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Pianist Danny Fox was born in New York City where he became immersed in the jazz scene from an early age. In high school, Danny was selected as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and went on to attend Harvard University during which time he became active in the Boston music scene. He formed the Danny Fox Trio in 2008 as a vehicle for his original compositions and since then the working group has performed steadily around NYC and the US, releasing the critically acclaimed albums The One Constant (Songlines) and Wide Eyed (Hot Cup).

Called a “pianist of diverse accomplishment” (NY Times), Danny has established himself as a versatile musician active in a wide variety of settings, co-founding the New Orleans rock and roll group Tubby, playing around the fertile Brooklyn roots and bluegrass scene, performing on Broadway, and collaborating with the cutting edge video artist Meghan Allynn Johnson. He has performed with artists as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Cassandra Wilson, Michael Blake, and Kermit Driscoll.


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Radio & Podcasts

Danny Fox

Read "Danny Fox" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines On Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Danny Fox and the latest work from the Danny Fox Trio, Time Took Care of It (Adhyâropa Records).Danny's trio, with bassist Chris van Voorst van Beest and drummer Max Goldman, has been a working group with a consistent lineup since their founding in 2008. Their distinctive sound is a testament not only to their time together but also to their interests in chamber music, bluegrass, and rhythm and blues, ...

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Album Review

Danny Fox Trio: Time Took Care of It

Read "Time Took Care of It" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Danny Fox has an eye-catching background. He has studied with John Kamitsuka, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson and Garry Dial, and performed with artists as varied as Bruce Springsteen, Cassandra Wilson and Emmylou Harris. Since 2008, he has led the Danny Fox Trio with Time Took Care of It being their fourth album. The time the trio have spent working together is evident from their cohesive interplay in taking the classic piano trio format in challenging new ...

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Danny Fox Trio: The Great Nostalgist

Read "The Great Nostalgist" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


It's no surprise that The Great Nostalgistby pianist Danny Fox and his trio has been released on Hot Cup, the label run by Mostly Other People Do The Killing's Moppa Elliott. It has the same quirky, off the beaten track quality as MOPDTK's recent piano trio CD, Paint, but in a drier, less madcap vein with a lot of angular melodies and references to other musical genres. The compositions, all Fox originals arranged by the trio, go through ...

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Danny Fox Trio: The Great Nostalgist

Read "The Great Nostalgist" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


A group like the Danny Fox Trio and an album like The Great Nostalgist both serve as strong reminders that there's no shortcut for building empathy and there's no technological advancement in the world that can substitute for big ears, strong reflexes, and their attendant responses. Togetherness is truly a time-honed ideal, and music benefits not from what captures and/or manipulates it, but from whence it comes. Rather than follow modern-day recording conventions for this one, Fox ...

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Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed

Read "Wide Eyed" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Figura emergente del piano jazz statunitense, Danny Fox si muove con convincente originalità all'interno di schemi ampiamente praticati nelle musiche improvvisate contemporanee. Il suo trio si destreggia con grande professionalità, evidenziando un interplay ricco di sottigliezze. Lo si evince sia negli spunti di particolare taglio ritmico che nelle raffinate modulazioni solistiche. La lucida visione compositiva del leader ben si adatta alla logica del trio, con i suoi giochi ad incastro ritmico-armonici. La smagliante tecnica di Fox ...

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Extended Analysis

Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed

Read "Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed" reviewed by Dave Wayne


So many jazz piano trios, so little time! With Wide Eyed, the Danny Fox Trio proves very definitively that they are worthy of your attention. Fox' wickedly humorous, tightly-conceived, multi- stylistic compositions and his trio's remarkably sensitive interplay are completely attention-grabbing. One listen was enough to make me a believer. Like a lot of the more interesting piano trios working today, these guys are youngsters. Fox, a New York City native and Harvard grad, formed the trio in 2008. A ...

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Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed

Read "Wide Eyed" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The Danny Fox Trio is a working band, which is something of a rarity these days. But for building a rapport and depth of communication, there isn't a substitute for touring together and working out the musical problems and over an extended period of time. This New York City-based piano trio that debuted with The One Constant (Songlines, 2011) now offers a follow-up, Wide Eyed. The band was formed in 2008, and seems serious about reshaping the piano ...

