Black Label Event Music
- Charleston, SC
- Jazz Band
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Ashley Daneman is a professional jazz singer and songwriter. She can provide an evening of jazz standards with her band, or include some R&B and pop classics as well. The band can be between two (voice and piano or guitar) and six players (drums, bass, piano, guitar, voice, trumpet).
For listening audiences or concert settings, Ashley performs her original jazz/folk/pop inspired music with her band.
Ashley is the lead vocalist in the New Orleans-style "Kanola Band," who provides an uptempo, fun evening of all types of music from New Orleans.
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Price Range: $400 - $6,000
Gig Length: 60 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Liability coverage available upon request
Live music entertainment with a full band from jazz standards to r&b and pop selections.
Ashley Daneman is a singer who combines “a literary sensibility with a driving experimental jazz style where the heart of the song can find itself anywhere and always in a personal intimate space” (Marlbank). Her new release, People Are Fragile (Flood Music), traverses the emotional waters of pain, recovery, and rebirth following a series of losses.
The music feels very exposed and intimate, like a deep, late-night conversation between old friends who don’t spare each other’s feelings. It features Rob Clearfield and Rufus Ferguson on piano, Wurlitzer, and organ; Matt Gold on guitar and lap steel; Andrew Vogt on electric bass; Makaya McCraven and Quinlan Kirchner on drums; and Kevin Bujo Jones on percussion. It’s a mature, honest and fearless record that signals the next big step in the musical career of Ashley Daneman.
Daneman grew up in Toledo, Ohio studying classical voice and performing in musicals before turning to jazz and songwriting in her twenties. She honed her craft in Washington, DC, New York City, and by touring in the U.S. Daneman was also a resident artist at The Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter’s JazzAhead and The Banff Centre’s Jazz and Creative Workshop in Alberta, Canada. She earned her master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Peter Eldridge, Kate McGarry, and Theo Bleckman.
People Are Fragile follows her 2015 critically acclaimed album Beauty Indestructible. Selected by DownBeat Magazine as “Editor’s Pick,” her music draws comparisons to Becca Stevens, Laura Nyro, and even Stephen Sondheim. “Beautiful jazz art music from a gorgeous voice with superb accompaniment,” says Mark S. Tucker, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, and Richard Kamins (Step Tempest) called it, “a profound work of art that is so alive, so positive, and so blessedly musical.” Daneman addresses the fundamental healing power of love” (C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz).
Ashley lives with her husband, trumpeter Benje Daneman, in Savannah, GA.
EDUCATION
Manhattan School of Music, Master of Music in Jazz Vocal Performance, (phone number hidden)9
University of Cincinnati, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, (phone number hidden)9
PERFORMING ARTIST (phone number hidden)0
Jazz Singer/Songwriter
Touring bandleader: Maine, Rhode Island, New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas
Studio Vocalist for 11 singles, EPs, and full-length recording projects
Early Music Soloist & Section Leader for Early Music Michigan: Kalamazoo, MI
Church Music Director and Soloist: New York, NY
Artist Residencies & Commissions
Connecting Chords Music Festival, 2021
Spark and Echo Arts, 2013
Jazz and Creative Workshop Residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, 2010
Betty Carter JazzAhead Residency at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2003
National Press & Recognition
4x “Jammie-nominated” (Michigan) for “People Are Fragile” album, 2020
Downbeat Magazine, “People Are Fragile” album review, 2019
Joni Mitchell/Laura Nyro “Mojo” Award - Oregon NPR 89.7FM, 2015
Downbeat Magazine, “Indie Life” Interview with Dan Ouelette, 2015
Downbeat Magazine, “Beauty Indestructible” album review, 2015
Grant Awards
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Individual Artist Grant Award $4,500, 2020
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Individual Artist Grant Award $4,000, 2018
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Individual Artist Grant Award $2,000, 2011
Washington DC Commission on the Arts Small Projects Program Grant Award $1,000, 2002
TEACHING ARTIST (phone number hidden)9
Jazz Voice Faculty | Hillsdale, MI
Vocal Jazz Adjudicator at Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, MI
Private Voice Studio | Kalamazoo, MI
Access to electricity is required.
Benje Daneman | Trumpet/Flugelhorn Player |
Ashley Daneman | Bandleader, Singer, (Pianist depending on the gig) |
Sam Weber | Bass Player |
Michael W. Davis | Drummer |
Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell
We are a boutique booking agency in Charleston, SC. We bring world-class musicians to corporate events, weddings and private parties throughout the Southeast!
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