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Draft:Daniele Germani

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Daniele Germani
GenreJazz
OccupationsSaxophonist, composer, bandleader, record producer
InstrumentsAlto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano
Years active2021–present
LabelsGleAM Records, Fresh Sound New Talent, Lyonhill Records
Websitedangermani.com

Daniele Germani is an Italian jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and record producer based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He has performed with musicians including Dave Douglas, trumpeter Enrico Rava, pianist Leo Genovese, Kenny Werner, Bob Moses, Dave Kikoski, and George Garzone,[1] and was among the last students of jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz before Konitz's death in April 2020.[2] A prolific composer, he has written over 650 tunes since 2019.[1]

Early life and education

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Germani is originally from the Frosinone region of Italy.[3] He began piano lessons at age four after hearing his sister play; at eleven he took up the saxophone with the municipal band of his hometown, Arce, and began studying at the conservatory with Eugenio Colombo at thirteen.[4] He completed the seven-year classical saxophone program at the Conservatory of Frosinone (Conservatorio Licino Refice) and received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he earned a bachelor's degree in performance in May 2017.[1] In spring 2014, five months into his degree, he was accepted into the Berklee Global Jazz Institute,[1] where he studied under Terri Lyne Carrington, Joe Lovano, and his mentor George Garzone.[3] He performed regularly at Wally's Jazz Cafe in Boston and moved to New York City in 2017.[3] All About Jazz notes that he was among the last students of jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz before Konitz's death in April 2020.[2]

Career

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After graduating from Berklee in May 2017, Germani moved to New York City.[1] He has performed at festivals and clubs across the United States, South America, and Europe, including the Panama Jazz Festival with the Dave Douglas Octet and Umbria Jazz in Perugia.[1] His collaborators have included Dave Douglas, pianist Leo Genovese, trumpeter Enrico Rava, Kenny Werner, Bob Moses, David Kikoski, and George Garzone.[1]

Since 2022 he has held a monthly residency at the Ornithology Jazz Club in Brooklyn.[1]

In 2019 he set himself a challenge to compose one tune per day; his biography states that he has since written over 650 tunes.[1] His debut album as a leader, A Congregation of Folks (GleAM Records, 2021), drew on music composed during that challenge.[5] All About Jazz called the playing "surprisingly self-assured",[5] and ukvibe.org included the album in its best-jazz-albums-of-2021 list.[6] Later in 2021 he released What Reason Could I Give (Fresh Sound New Talent),[7] and the collective Xenya (GleAM Records), reviewed by the Italian outlet JazzEspresso.[8]

Germani's subsequent leader albums include They Radiate Energy Outward (2023) and The Alternative is Unthinkable (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2024), both of which he produced.[1][9] In 2023 he founded the Brooklyn-based independent label Lyonhill Records,[1] on which he has released Conference of the Invisible, Vol. 1 (2024, with Elias Meister and Billy Mintz),[10] Hymn to Departure (at Rudy Van Gelder) (2025),[10] Salta's Dream (2025),[10] Symptoms of Fault (2026),[10] and Leave it Blank for Now (2026).[10][1] He also released Conference of the Invisible, Vol. 2 (2025), again with Elias Meister.[11]

He has performed with trumpeter Enrico Rava, including a September 2023 Italian tour closing the Forma e Poesia nel Jazz festival in Cagliari,[12] and a March 2024 appearance at the Teatro Sociale di Como for the Lunga Notte del Jazz.[13] An All About Jazz review of the band's March 2024 Sesto Fiorentino concert praised Germani's alto phrasing in duet with Rava.[14]

As a sideman he appears on Cosimo Boni's May Be (Unable To Return) (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2023),[15][16] on which he composed the track "Dunda" — the French outlet Citizen Jazz singled out his "intense" alto playing on the album.[17] He also appears on the Tano Trio's Close But Far (Via Veneto Jazz, 2018) with Leo Genovese.[18] In 2025 he played on Argentine bassist Felipe Arce's debut album Expansion (Fresh Sound New Talent), alongside pianist Leo Genovese,[19] and on Gaia Wilmer and Ra Kalam Bob Moses's Dancing with Elephants (Sunnyside Records), alongside George Garzone and Leo Genovese.[20]

