U OUGHT TO KNOW.Byline: - Fred Shuster Name: DANNY DANNY Daniel JANKLOW Age: 16 Profession: Musician, junior at Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. . Plays woodwinds with emphasis on tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. It is perhaps the most well known of all saxophones and is a transposing instrument, pitched in the key of B♭, and written as a transposing instrument in the . Why U ought to know him: Leader of the Danny Janklow Quartet, consisting of high-school jazz musicians This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. Some of the most notable jazz musicians
John William Coltrane (September 23 1926 – July 17 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. , Hank Mobley Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as , Ben Webster and Joshua Redman as primary influences. Plays his dad's 1927 Conn horn. Many of his gigs - including a forthcoming Jazz Bakery show on the 19th - raise money and awareness for his high school's jazz program. Often practices 10 hours a day and has penned four originals. Also, is a third-degree black-belt in karate. Why he loves jazz: ``Jazz has a lot of harmonic and melodic value that most pop does not have. And that's why I also enjoy classical music, since jazz arives from classical music. And I love the swinging rhythm of jazz - you can't get better than swing, for me. Soloing frees my heart. It allows me to be creative, like writing short stories. It's how I talk.'' Where U've seen him before: Jazz Bakery, Catalina's, the Camarillo Arts & Jazz Festival and elsewhere. Thoughts on playing live: ``I've been told I have a good stage presence, and to be able to watch people react to my playing - that's what it's all about. Sharing energy.'' The jazz life: ``I'm not looking to only play jazz for a living. I'm a woodwinds player, so I play classical and also funk and pop, if I need to. But my life revolves around jazz. I want to be very professional and classy like Duke Ellington.'' As a member of the Essentially Ellington Jazz Ensemble of Agoura High School, Janklow traveled to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of last spring to perform at Lincoln Center at the Essentially Ellington contest produced by Wynton Marsalis. Agoura was the only school in the state to have been selected to perform at the concert. Where U can see him: 4 p.m. Sunday at the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. Call (310) 271-9039; jazzbakery.com. If U want more information: (818) 631-5111; www.dannyjanklowjazz.com (under construction). CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Danny Janklow) |
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