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Dan Waldman
Guitarist Dan Waldman has paid dues both in Europe and the USA, performing as a sideman with artists such as Jason Marshall, Soul Understated (Bean Clemons / Mavis Swan Poole), Frank Willams / Brotherhood of Breath, The Real Live Show / MC Malik Work, Grupo Lokito, Gnawa All Stars and Celestine - appearing on recordings released by Acid Jazz, Jazz Refreshed, Mark de Clive Lowe and more.
His 2020 debut release as leader 'Sources & Angles', featuring Will Vinson on sax, Kassa Overall on drums and Ryan Berg on bass received a 4 star review in Jazzwise magazine, international radio play and positive reviews elsewhere including The Times and on this site.
Another recording made as leader, from 2008, entitled 'Greenpoint', again featuring Vinson on sax, with Matt Penman on bass and Bruce Cox on drums was released digitally soon after recording but had to be withdrawn following a miscrediting issue on Tunecore; this album was finally released in 2023.
"Waldman’s playing has echoes of influences from Grant Green to Jim Mullen to the gentler side of John McLaughlin. It’s jazz close to the cutting edge but with a warm, soulful core." John Bungey London Jazz News
"The British guitarist Dan Waldman evaded the pull of European introspection by emigrating to New York... he swings intensely... Waldman is a sly, intricate composer..." Chris Pearson The Times
Awards
Jimi Hendrix Full Scholarship Award, Berklee 1994
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Dan Waldman: Sources & Angles
by Geno Thackara
After a couple decades as a busy working player, a fellow certainly should have plenty of angles to play, not to mention myriad sources to draw on in a milieu as exciting as the jazz-fusion tradition. This would explain why Dan Waldman's debut doesn't sound like a debut. He knows his stuff; he couldn't have lasted so long in his adopted home of jny: New York City otherwise. His quartet is likewise as solid as a leader could wish for, ...
read more"Waldman’s playing has echoes of influences from Grant Green to Jim Mullen to the gentler side of John McLaughlin. It’s jazz close to the cutting edge but with a warm, soulful core." John Bungey London Jazz News
"The British guitarist Dan Waldman evaded the pull of European introspection by emigrating to New York... he swings intensely... Waldman is a sly, intricate composer..." Chris Pearson The Times
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