Daniel Gassin : Associate Artist
Originally from Melbourne, Daniel Gassin is a pianist and
composer of Franco-American descent now based in Paris.
Before relocating to France in 2013, Daniel garnered both local
and international acclaim in his hometown. He was a finalist in
the Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the iconic Montreux Jazz
Festival in 2007, reached the final three at the Australian
National Jazz Awards in 2013, and was nominated for the Freedman
Fellowship in 2016.
He recorded his second Trio album "Crossover" in 2008 for ABC
Jazztrack, and in 2011 the Daniel Gassin Sextet's debut album was
released to critical acclaim and widespread national airplay. The
self-titled album was nominated for "Best Jazz Album" at the
Independent Music (AIR) Awards, and the track "Banff Song" earned
a nomination at the 2012 Jazz Bell Awards for "Best Australian
Jazz Song of the Year."
Since his move to France, Daniel has added an international
dimension to his career, as well as becoming an integral part of
the Paris jazz scene. In 2016 he became the first pianist to
perform at Quincy Jones' new club in Dubaï - Q's - inaugurating
the venue as part of UK drummer Ollie Howell's band and
performing 24 nights over five weeks. The same year, he completed
a five-concert tour of Sweden with his Trio.
In recent years Daniel has toured Burkina Faso, Angola,
Mauritius, the Seychelles, Lebanon, Niger and Zambia for the US
State Department.
In 2017 he formed his Crossover Band, composed of musicians with
diverse backgrounds and the knowledge of multiple styles related
to the jazz idiom.
In 2019 the band recorded their debut EP, were selected to
showcase at Juan-les-Pins and Jazz sur Seine Festivals in France,
performed at the Sibiu International Jazz Festival in Romania,
and took up a monthly residency at the Caveau des Oubliettes in
Paris. The band also performed at Jazz on Dnieper Festival in
Ukraine in 2021.
The Daniel Gassin Crossover Band released their debut album
'Change of Heart' in April 2021 at the Duc des Lombards in
Paris.
Daniel is also an in-demand sideman in numerous projects
including Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Josiah
Woodson's "Quintessential" (he also appears on the band's debut
album released in 2017), trumpeter Rachel Therrien's Quartet
(appearing on her recently-released album "Vena"), and vocalist
Alita Moses' European ensemble, with which he performed at the
2018 and 2019 World Minds annual symposia in Zürich and Belgrade
respectively.
Biography provided by the composer