Daniel Glass (drummer)


Daniel Glass is an American drummer, author, historian and educator. He is recognized in the drum industry as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music.

Educator/Clinician

As an educator, Glass has published several books and DVDs, including, The Century Project DVD, Music Alive!'s Percussion, The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming and The Roots of Rock Drumming Glass has also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Percussion with the "Rock 'n' Roll Drumming " chapter, and is a regular contributor to publications like Modern Drummer, Drum! and Classic Drummer Magazine. He has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes globally, appearing at many educational conferences and music festivals. In 2013, he co-curated an exhibit on the history of the drum set at the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, for which he was awarded the Percussive Arts Society’s “Distinguished Service Award.”

Performer

Glass is a member of the pioneering swing group Royal Crown Revue since 1994, Glass has recorded and performed all over the world with many artists, including Brian Setzer, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Maye, Klea Blackhurst, Lorna Luft, Chita Rivera, Lucie Arnaz, Freddy Cole, Mike Ness, Johnny Boyd, Debbie Davies, Unknown Hinson, Glen Glenn, Robert Gordon, and Gene Simmons of KISS. He was twice voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and Drum! magazine.

Discography

With Royal Crown Revue

YearTitleArtistLabelCredits
1994"Hollywood Tales"Royal Crown RevueBy Our RecordsMusician
1996"Mugzy's Move"Royal Crown RevueWarner Bros.Drums, Percussion
1997"Caught in the Act — Live!"Royal Crown RevueSurfDogDrums, Percussion
1998“The Contender”Royal Crown RevueWarner Bros.Composer, Drums, Percussion
1999"Walk on Fire"Royal Crown RevueSideOneDummyComposer, Drums, Percussion
2001"Passport to Australia — Live"Royal Crown RevueDisk UnionDrums, Vocals
2004"Greetings from Hollywood"Royal Crown RevueKufalaExecutive Producer, Producer, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
2007"El Toro"Royal Crown RevueKufala RecordsDrums
2007"Live in Australia"Royal Crown RevueLiveBand.comMusician
2010"Don't Be a Grinch This Year"Royal Crown RevueRCR RecordsMusician

With other artists

YearTitleArtistLabelCredits
1992“Mini Diaz”Mini DiazM2 RecordsMusician
1995“A Young Person’s Guide”The DambuildersEast-West/ChuacaDrums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals
1998“Bathhouse Betty”Bette MidlerWarner Bros.Drums
1999“Malediction”BotanicaCheckered PastDrums
2000“Cheating at Solitaire”Mike NessTimeBomb/Sony RecordsDrums, Snare Drum
2001“Last Word In”Johnny BoydCliffhangerMusician
2001“That’s Him Officer"Vinnie SantinoPacific ForceDrums
2001“Jazz Baby! Cool Tunes For Cool Kids”CompilationFlying SouthMusician
2001“Stendahl’s Syndrome"Ensemble AbstractPacific ForceDrums
2001“Mutually Cognizant”Ensemble AbstractPacific ForceDrums
2001“Track-Whore Compilation Volume 2, Logan’s Run”Track-WhoreTrack-WhoreMusician
2001“Double Wide Live”The Saddle TrampsMusician
2002“Makin’ Time”Scott SteenSS RecordsMusician
2002“City of Angles”Industrial Jazz GroupAnnovaMusician
2002“something colorful”The Daniel Glass TrioVery Tall MusicPrimary Artist
2004“Here Come the Billionaires”The BillionairesMusician
2004“The Billionaires Are in the House”The BillionairesMusician
2004“All Aboard America”All Aboard AmericaBald Eagle MediaMusician
2004“Think About It”Alex SchultzSevern RecordsMusician
2004“Dig That Beat”The TravellersLow-Fi RecordsProducer, Musician
2005“Exotic Tales”Eldad Tarmu QuartetVery Tall MusicProducer, Musician
2005“Time and Again”Raymond PattersonRP PresentsMusician
2005“Dig Dag Diggin’ Tour 2004"The TravellersLow-Fi RecordsMusician
2005“Broken Wheel”Chris MurphyKufala RecordsDrums
2005“Juniper”Chris MurphyKufala RecordingsDrums
2005“Jazz Baby, Volume 1"Jazz BabyCasablanca KidsMusician
2005“Jazz Baby, Volume 2"Jazz BabyCasablanca KidsMusician
2005“Jazz Baby, Volume 3"Jazz BabyCasablanca KidsMusician
2005“Industrial Jazzwerke, Volume 1”Industrial Jazz GroupUglyRug MusicMusician
2006“The Redondos”The RedondosRoyal Songbird RecordsMusician
2006“Karling Abbeygate”Karling AbbeygateDionysis RecordsDrums
2006“World in a Bottle“Bart RyanR5 RecordingsMusician
2006“Devil’s Serenade”Mora’s Modern RhythmistsMr. Ace RecordsMusician
2007“Venture Capital Follies of 1929”GKM Newport OrchestraLong After Lunch RecordsMusician
2007“The Curse of the Songwriter”PI JacobsThatCrazyChick MusicMusician
2007“Playing Favorites”Scott SteenChrome Dome MusicMusician
2007“The Return of Eve”Devil DollDuffyRecordsMusician
2007“Starlight”Johnny BoydCliffDive RecordsMusician
2008“Show of Stars”King Paris / Martini KingsSwingomaticMusician
2008“Sittin’ in the Catbird Seat”Marie FleurSutcliffe MusicDrums
2008“Introducing the Rhythm Club All-Stars”Rhythm Club All StarsVery Tall MusicProducer, Musician
2008“Poor Man’s Paradise”Ted Russell KampSystem RecordsDrums
2009“Introducing Jennifer Keith”Jennifer KeithRhythm Train RecordsMusician
2010“At Times Like This”Nancy WeissN.A.W. MusicMusician
2010“Whoopee! Hey! Hey!”Janet Klein & Her Parlor BoysCoeur de JanetteDrums, Percussion
2011“Think About It”Alex SchultzSevernMusician
2011“’Jenny’ is Her Name”Jennifer KeithMusician
2011“Get Back to the Land”Ted Russell KampDualtone MusicDrums
2012“Never Been Blue”Johnny BoydCliffdive RecordsMusician
2012“Bébé Licorne”Marie FleurDrums
2012“Songs Without Words”Ian WhitcombRivermontMusician
2012“The Fabulous Dorseys”The Anderson TwinsPW MusicMusician
2012“Classical Themes in Jazz”Peter Anderson and Will AndersonPW MusicDrums
2015“Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys”Abigail LumsdenDrums
2015“Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys, Volume 2”Abigail LumsdenDrums
2019“Call Me Old Fashioned”Max Von EssenMVE RecordsDrums
2019“Christmas at Birdland”Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, and Klea BlackhurstClub44 RecordsDrums
2020“My Ship: Songs from 1941”Dawn DerowMusician
2020“Love Notes”Linda LavinClub44 RecordsDrums

Endorsements

Glass endorses Drum Workshop/DW Drums, Crescent cymbals, Vic Firth, and Aquarian Drumheads.