Joseph Daley (jazz musician)

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| birth_place = Harlem, New York, New York, United States

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| instrument = Tuba, Trombone, Euphonium

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Composer, musician, educator

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Joseph Peter Daley is an American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger known for his work with the tuba, trombone and euphonium .

Early life and as educator

Born in Harlem, Daley graduated The High School of Music & Art in 1967. He then continued to the Manhattan School of Music where he earned a bachelor's degree in Performance in 1972 and a master's degree in Music Education in 1973.{{cite web |title=Joseph Daley Trio |url=https://music.nmsu.edu/index.php/en/calendar/253/joe-daley-trio |website=NMSU Department of Music |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Aperitivo in Concerto - Joseph Daley Tuba Trio |url=http://www.laprovinciacr.it/musica/musica/158771/aperitivo-in-concerto-joseph-daley-tuba-trio.html |publisher=La Provincia di Cremona}}

From 1972- 1976 Joseph worked for the New York City Board of Education as Band Director at Wadleigh JHS 88 Harlem and associate director of Manhattan Borough-Wide Band.

From 1976- 2005 he worked for the Englewood New Jersey Board of Education at Janis Dismus Middle School and Dwight Morrow High School.

Listing of various assignments from 1976 to 2005: Concert Band Director, Marching Band director, Choral Director, Music Appreciation Teacher, Jazz Ensemble Director, Yamaha Electronic Keyboard Lab Teacher, Music Theory and Harmony Teacher, Subject Area Leader.

Performing musician

During his career as an educator, he was also deeply involved in jazz as a composer, arranger and performer, working with a veritable Who's Who of jazz musicians such as Monguito Santamaria, Howard Johnson, Taj Mahal, Gil Evans. Sam Rivers, Jayne Cortez, Carla Bley, Edward Vesala, George Gruntz, Muhal Richard Abrams, Phil Haynes, Bill Cole, Ellery Eskelin, Alan Silva, Assif Tsahar, Dave Douglas, Taylor Ho Bynum, Joe Fonda, Bill Dixon, Reggie Nicholson, Warren Smith, Natalie Merchant, Anthony Braxton, Jason Kao Hwang, Marty Ehrlich and Michael Gregory Jackson.{{cite web |last1=Meek |first1=Julia |title=The Tuba Chronicles Highlight Fort Wayne Jazz Scene |date=15 March 2018 |url=http://www.wboi.org/post/tuba-chronicles-highlight-fort-wayne-jazz-scene#stream/0 |publisher=WBOI |language=en}} His interest in musicology and music from around the world has resulted in collaborations with the Tuvan throat singers of Huun Huur Tu, Benin, Africa's Gangbe Brass Band, Kronos String Quartet and Natalie Merchant.

Joseph has been a member of ensembles large and small including Howard Johnson and GRAVITY, Liberation Music Orchestra, Ebony Brass Quintet, Far East Side Band and Earth Tones Ensemble.

Joseph tours and records with Hazmat Modine and the improvisational Tuba Trio.{{cite web |last1=Netsky |first1=Ron |title=Jazz {{!}} Joseph Daley Tuba Trio |url=https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/jazz-joseph-daley-tuba-trio/Content?oid=5765786 |website=City Newspaper |language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://krwg.org/post/dry-river-jazz-boundless-joseph-daley|title=Dry River Jazz: The Boundless Joseph Daley|last=Lee|first=Trevor Hodgkins, Derrick|language=en|publisher=KRWG}}

Composer

While Joseph has been composing music virtually all of his life,{{cite web |title=Joseph Daley: Tuba Maestro! |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/joseph-daley-tuba-maestro-by-giuseppe-segala.php |website=All About Jazz |date=14 September 2018 |language=en}} his first major published work was the ambitious and well received The Seven Deadly Sins,{{cite web |title=CD: Joseph Daley |url=https://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2011/06/cd-joseph-daley.html |website=ArtsJournal |date=29 June 2011}} published as an album on CD in 2011 along with a tribute to his deceased brother Ballade for the Fallen African Warrior.{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Raul d'Gama |title=Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble: The Seven Deadly Sins |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-joseph-daley-jaro-review-by-raul-dgama-rose.php |website=All About Jazz |date=3 April 2011 |language=en}}

In 2013 he followed up with The Seven Heavenly Virtues,{{cite web |title=Joseph Daley—The Seven Heavenly Virtues |url=https://jazzdagama.com/music/joseph-daley-the-seven-heavenly-virtues/ |website=Jazz da Gama |date=20 December 2013}} then in 2014 Portraits: Wind, Thunder and Love which includes the multimovement suite Wispercussion: Five Portraits of Warren Smith{{cite web |last1=Attarian |first1=Hrayr |title=Joseph Daley: Portraits: Wind, Thunder and Love |url=https://newjersey.allaboutjazz.com/index_new.php?url=portraits-wind-thunder-and-love-joseph-daley-self-produced-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php&&width=1366 |website=All About Jazz |date=5 August 2015 |language=en}} and in 2015, The Tuba Trio Chronicles.{{cite web |title=Joseph Daley: The Tuba Trio Chronicles |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-tuba-trio-chronicles-joseph-daley-self-produced-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php |website=All About Jazz |date=12 February 2016 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=7 hidden gems at the D.C. Jazz Festival |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/7-hidden-gems-at-the-dc-jazz-festival/2017/06/08/464b0fc6-46f0-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}

Awards and honors

National Endowment for the Arts Award for Music Composition, NJ Outstanding Teacher Recognition Award, MacDowell Colony Fellow,{{Cite web|url=http://206.130.115.251/artists-indexfellows.php|title=Index of MacDowell Fellows|website=The MacDowell Colony}} Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellow, Music Omni Fellow.
The New York City Jazz Record Magazine (January, 2012) listed Joseph Daley and The Earth Tones Ensemble "Best of 2011" in Debut and Large Ensemble categories for his debut album The Seven Deadly Sins.{{Cite news|url=http://nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201201.pdf|title=New York City Jazz Record - January 2012 issue|work=The New York City Jazz Record}}