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"Eddie Daniels combines elegance and virtuosity in a way that makes me remember Arthur Rubenstein he is a thoroughly well-bred demon." - LEONARD BERNSTEIN "It is a rare event in jazz when one man can all but reinvent an instrument, bringing it to a new stage of its evolution." - LEONARD FEATHER, JAZZ CRITIC "Perfect synthesis between classical techniqe and jazz sensibitily ...blinding virtuosity." - DOWNBEAT "Eddie's debut album...will become the benchmark to judge all future recordings blending the world of classical music and jazz." - QUINCY JONES Eddie Daniels is that rarest of rare musicians who is not only equally at home in both jazz and classical music but excels at both with breathtaking virtuosity. Daniels first came to the attention of jazz audiences as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1968, a single clarinet solo on that groups Live at the Village Vanguard garnered sufficient attention for Daniels to win Down Beats International Critics New Star on Clarinet award. Daniels overriding ambition is to reach as many people as possible with his music, to enlarge the audience for both jazz & classical music and at the same time tear down the walls separating them.