Artist Information
Biography
Daniel Arite (pronounced a-ree-tee) has been featured in venues around the US, on public radio and also on PBS. Drawing from broad influences and the guitar's ancient roots, Dan moves effortlessly from chaotic improvs to celestial meditations. His arrangements of traditional music, jazz, and original compositions are lush with textures and colors that reveal the beauty and versatility of the instrument. His work has been recognized with a grant from Meet the Composer and a scholarship from the Coca-Cola Foundation.
Daniel studied classical guitar with renowned acoustic/classical guitarist Michael Chapdelaine at the University of New Mexico. In 2000, he performed in a rare CD recording with the legendary Cecil Taylor, which was produced during a residency with the jazz great at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. He performed with the Arcadian Duet, a classical guitar duo (1985 to 1991); and was a member of the eclectic music group, Volk Verk, playing electric guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo. Dan is also a founder of Grass Soup, “a bluegrass band that tried not to sound like a bluegrass band.” Several of his original compositions are included on Grass Soup’s CD, Have a Bowl, released in 1997. He composes and performs with The Bosch Institute, collaborating with poet/orator Thandiwe Shiphrah. Their debut CD, The Secret Marvelous Instead (www.cdbaby.com/bosch), features “audio collages” created from experimental poetry, electronic and acoustic music played on everything from a guitar to a sponge.
Dan is also a visual artist. His artwork is in galleries, private collections and in the collections of institutions.
Check out these related links
www.sonicbids.com/TheBoschInstitute
www.cdbaby.com/bosch
www.artsnashville.org/registry/index.php?scan=az&main=artist&id=238
Instrumentation
Daniel Arite-as a soloist -Steel string acoustic, classical guitar and voice.
or as
The Bosch Institute
Daniel Arite on guitar, found objects, vocalizations and percussion.
Thandiwe Shiphrah-- poetry, vocalizations, found objects and percussion.
Daniel played banjo, composed and arranged with Grass Soup.
Discography
Biting the Peony, The Bosch Institute, Self-released CD (2009)
The Secret Marvelous Instead, The Bosch Institute, Self-released CD (2002)
Untitled (unreleased CD), Cecil Taylor and Associate Artists Ensemble,
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2000)
Have a Bowl, Grass Soup, Self-released CD (1997)
Songs with No Words, Self-released CD (1996)
2 Simplexity, Volk Verk, Self-released Cassette (1993)
Overtime, Volk Verk, Self-released Cassette (1992)
Windows, Volk Verk, Self-released Cassette (1992)
Labyrinths, The Arcadian Duet, Self-released Cassette (1991)
Undercover, Volk Verk, Self-released Cassette (1990)
SELECT PERFORMANCES
“Tennessee Stages. . . Tennessee Stars Showcase,” 2004 Tennessee Presenter’s Conference,” TN Arts Comm., Renaissance Ctr. Performance Hall, Dickson TN (6/06 and 6/04)
Artburst 2005, Unitarian Universalist Church, Birmingham, AL (5/05)
Story & Song Festival, Ensworth High School, Nashville, TN (4/05)
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN (2/05)
Birmingham Improv. Festival, Virginia Stamford Theater, Birmingham, AL (4/04)
15th Annual City Stages, New Arts Stages, Birmingham, AL (5/03)
2002 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (9/02)
Second Annual New Music Conference, Kijiji’s, Nashville, TN (10/02)
An Evening of Reflection: Word/Sound Art from Nashville’s Best and Brightest, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, TN (11/02)
Outpost Performance Space, Grass Soup Concert, Albuquerque, NM (5/97)
Video
Press
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“Critic’s Pick,”
"Subtly beautiful rhythmic and melodic contours."
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“No Brittany, No Pub Life, See The Secret Marvelous Instead,”
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"Musician/composer Daniel Arite and poet/orator Thandiwe Shiphrah explore the many ways sound and wo...
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Sensual, baroque, ice melting
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"Daniel Arite's music at times made my head bob from front to back at one cadence and side-to-side a...
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“The Joy of Cooking,”
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"Grass Soup spill out a unique sound that envelops their audience and reminds us what music is suppo...
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“Review of Have a Bowl,”
"This recorcd...is on most accounts a stunner...still no substitute for the live band."
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KOOP Radio 91.7FM
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"Daniel, Thanks for the CD.....I was able to play cut 1, Mysterious Breakdown, from "Have a Bowl". L...
Setlist
1hr set or 75 minute performance including intermission of Original instrumental guitar music plus arrangements of traditional and contemporary tunes with occasional vocals.
Set list
Thandiwes' Tune-D. Arite
La Bamba- Trad. arr. D. Arite
Prettier Than That-D. Arite
Love Please come Home-Leon Jackson
Summertime-Gershwin
The Way things Work-D. Arite
Romanza- anon.
It Don't Mean a Thing-Duke Ellington
Ave Maria- F. Shubert -arr. D. Arite
We'll you Needn't- Thelonious Monk
I Wonder Where you are Tonight- Bill Monroe
Just What I Needed- The Cars
Rolling in my Sweet Babies Arms-Trad. Arr. D. Arite
Sonatina in La -P.Taraffo
What To Do -D. Arite
Under my Skin- C. Porter
Salt Creek-Trad. Arr. D. Arite
Whisky Before Breakfast-Arr. D. Arite
and more...
