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Dan Weiss
Dan Weiss
Born	March 4, 1977 (age 47)
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Instrument(s)	Drum set, tabla
Labels	Pi Recordings, Sunnyside Records
Website	https://www.danweiss.net

Dan Weiss (born March 4, 1977) is an American jazz metal drummer and composer who lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States.^[1]

Background

Dan Weiss was raised in New Jersey.^[2] He moved to New York City to attend Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with John Riley.^[2] He majored in jazz percussion with a minor in classical composition.^[3] Weiss has also studied tabla with guru Pandit Samir Chatterjee.^[2]

Weiss's intense study of jazz, classical Indian, contemporary classical, West African, and metal creates a sound that transcends conventional style or genre. His compositional trademarks are angular yet emotive melodies; long rhythmic cycles native to many non-western music, complex through-composed drum parts, and melodic shapes that draw directly from the raga system found in Indian classical music.

As a leader, Weiss has released several albums under his own name and with his piano trio.^[4] He is also the leader of Starebaby,^[1] a group that blends heavy metal and electronic music with improvised elements of jazz.

As a sideman, he has toured with Lee Konitz, Chris Potter, Kenny Werner, Rudresh Mahanthappa, David Binney, and many others^[5]

He has been a Rising Star winner in the 60th and 61st Annual Downbeat Critic Polls^[6] and has been called one of "Five Jazz Drummers to Watch" by The New York Times.^[7]

Discography

As a leader

2004 Tintal Drumset Solo (Chhandayan)
2010 Jhaptal Drumset Solo (Chhandayan)
2014 Fourteen (Pi Recordings)
2016 Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi Recordings)
2021 Music For Drums And Guitar (Cygnus)

with Dan Weiss Trio

2005 Now Yes When (Tone Of A Pitch)
2010 Timshel (Sunnyside)
2019 Utica Box (Sunnyside)
2022 Dedications (Cygnus)

with Starebaby

2018 Starebaby (Pi Recordings)
2020 Natural Selection (Pi Recordings

As a sideman

2020 Noah Preminger Contemptment
2020 Ohad Talmor Long Forms
2020 Tineke Postma Freya
2018 Michael Dessen Somewhere In The Upstream
2018 Misha Tsiganov Playing with the Wind
2009 Rez Abbasi Things To Come
2009 Miles Okazaki Generations
2008 Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Apti
2006 David Binney Cities And Desire
2006 Rudresh Mahanthappa Codebook
2006 Miles Okazaki Mirror
2006 Rez Abbasi Bazaar
2005 Rez Abbasi Snake Charmer
2005 David Binney Bastion Of Sanity

References

^ ^a ^b Shteamer, Hank (2018-03-29). "Dan Weiss's Starebaby Mines the Loud Ground Where Jazz and Metal Meet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dan Weiss". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Dan Weiss". New Music USA. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Dan Weiss | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ Jazz, All About (16 February 2016). "Dan Weiss: Sixteen: Drummers Suite album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Wayne Shorter Tops 61st Annual DownBeat Critics Poll". DownBeat Magazine. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ Ratliff, Ben (2009-06-11). "Five Drummers Whose Time Is Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

[nyt-1] Shteamer, Hank (2018-03-29). "Dan Weiss's Starebaby Mines the Loud Ground Where Jazz and Metal Meet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

[:0-2] "Dan Weiss". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[3] "Dan Weiss". New Music USA. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[4] "Dan Weiss | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[5] Jazz, All About (16 February 2016). "Dan Weiss: Sixteen: Drummers Suite album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[6] "Wayne Shorter Tops 61st Annual DownBeat Critics Poll". DownBeat Magazine. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

[7] Ratliff, Ben (2009-06-11). "Five Drummers Whose Time Is Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

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