DANIEL GLASS

Daniel Glass is an award-winning drummer, author, historian and educator based in New York City. Daniel is widely recognized as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music. Since 2011, he has been the house drummer every Monday night at New York’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club.Daniel is highly in demand as a drummer, working more than 200 gigs annually. He has recorded and performed all over the world with a diverse roster of top artists, including Brian Setzer, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Royal Crown Revue, KISS front man Gene Simmons’ swing project, Jose Feliciano, Freddie Cole, Marilyn Maye, Gunhild Carling, the Hot Sardines, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Michelle Shocked, Melissa Manchester, Mike Ness, Air Supply’s Graham Russell, and Luann De Lesseps from the Real Housewives of New York. He also leads his own group, the Daniel Glass Trio. For two years running, Daniel was voted one of the top five drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine.

As an educator, Daniel has published five books and three DVDs, including the award-winning titles The Century Project,The Roots of Rock Drumming, and The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming. His online curriculum on American Popular Music, From Ragtime to Rock, is used by music educators at over 1000 schools across the U.S. and Canada.

Daniel contributes regularly to publications like Modern Drummer, DRUM and Classic Drummer. He has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes globally, appearing at many of the world’s top educational institutions (such as U of Miami’s Frost School of Music), conferences (such as JEN, the Jazz Education Network) and music festivals (Percussive Arts Society Int’l Conv, Modern Drummer Festival).

In 2016, Daniel created an annual 4-day Jazz Drumming Intensive in New York City, which draws an international student base, and features renowned guest clinicians such as Carl Allen, Kenny Washington and Sean Pelton. In 2021, Daniel brought the Jazz Intensive concept to Europe, and to date has hosted three annual events at the Groovekiste Musik Akademie near Frankfurt, Germany.

A pioneer in online education, Daniel works one-on-one with an average of 50 private students each month (who hail from five continents).

His online educational portal – Drumming In Motion – offers a wide range of courses, all