Dan Perkins is a Multi Instrumentalist and Composer living in the United States(.BA Arizona State,MFA California Institute of the Arts) He has logged his 10,000 hours as a Saxophonist and has toured and recorded throughout Asia and North America since 1998.
recent remixes on things I wrote and recorded in the best studio in Tokyo.
"Tatemae, 50/50, Life in 6 Parts,New Gospel and Dig Dis", are all recorded live, with no overdubs,  on the first or second take.
My style is not only Jazz ,but has many elements.
Taipei Times Article


When jazz musicians describe their songs for an upcoming performance as “challenging,” the alarm bells are likely to go off for casual listeners.
But there’s no need to worry with the Dan Perkins Quartet, which plays at Sappho on Tuesday. Bandmembers say their challenge will be to present music that is interesting for both the musicians and the audience.
For US saxophonist Dan Perkins, who was based in Southern California but is in the process of moving to Japan, this means choosing songs with a variety of grooves ranging from ballads to funk, and genres spanning modern jazz to pop.
“The thing I’m afraid of is the audience being bored. I don’t want them to be bored,” said Perkins in an interview after a rehearsal in Xindian.
While the 37-year-old is thoroughly immersed in the jazz world — he just completed his master’s degree in jazz performance at the California Institute of the Arts and has studied with accomplished musicians such as saxophonist Ernie Watts and drummer Joe La Barbera — he still tries to be mindful of the other half of the equation in music: the listener.
“Sometimes, players, we get caught up in our own world, and we don’t consider: if I was an audience member would I be enjoying this? I know jazz is a player’s music, but I also have to consider what my audience is thinking, and would they find this interesting,” he said.
The quartet will be playing songs with more intricate arrangements as opposed to the typical run of standards conducive to free form jamming. Selections include McCoy Tyner’s My Love, Effendi, Medeski, Martin and Wood’s Wiggly’s Way and the Beatles’ Across the Universe.
daniel.perkins@gmail.com


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