Dan Jacobs

About Dan Jacobs

Internationally acclaimed trumpeter Dan Jacobs, is originally from Michigan and began playing trumpet with his award-winning family Dixieland band as a teenager. That group went on to win many state contests and also played for the opening of the Mackinac Bridge in 1957.

Dan studied trumpet performance and music theory at the Navy School of Music, Michigan State University and Berklee College of Music. He was selected to be in the honor guard at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 in Washington, DC. Since then, he has toured the world playing music of all kinds. Tidbit: Dan played 556 shows on tour with Jesus Christ Superstar Rock Opera and 13 weeks at the Playboy Plaza main stage in Miami Beach, with the hit rock opera, "Today Is A Good Day To Die"

CD CREDITS: Recorded as a leader:

"Play Song," JazzWeek Charts 2011 for ten weeks in the top 20 nationwide

"Blue After Hours" 2004

"Jazz Standard Time" 2002

"Future Memories" 1992

"Dream Sketches" 1991

also many others as a sideman

OTHER CREDITS:

Included on the list of "American Jazz Trumpeters” at (expired link).

Included in the Who's Who of Jazz Trumpeters - ("Trumpeters Galore" - An Encyclopedia of Trumpet Players)

Featured Artist Interview in “Jazz Improv Magazine", Spring issue 2005

Received the prestigious Outstanding Soloist honors at Notre Dame Jazz Festival.

Featured artist interview in "Smooth Jazz" magazine, 2011

Featured soloist at The Monteux-Detroit International Jazz Festival, The Newport Beach Jazz Festival, Los Angeles Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Old Town Jazz Festival in Lansing, MI, Montreal Festival of Jazz, Long Beach Jazz Festival, The Newport Beach Jazz Festival, The Boise Jazz Festival, Michigan Jazz Trails Festival, and many more.

Performed at countless jazz clubs around the Los Angeles/Orange County area: Spaghettini Jazz Bar; Kobe Steakhouse; Jax Premier Jazz Supper Club; Steamers Jazz Club & Cafe; Cafe Lido Jazz Club; In San Francisco: Savanna Jazz Club; - in MI: Shorts Brewing; What Not Inn; Bakers Keyboard Lounge; Bird of Paradise Jazz/Blues; Firefly Jazz Club; - in Montreal: The House of Jazz; in Vancouver: Cellar Jazz; in Winipeg, Cafe 232 Jazz Club; and many more around the country.

Performed/recorded with: Bob James, Maria Schneider, Jay Leno, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Mel Torme’, Johnny Mathis, Gladys Knight, Wayne Newton, Linda Ronstadt, John Pizzarelli, Bobby Vinton, The Four Tops, Ron Eschete, Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Clark Terry, and more.