Danny Bank

Daniel Bernard Bank (July 17, 1922 – June 5, 2010) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.

He played with Benny Goodman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Paul Whiteman in the 1940s.

Following this he recorded with Charlie Parker, Rex Stewart, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, Urbie Green, Clifford Brown and Helen Merrill, Art Farmer, Wes Montgomery, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Smith, Chico O’Farrill, Betty Carter, Ray Charles, and Tony Fruscella.

He was also an original member of The New York Saxophone Quartet, along with Ray Beckenstein, Eddie Caine and Al Epstein.

With Louis Armstrong With Bob Brookmeyer With Ralph Burns and Leonard Feather With Benny Carter With Miles Davis With Art Farmer With Maynard Ferguson With Dizzy Gillespie With Benny Golson With Urbie Green With Chico Hamilton With Jimmy Heath With Johnny Hodges With Milt Jackson With J. J. Johnson With Quincy Jones With Eric Kloss With Irene Kral With Junior Mance With Herbie Mann With Howard McGhee With Charles Mingus With Milton Nascimento With Oliver Nelson With Charlie Parker With Oscar Pettiford With Lalo Schifrin and Bob Brookmeyer With Shirley Scott With Jimmy Smith With Walter Wanderley With Ben Webster With Randy Weston With Kai Winding