Dan Greenblatt
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My influences on saxophone tend to come from the jazz mainstream: John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Julian Adderley, and, naturally, Charlie Parker.  During my 40 years of performing, I have developed a broad repertoire of material including many Broadway and popular standards, Bebop and Modern jazz classics, and a substantial collection of original songs (I invite you to visit the "Composer/Arranger" page).  More recently I have expanded my repertoire to include solo works by J. S. Bach, pieces originally written for violin, flute, and cello.
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I have had wonderful teachers over the years: the legendary Joe Viola got me started back in the 1960's in Boston; Patience Higgins moved me along nicely in the 70's in Vancouver, B. C. and later in New York.  I went to several of Barry Harris's workshops in the 1980's in New York and also took a couple of memorable lessons from Barry's tenor player, Clifford Jordan.  In Seattle I studied with saxophonists Denney Goodhew and Hadley Caliman, and with the all-around music guru Jerome Gray.  More recently I have had lessons with East Coast giants George Garzone and Rich Perry.  

The songs below come from recordings made over the last 27 years.  I strive for beauty and lyricism in my music, and I have a particular fondness for playing ballads, so there are several in this selection, which comes from a variety of settings:
  • Quartet (Dan Greenblatt Quartet, Seattle, 1999 & New York, 2014; Ed MacEachen Quartet, New York, 2012)
  • Quintet (Chuck Metcalf Quintet, Seattle, 1989; Greenblatt Generations Quintet, New York, 2014)
  • Duo (Dimension, Seattle, 2001; Dan Greenblatt & Kirk Nurock, New York, 2013)
  • Sextet (Dan Greenblatt Sextet, Seattle, 1999)
  • Unaccompanied solo (Bach selections, Seattle, 2016)

Listen

1.   "Stretch," a blues I wrote, from my eponymous CD:
           Dan Greenblatt, tenor sax
           Marc Seales, piano
           Phil Sparks, bass
           Clarence Acox, drums


2.  My New York quartet playing my ballad composition
      "Another Sign:"
           Dan Greenblatt, tenor sax
           David Marck, piano
           Ed Fuqua, bass
           Jeff Brillinger, drums

3.  The New York quartet playing my tune "Satsuma," based 
      on the standard "Tangerine."  Personnel as in #2 above.   

4.  The New York quartet playing the ballad "I Waited for
      You,
" written by Dizzy Gillespie & Gil Fuller.  Personnel
      as in #2 above.         

5. This is an original blues played by the Greenblatt
    Generations Quintet, featuring my son, Tatum
    Greenblatt, on trumpet along with the rhythm section
    from my New York Quartet (as in #'s 2-4 above).

6.   Chuck Metcalf Quintet playing Chuck's composition
      "Forget Me Not:"
           Dan Greenblatt, tenor sax
           Jay Thomas, tenor sax
           George Cables, piano
           Chuck Metcalf, bass
           Jamael Nance, drums

7.  Dimension Duo--Dan Greenblatt, tenor sax & Rob Silver,
     guitar--playing "Yesterdays" (written by Jerome Kern).

8.  A duet with pianist and composer Kirk Nurock, playing
     Billy Strayhorn's beautiful ballad "Lotus Blossom."

9.  Another duet with Kirk Nurock (piano) playing the
     standard "Poor Butterfly" (written by Raymond Hubbell).

10. Dan Greenblatt Sextet playing my composition "Rouse's
      House
," from the Stretch CD:
           Dan Greenblatt, tenor sax
           Jay Thomas, trumpet
           Travis Ranney, alto sax
           Marc Seales, piano
           Phil Sparks, bass
           Clarence Acox, drums
11.  A performance of the Prelude to J. S. Bach's Cello
      Suite #1
, BWV 1007, played on tenor saxophone
12.  A live rendition of Billy Strayhorn's Isfahan, from a
      concert at The New School with guitarist Ed
      MacEachan's trio.
13.  Corrente from Bach's Violin Partita #1, played on
       tenor sax.
14.  Allemand from Bach's Partita for Flute Alone.
15.  Double to the Allemand from Bach's Violin
       Partita #1
.
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