Daniel Glass (drummer)

Daniel Glass (born May 16, 1966) is an American drummer, author, historian and educator. He is recognized in the drum industry as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music.[1]

Daniel Glass
Born	May 16, 1966
Other names	Bam Bam
Occupation	Drummer Author Educator Clinician Historian
Musical career
Genres	Jazz Big Band Swing Rhythm & Blues
Instruments	Drums Percussion
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Surfdog Records Warner Bros. Warner Music Group
Associated acts	Royal Crown Revue, Brian Setzer Orchestra
Website	danielglass.com

External video
Oral History, Daniel Glass talks about learning the techniques of the masters who played before amplification and studio engineers.” Interview date October 25, 2010, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library

Educator/Clinician

As an educator, Glass has published several books and DVDs, including, The Century Project DVD (winner of the Modern Drummer reader's poll: Best Education Package, 2010),[2] Music Alive!'s Percussion,[3] The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming (co-written with Zoro [4] and the winner of the 2009 Drum! Magazine Drummie Award for "Best Drumming Book.")[5] and The Roots of Rock Drumming (co-edited with Journey drummer, Steve Smith[6] and voted one of the top four drumming books of 2014 by Drum! Magazine.)[7] Glass has also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Percussion (second edition) with the "Rock 'n' Roll Drumming (1948-2000)" chapter,[8] and is a regular contributor to publications like Modern Drummer, Drum! and Classic Drummer Magazine.[9] He has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes globally, appearing at many educational conferences and music festivals.[10] In 2013, he co-curated an exhibit on the history of the drum set at the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis, Indiana,[11] for which he was awarded the Percussive Arts Society’s “Distinguished Service Award.”[12]

Performer

Glass is a member of the pioneering swing group Royal Crown Revue since 1994,[13][14] Glass has recorded and performed all over the world with many artists, including Brian Setzer,[15] Bette Midler,[16] Liza Minnelli,[17] Marilyn Maye,[18] Klea Blackhurst,[19] Lorna Luft, Chita Rivera, Lucie Arnaz, Freddy Cole, Mike Ness, Johnny Boyd, Debbie Davies, Unknown Hinson, Glen Glenn, Robert Gordon, and Gene Simmons[20] of KISS. He was twice voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and Drum! magazine.[21]

Discography

With Royal Crown Revue

Year	Title	Artist	Label	Credits
1994	"Hollywood Tales"	Royal Crown Revue	By Our Records	Musician
1996	"Mugzy's Move"	Royal Crown Revue	Warner Bros.	Drums, Percussion[22]
1997	"Caught in the Act — Live!"	Royal Crown Revue	SurfDog	Drums, Percussion[23]
1998	“The Contender”	Royal Crown Revue	Warner Bros.	Composer, Drums, Percussion[24]
1999	"Walk on Fire"	Royal Crown Revue	SideOneDummy	Composer, Drums, Percussion[25]
2001	"Passport to Australia — Live"	Royal Crown Revue	Disk Union	Drums, Vocals[26]
2004	"Greetings from Hollywood"	Royal Crown Revue	Kufala	Executive Producer, Producer, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals[27]
2007	"El Toro"	Royal Crown Revue	Kufala Records	Drums[28]
2007	"Live in Australia"	Royal Crown Revue	LiveBand.com	Musician
2010	"Don't Be a Grinch This Year"	Royal Crown Revue	RCR Records	Musician

