Dan Weiss

Dan Weiss (born March 4, 1977) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is largely active in jazz music, particularly avant-garde jazz.

Background Dan Weiss was raised in New Jersey. He moved to New York City to attend Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with John Riley. Weiss has also studied tabla with guru Pandit Samir Chatterjee. He is also the leader of Starebaby,

He has been a Rising Star winner in the 60th and 61st Annual Downbeat Critic Polls and has been called one of "Five Jazz Drummers to Watch" by The New York Times.

Discography As a leader 2004 Tintal Drumset Solo (Chhandayan) 2010 Jhaptal Drumset Solo (Chhandayan) 2014 Fourteen (Pi Recordings) 2016 Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi Recordings) 2021 Music For Drums And Guitar with Miles Okazaki (Cygnus) 2025 Unclassified Affections (Pi Recordings)

with Dan Weiss Trio 2005 Now Yes When (Tone Of A Pitch) 2010 Timshel (Sunnyside) 2019 Utica Box (Sunnyside) 2022 Dedications (Cygnus)

with Starebaby 2018 Starebaby (Pi Recordings) 2020 Natural Selection (Pi Recordings

As a sideman 2025 Frank Carlberg Dream Machine 2020 Noah Preminger Contemptment 2020 Ohad Talmor Long Forms 2020 Tineke Postma Freya 2018 Michael Dessen Somewhere In The Upstream 2018 Misha Tsiganov Playing with the Wind 2009 Rez Abbasi Things To Come 2009 Miles Okazaki Generations 2008 Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Apti 2006 David Binney Cities And Desire 2006 Rudresh Mahanthappa Codebook 2006 Miles Okazaki Mirror 2006 Rez Abbasi Bazaar 2005 Rez Abbasi Snake Charmer 2005 David Binney Bastion Of Sanity