Corral three of the busiest and most prolific musicians on the New York jazz scene into one collective musical entity and what do you get? BAM! Daniel Glass, Sean Harkness, and Michael O'Brien together as the Daniel Glass Trio have created a virtuosic sound that is infectious, fun, and incredibly entertaining. With both a keen respect for musical history and a bent toward the innovative and adventurous, this recording never lets the listener get too comfortable in their stylistic expectations but always provides very satisfying twists and turns. Track List: Bolivia It Could Happen To You And Lost Smoke on the Water Ladybug The World Still Turns Around The Crippled Waltz On The Verge.

DANIEL GLASS (drums) has recorded and performed with many chart topping artists from the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli, to Freddie Cole, Marilyn Maye, Jose Feliciano, even Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. Since 2010, Daniel has been the Monday night house drummer at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club in NYC.

Daniel is also an award-winning author, historian and educator, having published five books and three DVDs about the evolution of drumming, jazz and American Popular Music.


Daniel has presented more than 300 clinics worldwide at top drumming festivals and prestigious institutions like the Frost School of Music at University of Miami. Since 2016, he has hosted the week long Daniel Glass Jazz Drumming Intensive in both NYC and Frankfurt, Germany.

For 19 years, Daniel was a member of the powerhouse swing septet Royal Crown Revue, who are credited with pioneering the swing resurgence of the 1990s-2000s. With RCR, Daniel released nine albums on the Warner Bros label, performed in premier venues from the Hollywood Bowl to Radio City Music Hall, and recorded chart-topping singles that continue to influence the world's popular culture via Olympic skaters and gymnasts, major motion pictures (The Mask, Swingers) and network television series, (Dancing with the Stars, Malcolm).

SEAN HARKNESS (guitar) is in high demand as a performer and composer. He accompanies an astonishing array of world class vocalists, musicians and ensembles. A six-time recipient of MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs & Cabarets) awards, he recently garnered the Outstanding Instrumentalist Backstage Bistro Award. Deemed a musician's musician by his peers, he is often invited to hold guitar master classes at some of the world's most prominent music schools and universities. According to The New York Times, "Harkness gives full expression to the mood of the moment."

MICHAEL O'BRIEN (bass) is a world renowned bass player. A student of the great Anthony Cox, he has composed or played with Harry Connick, Jr., Ruben Blades, the Jazz Mandolin Project and more. He has taught at the West Bank School of Music, MusicTech and McNalley-Smith College. He is not only an accomplished educator and composer, but his arrangements have been performed all over the world. Recently, his arrangement of "Pine" was performed at the Kennedy Center by the acclaimed string quartet, Ethel.