With other artists

Year	Title	Artist	Label	Credits
1992	“Mini Diaz”	Mini Diaz	M2 Records	Musician
1995	“A Young Person’s Guide”	The Dambuilders	East-West/Chuaca	Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals[29]
1998	“Bathhouse Betty”	Bette Midler	Warner Bros.	Drums[30]
1999	“Malediction”	Botanica	Checkered Past	Drums[31]
2000	“Cheating at Solitaire”	Mike Ness	TimeBomb/Sony Records	Drums, Snare Drum[32]
2001	“Last Word In”	Johnny Boyd	Cliffhanger	Musician
2001	“That’s Him Officer"	Vinnie Santino	Pacific Force	Drums[33]
2001	“Jazz Baby! Cool Tunes For Cool Kids”	Compilation	Flying South	Musician
2001	“Stendahl’s Syndrome"	Ensemble Abstract	Pacific Force	Drums[34]
2001	“Mutually Cognizant”	Ensemble Abstract	Pacific Force	Drums[35]
2001	“Track-Whore Compilation Volume 2, Logan’s Run”	Track-Whore	Track-Whore	Musician
2001	“Double Wide Live”	The Saddle Tramps		Musician
2002	“Makin’ Time”	Scott Steen	SS Records	Musician
2002	“City of Angles”	Industrial Jazz Group	Annova	Musician
2002	“something colorful”	The Daniel Glass Trio	Very Tall Music	Primary Artist (Producer, Composer, Drums)[36]
2004	“Here Come the Billionaires”	The Billionaires		Musician
2004	“The Billionaires Are in the House”	The Billionaires		Musician
2004	“All Aboard America”	All Aboard America	Bald Eagle Media	Musician
2004	“Think About It”	Alex Schultz	Severn Records	Musician
2004	“Dig That Beat”	The Travellers	Low-Fi Records	Producer, Musician
2005	“Exotic Tales”	Eldad Tarmu Quartet	Very Tall Music	Producer, Musician (Drums)
2005	“Time and Again”	Raymond Patterson	RP Presents	Musician
2005	“Dig Dag Diggin’ Tour 2004"	The Travellers	Low-Fi Records	Musician
2005	“Broken Wheel”	Chris Murphy	Kufala Records	Drums[37]
2005	“Juniper”	Chris Murphy	Kufala Recordings	Drums[38]
2005	“Jazz Baby, Volume 1"	Jazz Baby	Casablanca Kids	Musician
2005	“Jazz Baby, Volume 2"	Jazz Baby	Casablanca Kids	Musician
2005	“Jazz Baby, Volume 3"	Jazz Baby	Casablanca Kids	Musician
2005	“Industrial Jazzwerke, Volume 1”	Industrial Jazz Group	UglyRug Music	Musician
2006	“The Redondos”	The Redondos	Royal Songbird Records	Musician
2006	“Karling Abbeygate”	Karling Abbeygate	Dionysis Records	Drums[39]
2006	“World in a Bottle“	Bart Ryan	R5 Recordings	Musician
2006	“Devil’s Serenade”	Mora’s Modern Rhythmists	Mr. Ace Records	Musician
2007	“Venture Capital Follies of 1929”	GKM Newport Orchestra	Long After Lunch Records	Musician
2007	“The Curse of the Songwriter”	PI Jacobs	ThatCrazyChick Music	Musician
2007	“Playing Favorites”	Scott Steen	Chrome Dome Music	Musician
2007	“The Return of Eve”	Devil Doll	DuffyRecords	Musician
2007	“Starlight”	Johnny Boyd	CliffDive Records	Musician
2008	“Show of Stars”	King Paris / Martini Kings	Swingomatic	Musician
2008	“Sittin’ in the Catbird Seat”	Marie Fleur	Sutcliffe Music	Drums[40]
2008	“Introducing the Rhythm Club All-Stars”	Rhythm Club All Stars	Very Tall Music	Producer, Musician
2008	“Poor Man’s Paradise”	Ted Russell Kamp	System Records	Drums[41]
2009	“Introducing Jennifer Keith”	Jennifer Keith	Rhythm Train Records	Musician
2010	“At Times Like This”	Nancy Weiss	N.A.W. Music	Musician
2010	“Whoopee! Hey! Hey!”	Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys	Coeur de Janette	Drums, Percussion[42]
2011	“Think About It”	Alex Schultz	Severn	Musician
2011	“’Jenny’ is Her Name”	Jennifer Keith		Musician
2011	“Get Back to the Land”	Ted Russell Kamp	Dualtone Music	Drums[43]
2012	“Never Been Blue”	Johnny Boyd	Cliffdive Records	Musician
2012	“Bébé Licorne”	Marie Fleur		Drums[44]
2012	“Songs Without Words”	Ian Whitcomb	Rivermont	Musician
2012	“The Fabulous Dorseys”	The Anderson Twins	PW Music	Musician
2012	“Classical Themes in Jazz”	Peter Anderson and Will Anderson	PW Music	Drums[45]
2015	“Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys”	Abigail Lumsden		Drums[46]
2015	“Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys, Volume 2”	Abigail Lumsden		Drums[47]
2019	“Call Me Old Fashioned”	Max Von Essen	MVE Records	Drums[48]
2019	“Christmas at Birdland”	Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, and Klea Blackhurst	Club44 Records	Drums[49]
2020	“My Ship: Songs from 1941”	Dawn Derow		Musician
2020	“Love Notes”	Linda Lavin	Club44 Records	Drums[50]

Endorsements

Glass endorses Drum Workshop/DW Drums (drums/pedals/hardware),[51] Crescent cymbals,[52] Vic Firth (drumsticks and brushes),[53] and Aquarian Drumheads.[54]

References

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2. "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
3. "Music Alive!: Percussion". Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1458420957. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
4. "The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming". Alfred Music. ISBN 073905399X. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
5. "Awards For Alfred - Drummies! Artist and Gear Awards - DRUM! Magazine". www.drummagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
6. "The Roots of Rock Drumming". Hudson Music. ISBN 9781480344778. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
7. "Book Award - Drummies! Artist and Gear Awards - DRUM! Magazine". www.drummagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
8. Beck, John (2007-01-01). Encyclopedia of Percussion. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317747673.
9. Beck, John H. (2013-11-26). Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge. ISBN 9781317747673.
10. "Modern Drummer Profile: Daniel Glass". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
11. "DRUMset: Driving The Beat of American Music". Rhythm Discovery Center, Indianapolis. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2015. Source notes: "Exhibit Co-Curators: Daniel Glass, Jeff Hartsough."
12. "Percussive Arts Society Awards 2014". Percussive Arts Society, Indianapolis. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
13. Vale, V.; Marian Wallace (1998). Swing! The New Retro Renaissance. V/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-02-5.
14. Yanow, Scott (2000). Swing. San Francisco, California: Miller Freeman Books. pp. 452–453, 475. ISBN 0-87930-600-9.
15. "Daniel Glass Drum Solo with Brian Setzer Orchestra". Retrieved 2015-12-28.
16. "Bathhouse Betty - Bette Midler | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
17. "Liza Minnelli Joins Starry Lineup for Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Town Hall". Playbill. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
18. "Marilyn Maye Honored at the Friars Club". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
19. "Klea Blackhurst Returns with A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
20. "Gene Simmons Family Jewels Season 3, Video & More | A&E". aetv.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
21. "DRUM! Drummies Artist Award 2011". Drum!. Retrieved 2015-12-25. Source notes: "R&B Drummer Award (Top 5)".
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51. "Drum Workshop: Artist Roster". Drum Workshop (DW Drums).
52. "Crescent Cymbals: Our Artists". Crescent cymbals.
53. "Vic Firth Artist Profile: Daniel Glass". VicFirth.com.
54. "Aquarian Drumheads Artist Page: Daniel Glass". Aquarian Drumheads.

External links

• Official Daniel Glass web site
• Daniel Glass on Drummerworld.com