Daniel Glass

Daniel Glass (born May 16, 1966) 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 (winner of the Modern Drummer reader's poll: Best Education Package, 2010), Music Alive!'s Percussion, The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming (co-written with Zoro and the winner of the 2009 Drum! Magazine Drummie Award for "Best Drumming Book.") and The Roots of Rock Drumming (co-edited with Journey drummer, Steve Smith and voted one of the top four drumming books of 2014 by Drum! Magazine.) Glass has also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Percussion (second edition) with the "Rock 'n' Roll Drumming (1948-2000)" 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

Year Title Artist Label Credits 1994 "Hollywood Tales" Royal Crown Revue By Our Records Musician 1996 "Mugzy's Move" Royal Crown Revue Warner Bros. Drums, Percussion 1997 "Caught in the Act — Live!" Royal Crown Revue SurfDog Drums, Percussion 1998 “The Contender” Royal Crown Revue Warner Bros. Composer, Drums, Percussion 1999 "Walk on Fire" Royal Crown Revue SideOneDummy Composer, Drums, Percussion 2001 "Passport to Australia — Live" Royal Crown Revue Disk Union Drums, Vocals 2004 "Greetings from Hollywood" Royal Crown Revue Kufala Executive Producer, Producer, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals 2007 "El Toro" Royal Crown Revue Kufala Records Drums 2007 "Live in Australia" Royal Crown Revue LiveBand.com Musician 2010 "Don't Be a Grinch This Year" Royal Crown Revue RCR Records Musician

With other artists

Year Title Artist Label Credits 1992 “Mini Diaz” Mini Diaz M2 Records Musician 1995 “A Young Person’s Guide” The Dambuilders East-West/Chuaca Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals 1998 “Bathhouse Betty” Bette Midler Warner Bros. Drums 1999 “Malediction” Botanica Checkered Past Drums 2000 “Cheating at Solitaire” Mike Ness TimeBomb/Sony Records Drums, Snare Drum 2001 “Last Word In” Johnny Boyd Cliffhanger Musician 2001 “That’s Him Officer" Vinnie Santino Pacific Force Drums 2001 “Jazz Baby! Cool Tunes For Cool Kids” Compilation Flying South Musician 2001 “Stendahl’s Syndrome" Ensemble Abstract Pacific Force Drums 2001 “Mutually Cognizant” Ensemble Abstract Pacific Force Drums 2001 “Track-Whore Compilation Volume 2, Logan’s Run” Track-Whore Track-Whore Musician 2001 “Double Wide Live” The Saddle Tramps Musician 2002 “Makin’ Time” Scott Steen SS Records Musician 2002 “City of Angles” Industrial Jazz Group Annova Musician 2002 “something colorful” The Daniel Glass Trio Very Tall Music Primary Artist (Producer, Composer, Drums) 2004 “Here Come the Billionaires” The Billionaires Musician 2004 “The Billionaires Are in the House” The Billionaires Musician 2004 “All Aboard America” All Aboard America Bald Eagle Media Musician 2004 “Think About It” Alex Schultz Severn Records Musician 2004 “Dig That Beat” The Travellers Low-Fi Records Producer, Musician 2005 “Exotic Tales” Eldad Tarmu Quartet Very Tall Music Producer, Musician (Drums) 2005 “Time and Again” Raymond Patterson RP Presents Musician 2005 “Dig Dag Diggin’ Tour 2004" The Travellers Low-Fi Records Musician 2005 “Broken Wheel” Chris Murphy Kufala Records Drums 2005 “Juniper” Chris Murphy Kufala Recordings Drums 2005 “Jazz Baby, Volume 1" Jazz Baby Casablanca Kids Musician 2005 “Jazz Baby, Volume 2" Jazz Baby Casablanca Kids Musician 2005 “Jazz Baby, Volume 3" Jazz Baby Casablanca Kids Musician 2005 “Industrial Jazzwerke, Volume 1” Industrial Jazz Group UglyRug Music Musician 2006 “The Redondos” The Redondos Royal Songbird Records Musician 2006 “Karling Abbeygate” Karling Abbeygate Dionysis Records Drums 2006 “World in a Bottle“ Bart Ryan R5 Recordings Musician 2006 “Devil’s Serenade” Mora’s Modern Rhythmists Mr. Ace Records Musician 2007 “Venture Capital Follies of 1929” GKM Newport Orchestra Long After Lunch Records Musician 2007 “The Curse of the Songwriter” PI Jacobs ThatCrazyChick Music Musician 2007 “Playing Favorites” Scott Steen Chrome Dome Music Musician 2007 “The Return of Eve” Devil Doll DuffyRecords Musician 2007 “Starlight” Johnny Boyd CliffDive Records Musician 2008 “Show of Stars” King Paris / Martini Kings Swingomatic Musician 2008 “Sittin’ in the Catbird Seat” Marie Fleur Sutcliffe Music Drums 2008 “Introducing the Rhythm Club All-Stars” Rhythm Club All Stars Very Tall Music Producer, Musician 2008 “Poor Man’s Paradise” Ted Russell Kamp System Records Drums 2009 “Introducing Jennifer Keith” Jennifer Keith Rhythm Train Records Musician 2010 “At Times Like This” Nancy Weiss N.A.W. Music Musician 2010 “Whoopee! Hey! Hey!” Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys Coeur de Janette Drums, Percussion 2011 “Think About It” Alex Schultz Severn Musician 2011 “’Jenny’ is Her Name” Jennifer Keith Musician 2011 “Get Back to the Land” Ted Russell Kamp Dualtone Music Drums 2012 “Never Been Blue” Johnny Boyd Cliffdive Records Musician 2012 “Bébé Licorne” Marie Fleur Drums 2012 “Songs Without Words” Ian Whitcomb Rivermont Musician 2012 “The Fabulous Dorseys” The Anderson Twins PW Music Musician 2012 “Classical Themes in Jazz” Peter Anderson and Will Anderson PW Music Drums 2015 “Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys” Abigail Lumsden Drums 2015 “Imagine Your Heart’s Journeys, Volume 2” Abigail Lumsden Drums 2019 “Call Me Old Fashioned” Max Von Essen MVE Records Drums 2019 “Christmas at Birdland” Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, and Klea Blackhurst Club44 Records Drums 2020 “My Ship: Songs from 1941” Dawn Derow Musician 2020 “Love Notes” Linda Lavin Club44 Records Drums

Endorsements

Glass endorses Drum Workshop/DW Drums (drums/pedals/hardware), Crescent cymbals, Vic Firth (drumsticks and brushes), and Aquarian Drumheads.