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Recording

Danny Fox Trio Celebrates Fourth Album Time Took Care Of It Featuring Pianist Fox, Bassist Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, And Drummer Max Goldman. Out Today!

Danny Fox Trio Celebrates Fourth Album Time Took Care Of It Featuring Pianist Fox, Bassist Chris Van Voorst Van Beest,  And Drummer Max Goldman. Out Today!

Source: AMT Public Relations

Album Release Concert April 7th at Brooklyn’s The Owl. Time Took Care of It: A Cookbook Companion Featuring Recipe Pairings for Each Track. Stream Tracks at Soundcloud | Read + Download Cookbook Revered for “changing the sound and expectation of a jazz piano trio (John Schaefer, WNYC’s New Sounds),” the Danny Fox Trio releases its fourth album Time Took Care of It. Since its critically acclaimed 2011 debut, The One Constant (Songlines), the group has continued to push the boundaries ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Dan Hicks, John Clayton and Gerald Clayton, Lotte Anker Trio, Danny Fox, and More

Jazz This Week: Dan Hicks, John Clayton and Gerald Clayton, Lotte Anker Trio, Danny Fox, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

With a bit of spring in the air this week in St. Louis, there's also plenty of live jazz and creative music happening around town to get out and enjoy over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer-guitarist Dan Hicks returns to the St. Louis area for a performance at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville.  Hicks' mix of Gyspy jazz, swing, country, blues and folk has been entertaining audiences for nearly fifty years now, and continue ...

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Performance / Tour

Three Views of a Trio Featuring The Wee Trio, the Joel Frahm Trio & the Danny Fox Trio @ Le Poisson Rouge

Three Views of a Trio Featuring The Wee Trio, the Joel Frahm Trio & the Danny Fox Trio @ Le Poisson Rouge

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Le Poisson Rouge, February 28, 2012 THREE VIEWS OF A TRIO: CD Release Celebration for The Wee Trio's Ashes To Ashes—A David Bowie INTRAspective Also featuring the trios of Joel Frahm and Danny Fox Tues, Feb. 28, 10 PM, tkts are $15, 158 Bleecker St., NYC The Press Rave About The Wee Trio's Ashes to Ashes: “The music makes a wonderful jumping-off point for these inventive musicians . . . a take-no- ...

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Three Views of a Trio Featuring The Wee Trio, the Joel Frahm Trio & the Danny Fox Trio @ Le Poisson Rouge!

Three Views of a Trio Featuring The Wee Trio, the Joel Frahm Trio & the Danny Fox Trio @ Le Poisson Rouge!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Le Poisson Rouge—February 28, 2012 CD Release Celebration for The Wee Trio Ashes To Ashes—A David Bowie INTRAspective Also featuring the trios of Joel Frahm and Danny Fox. Tues, February 28, 10 PM, $15 Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St. New York, NY 212 505 FISH The Ashes to Ashes Tour: Stephenville, TX, Jan 18: Tarelton State University Denton, TX, Jan 19: University of North Texas ...

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Contest

Enter the "Danny Fox - The One Constant" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Danny Fox - The One Constant" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Songlines “Danny Fox—The One Constant“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 23rd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Danny Fox at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Songlines Recordings About Danny Fox Pianist/composer Danny Fox was born in New York City. As a teenager, Danny soaked up the music scene in New ...

Primary Instrument

Piano

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Danny is an experienced, patient teacher offering lessons to students of all ages and levels. His teaching approach is to instill solid fundamentals of piano and musicianship through creative exploration of the student's own musical interests. Danny has led clinics in elementary schools, high schools, and colleges across the US covering such topics as improvisation, compositions, and developing a group sound.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Time Took Care of It

Adhyâropa Records
2023

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The Great Nostalgist

Hot Cup Records
2017

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Wide Eyed

Hot Cup Records
2014

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Ordinary Lives

Fresh Sound Records
2014

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The One Constant

Songlines Recordings
2012

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Here He Comes

From: Time Took Care of It
By Danny Fox

Adult Joe

From: The Great Nostalgist
By Danny Fox

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