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Midweek @ Monks presents The Daniel Dufour Quartet

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THE DANIEL DUFOUR QUARTET

 - Daniel Dufour - Drums
 - Carter Arrington - Guitar 
 - Sean Giddings - Piano
 - Sam Pankey - Bass

About Daniel Dufour

Based in Austin, Texas, Daniel Dufour is a musician with extensive performance and teaching experience across the region as well as national and international appearances. Daniel earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Percussion Performance from Sam Houston State University and a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from The University of Texas at Austin.  

As a band leader, Daniel has released multiple recordings. Distance (2017), Silsbee (2019), and Convergence (2020) feature all-original compositions, Daniel’s release of Standards (2020) is a collection of standard repertoire book-ended by free improvisational pieces. He has an extensive discography as a sideman, notably on Red Willow by Sean Michael Giddings (2021), Standard by Aubrey Logan (2021), and Caminando Con Papi by Pete Rodriguez (2013).  

Daniel’s credits include many jazz festival appearances throughout his career:  the Corpus Christi Jazz Festival, Jazz'S Alive Festival in San Antonio, the SHSU Bill Watrous Jazz Festival, Utopiafest, LuluFest, the Syracuse Jazz Festival, and the Festival De Arte Nuevo (Chihuahua, Mexico). He has shared the stage with world renown musicians such as Aubrey Logan, Andre Hayward, Alex Claffy, Mike Sailors, Rotem Sivan, Lynn Seaton, Pete Rodriguez, Gracie Terzian, Michael Weiss, Luther Allison, Marcos Valera, Benny Benack III, John Dokes, Elias Haslanger, Dr. James Polk, and Randy Brecker. 

He is currently the professor of drum set at Huston-Tillotson University, where he teaches applied lessons and studio classes. Daniel also instructs privately and has worked as a clinician and adjudicator at colleges and high schools across the country since 2015. 

Daniel can be found most nights playing in venues across the Austin, Houston, and San Antonio areas. He is an artist for Salyers Percussion, Aquarian Drum Heads, Zildjian Cymbals, and Canopus Drums. 

 

Date and Time

Wednesday, September 04, 2024, 8:00 PM until 9:30 PM

Location

Monks Jazz Club
Monks Jazz Club
501 Pedernales Street (Suite 2E)
Austin, TX  78702
USA

Event Contact(s)

Denny Malloy
event coordinator
512 445-4790 (c)

Category

Midweek at Monks

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