Saxophonist, pianist, percussionist and composer Dan Moses Schlessinger is a true renaissance man. Heralding from Berkeley, California, Dan earned a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 from U.C. Berkeley and won the Outstanding Saxophonist award at the Pacific Coast Collegate Jazz Festival the same year. He then went on to earn a Masters degree in Jazz Performance in 1999 from the New England Conservatory of Music, studying with (among others) George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Charlie Banacos, Danilo Perez, and Bob Moses.
Dan has been living in Brooklyn since 2001, freelancing on the saxophone and piano and leading two bands of his own. His jazz project, Danny Mo and the Schlesstones, reflects his omnidirectional approach to music combining elements of Afro-Cuban rhythms, funk, polyrhythms, jazz, soul, and other eclectic sources in his original compositions. His rock/soul project, Soul Bandit, also utlizes a groove-oriented approach to music but with lyrics, drawing influences from Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Dr. John.
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