Daniel Casimir

Daniel Casimir is a London-based composer and bassist. Accolades he has won include 2021 Instrumentalist of the Year in the Jazz FM Awards, and in 2022 his album Boxed In was "Album of the Year" at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

Early life and education Casimir was raised in Greenford, a West London suburb. After first playing steel pan when he was 12 years old, he switched to bass guitar from the age of 15 and then to upright bass when studying jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire. After graduating in 2012, Casimir completed a master's degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in 2015.

Career Daniel Casimir has recorded and toured extensively in the band of saxophonist Nubya Garcia. He has performed also in the bands of Binker Golding, Moses Boyd, Camilla George, Ashley Henry,

Discography Albums These Days (2019, with Tess Hirst, Jazz re:freshed) Boxed In (2021, Jazz Refreshed|Jazz re:freshed) Balance (2024, Jazz Refreshed|Jazz re:freshed)

Singles and EPs "Escapee" (2017, Jazz re:freshed)

Awards and nominations

The Musicians' Company Young Jazz Musician Award Daniel Casimir

Parliamentary Jazz Awards Jazz Album of the Year Daniel Casimir Boxed In

The Arts Foundation Futures Awards Jazz Composition, Fellowship Daniel Casimir