Dan’s Music Mentors

Private Studies With:

 

SAXOPHONE

• Talmadge “Buz” Edie
• Lorence Honda (Woody Herman, New York City Ballet)
• Dominic Mumolo (NBC Orchestra, Frank Sinatra)
• Billy Pierce (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Art Farmer, Wynton Marsalis)

GUITAR

• Gary Solt (Nancy Wilson)
• Bob Castell-Blanche (Whitney Houston, Sister Sledge)
• Jim Gleason (RPM Guitar Method)
• John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• Jim Kelly (Gary Burton)

BASS

• Randy Jackson (Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, American Idol)

PRODUCTION

• Narada Michael Walden (Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey)
• Sandy Pearlman (Blue Oyster Cult, The Clash)
• Jeffrey Norman (Grateful Dead, John Fogerty, Journey)
• Ken Kessie (Santana, En Vogue)

Performances (on saxophone, guitar, bass, or vocals):

 

• Mel Tormé, Bobby McFerrin, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Victor Wooten, Rodney Crowell, David Byrne, Norton Buffalo, Michael Brook, Gary Lucas, Blue Oyster Cult

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