Daniel Bernard Bank (July 17, 1922 – June 5, 2010) was an Americanjazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. He is credited on some releases asDanny Banks.

He was born on July 17, 1922. Early in his career Bank played withCharlie Barnet (1942–1944), and would return to play with him repeatedly over the next few decades. He played withBenny Goodman,Tommy andJimmy Dorsey,Artie Shaw andPaul Whiteman in the 1940s. Following this he recorded withCharlie Parker,Rex Stewart, theSauter-Finegan Orchestra,Johnny Hodges,Urbie Green,Clifford Brown andHelen Merrill,Art Farmer,Wes Montgomery,Quincy Jones,Jimmy Smith,Chico O’Farrill,Betty Carter,Ray Charles, andTony Fruscella.

Bank is best known for his association withMiles Davis inGil Evans's orchestra; Bank played bass clarinet on the albumsMiles Ahead,Sketches of Spain andPorgy and Bess. He played with Davis on his 1961Carnegie Hall concert. Later in the 1960s he recorded with thebig bands ofCharles Mingus,Sonny Rollins, andStanley Turrentine. He was also an original member of The New York Saxophone Quartet, along with Ray Beckenstein, Eddie Caine and Al Epstein.

Bank died of natural causes on June 5, 2010 at the age of 87.

WithLouis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)

WithBob Brookmeyer

• Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)

WithRalph Burns andLeonard Feather

• Winter Sequence (MGM, 1954)

WithBenny Carter

• Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987)
• Harlem Renaissance (MusicMasters, 1992)

WithMiles Davis

• Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)

WithArt Farmer

• The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54)
• Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)

WithMaynard Ferguson

• Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)

WithDizzy Gillespie

• Afro (Norgran, 1954)
• Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1954)

WithBenny Golson

• Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961)

WithUrbie Green

• All About Urbie Green and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1956)

WithChico Hamilton

• The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
• The Gamut (Solid State, 1968)

WithColeman Hawkins

• The Hawk Talks (Decca, 1952-53 [1955])

WithJimmy Heath

• Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992)

WithJohnny Hodges

• Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
• Don't Sleep in the Subway (Verve, 1967)
• 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

WithMilt Jackson

• Ray Brown / Milt Jackson withRay Brown (Verve, 1965)

WithJ. J. Johnson

• Goodies (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)

WithQuincy Jones

• The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)

WithEric Kloss

• Grits & Gravy (Prestige, 1966)

WithIrene Kral

• SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)

WithJunior Mance

• The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)

WithHerbie Mann

• Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)

WithHoward McGhee

• Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Bethlehem, 1956)

WithCharles Mingus

• The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])

WithMilton Nascimento

• Courage (A&M/CTI, 1969)

WithOliver Nelson

• Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
• Happenings withHank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
• Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
• The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
• The Spirit of '67 withPee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)

WithCharlie Parker

• Big Band (Clef, 1954)

WithOscar Pettiford

• Basically Duke (Bethlehem, 1954)
• The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956)

WithLalo Schifrin andBob Brookmeyer

• Samba Para Dos (Verve, 1963)

WithShirley Scott

• Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)

WithJimmy Smith

• Monster (Verve, 1965)

WithWalter Wanderley

• Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)

WithBen Webster

• Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)

WithRandy Weston

• Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)

WithKai Winding

• Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)
• Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)

• Danny Bank atAllmusic
• New York Times paid death notice for Daniel Bank

• The New York Saxophone Quartet

• American jazz saxophonists
• American male saxophonists
• American jazz clarinetists
• American jazz flautists
• 1922 births
• 2010 deaths
• American male jazz musicians
• American Jazz Orchestra members
• 20th-century American saxophonists
• 20th-century American flautists

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