Danny Bank

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

He was born on July 17, 1922. Early in his career Bank played with Charlie Barnet (1942–1944), and would return to play with him repeatedly over the next few decades. 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.

Bank is best known for his association with Miles Davis in Gil Evans's orchestra; Bank played bass clarinet on the albums Miles Ahead, Sketches of Spain and Porgy and Bess. He played with Davis on his 1961 Carnegie Hall concert. Later in the 1960s he recorded with the big bands of Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, and Stanley 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.

As sideman
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
 * Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
 * Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)
 * Winter Sequence (MGM, 1954)
 * Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987)
 * Harlem Renaissance (MusicMasters, 1992)
 * Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
 * The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54)
 * Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)
 * Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)
 * Afro (Norgran, 1954)
 * Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1954)
 * Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961)
 * All About Urbie Green and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
 * The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Gamut (Solid State, 1968)
 * With Coleman Hawkins
 * The Hawk Talks (Decca, 1952-53 [1955])
 * Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992)
 * Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
 * Don't Sleep in the Subway (Verve, 1967)
 * 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965)
 * Goodies (RCA Victor, 1965)
 * Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)
 * The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
 * Grits & Gravy (Prestige, 1966)
 * SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)
 * The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
 * Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
 * Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Bethlehem, 1956)
 * The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
 * Courage (A&M/CTI, 1969)
 * Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
 * The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
 * The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
 * Big Band (Clef, 1954)
 * Basically Duke (Bethlehem, 1954)
 * The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
 * Samba Para Dos (Verve, 1963)
 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Monster (Verve, 1965)
 * Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)
 * Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)
 * Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)
 * Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)
 * Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)