Over the years, Daniel's unique style has been widely praised by the critics. That praise has placed him in that rare class of musicians whose versatility transcends categories and spans multiple genres. Proof enough is the fact that Daniel's music extends past regional and national boundaries from the US to 5 continents with airplay on Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Spanish, Mexican and Country radio.

Daniel is a gifted, self-taught musician. Growing up in a rural area near Santa Fe, NM, Daniel developed a love for many musical genres listing to radio. As a teenager, Daniel toured throughout the southwestern United States with a gospel group called the Chordsmen.

In the 70’s Earl Klugh’s “Magic In Your Eyes” LP, inspired Daniel's love of Jazz. In the 80’s Daniel moved to Colorado and released two Latin Pop albums, “Amor” and “Vuelveme a Querer”. In the 90’s, Daniel released his final Latin Pop CD, “Lo Sabes” which received Billboard Magazine’s Critic’s Choice award. In the mid 90’s Daniel paid tribute to his New Mexico roots with a bilingual collection of traditional Rancheras and Country tunes called “Te Lo Prometo”.

In the mid 90’s Daniel formed a jazz band called Return to Zero that released their debut "Absolute Zero" CD. . In the late 90’s Daniel released his first Latin Jazz CD, “Night Groove”. The new millinium brought another Latin Jazz release, “Airborne”, followed by a collection of Smooth Jazz and Latin Jazz tunes in, “Colorado Sunset”. In 2010, Daniel released a Smooth Jazz collection called “Can You Feel It?”, with several tracks widely accepted on five continents.

In addition to producing his own music, Daniel has written and produced a number of projects for other indie artists and collaborated with a number of major-label artists including Richard Kremode (Santana), Arcelio Garcia (MALO), Jock Bartley (Firefall), Dwight Beaumont (Flash Cadillac), Dave Innis (Restless Heart) and Musician’s Hall of Fame member, Louie Shelton. Daniel has also produced music, commercials and jingles for Muzak and numerous radio stations.

Daniel is currently in the studio, writing selections for his next CD, due out in the spring of 2012. This project will be a departure from his instrumental collections with new original traditional jazz selections and vocals.
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