Darryl Jenifer

{{Short description|American musician (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Darryl Jenifer

| image = Darryl Jenifer playing with Bad Brains on 2012-04-16 at the Paradise in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 01.jpg

| caption = Jenifer playing with Bad Brains, 2012

| genre = Hardcore punk

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|22}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., United States

| instrument = Bass guitar

| associated_acts = {{flatlist|

• Bad Brains
• The White Mandingos
• Ric Ocasek

}}

}}

Darryl Jenifer (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician, widely known as the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3606/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Bad Brains|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=May 6, 2010}} and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos.{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Frannie|title=The White Mandingos - Music that defies definition|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/08/13/211396093/the-white-mandingos-music-that-defies-definition|publisher=National Public Radio|date=August 13, 2013|accessdate=August 13, 2013}} He appeared in TV's Illest Minority Moments presented by ego trip and the three-part ego trip's Race-O-Rama on VH1.

Jenifer credits numerous musicians and bands for inspiring and influencing his playing, including the Al Di Meola, James Jamerson, Geezer Butler, Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, Percy Jones, Aston Barrett, Lloyd Parks, Errol Holt, Bob Marley, Mahavishnu Orchestra, 999, Eater, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simonon, the Ramones, Return to Forever, Brand X, Weather Report, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Lonnie Liston Smith, Roy Ayers, the Dickies, the Damned, Generation X, the Buzzcocks, Sly and the Family Stone, Led Zeppelin, Peter Frampton, and Black Sabbath.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/darryl-jenifer-i-understand-the-locomotion-of-rhythm-when-i-play-bass-i-know-how-to-anchor-to-the-music |title=Bad Brains' Darryl Jenifer: 'I understand the locomotion of rhythm. When I play bass, I know how to anchor to the music' |last=Harvie |first=Calum |publisher=musicradar |date=May 27, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2022/12/bad-brains-interview-darryl-jenifer.html |title=Bad Brains Interview, Darryl Jenifer: 'The Youth Are Getting Restless' Reissue |last=Breznikar |first=Klemen |publisher=It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine |date=December 24, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2024}}

Jenifer released his first solo album entitled In Search of Black Judas on October 26, 2010.{{Cite web|date=October 25, 2010 |title=In Search of Black Judas - Darryl Jenifer|url=https://imposemagazine.com/reviews/in-search-of-black-judas-darryl-jenifer|access-date=May 31, 2021 |website=IMPOSE Magazine|language=en}} The album had been in development for nearly a decade.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OutsightRadioHoursDarrylJenifer|title=Outsight Radio Hours interviews Darryl Jenifer|last=Schulte|first=Tom|publisher=Outsight Radio Hours|accessdate=November 28, 2010}}Sacha Jenkins liner notes on Bad Brains album 'The Omega Sessions.'