, and began his professional career playing local gigs with his childhood friend, the legendary guitarist Sonny Sharrock. Daniel briefly attended Berklee School of Music and Southern Illinois University, before a tour of duty with U.S. Army Bands. After his discharge from the Army, Daniel attended Central State College, Ohio, on a full music scholarship, where he met and studied with Dr. Makanda Ken McIntyre. He earned a bachelor of music degree in theory and composition from the City College of New York.

He recorded Sonny Sharrock's first album, Black Woman. His second recording was with a band he co-led (Brute Force) with his brother, Richard Daniel, produced by Herbie Mann. Since then, Daniel has participated in more than 30 published recordings.

Daniel has held workshops at Amherst College, Bennington College, Williams College and the University of Hosei in Tokyo, Japan. He has also conducted a seminar in Madrid, Spain, and led summer music workshops for high-school and college-age students. Daniel has produced three albums under his own name: The Ted Daniel Sextet on Ujamaa Records, Tapestry on Sun Records, and In The Beginning on Altura.

Daniel has been the recipient of an NEA compositional grant and also won a "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" Award from Downbeat Magazine.

In 2008, Porter Records reissued Daniel’s Tapestry album, with a bonus track from the original performance of 1974 recorded at Ornette Coleman's Artist House. Daniel has also formed a duo called Duology with Michael Marcus on B-flat clarinet and Daniel on trumpet and assorted brass. Their first release, the self-titled Duology, on Boxholder Records, won excellent reviews. Duology's second CD on 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.

Cornetist Ted Daniel and his band, the International Brass & Membrane Corps, will play at Newburgh's Jazz at Atlas July 21. It will be a celebration of the release of their new CD. Don't miss it!