He also produces lo-fi hip-hop under the name SECRET AGENT, with an extensive catalog of beat tapes and EPs on streaming platforms.[21]

Discography

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As leader

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  • A Congregation of Folks (GleAM Records, 2021)[5]
  • Xenya (GleAM Records, 2021) – five-person collective with Roberto Giaquinto, Cosimo Boni, Alessandro Lanzoni, and Francesco Ponticelli[1]
  • What Reason Could I Give (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2021)[7]
  • They Radiate Energy Outward (Lyonhill Records, 2023)[1][10]
  • The Alternative is Unthinkable (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2024)[9]
  • Conference of the Invisible, Vol. 1 (Lyonhill Records, 2024) – with Elias Meister and Billy Mintz[10]
  • Conference of the Invisible, Vol. 2 (2025) – with Elias Meister[11]
  • Hymn to Departure (at Rudy Van Gelder) (Lyonhill Records, 2025)[10]
  • Salta's Dream (Lyonhill Records, 2025)[10]
  • Symptoms of Fault (Lyonhill Records, 2026)[10]
  • Leave it Blank for Now (Lyonhill Records, 2026)[10][1]

As SECRET AGENT

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Lo-fi hip-hop released as SECRET AGENT — all titles below are listed on the project's Spotify page.[21]

Albums

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  • the sea doesn't feel the same
  • superficial people (2026)
  • Just Træsh vol. 3 (2026)
  • Contact Attempt 01256 (2026)
  • Just Træsh vol. 2 (2026)
  • i'm so sorry (2025)
  • for rides only
  • Just Træsh
  • Loops Ahoy
  • PLEASE DON'T LISTEN
  • bushwick ave tape cuts
  • Low Anthems
  • The One (2024)
  • Fauxstaglia
  • Kauai (Remastered on tape machine at Lyonhill studio in Brooklyn)
  • Alpha activity
  • Kauai

EPs

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  • this is the real apology record (2026)
  • Lost Signals, Vol. 1 (2025)
  • Lost Signals, Vol. 2 (2025)
  • Black Haze, Vol. 1 (2025)
  • Black Haze, Vol. 2 (2025)

Singles and compilations

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  • "Odyssey" (2023), "Bushwick Ave" (2025), "Keep it Simple" (2026)
  • Romantically Doomed with No Escape (compilation, 2025)

As sideman

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  • Minor Moon – A Whisper, A Shout (2015) – alto sax (tracks 3, 9, 10)[1]
  • Enrico Bergamini – Out of Place (2017, self-produced) – alto sax on "Feed The Lyons"[1]
  • Tano Trio – Close But Far (Jando Records / Via Veneto Jazz, 2018), with Leo Genovese – alto sax[1][18]
  • Los Autonautas – Balcón India (Chant Records, 2019) – alto sax[1]
  • Stefano Battaglia Standards Quartet – The Best Things in Life Are Free (Emme Records, 2021) – alto sax[1]
  • Fabio Isella – Cogito, Vol. 1 (Magnetik Arts, 2021) – alto sax[1]
  • Agustín Uriburu – Santa Fe (Ears & Eyes Records, 2022) – alto sax[1]
  • Grant Richards – One and Done (2022, self-released) – alto and soprano sax; composer on three tracks[1]
  • Cosimo Boni – May Be (Unable To Return) (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 652, 2023) – alto sax; composed "Dunda"[15][16][17]
  • Agustín Uriburu – "Rolling Stone (Live at Ornithology, NY)" (single, 2023) – soprano sax[22]
  • Daniel Sky – Introduction to the Sky, Vol. 1 (MCM, 2024, digital) – alto sax[23]
  • Felipe Arce – Expansion (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT704, 2025) – tenor and soprano sax; with Leo Genovese[19]
  • Gaia Wilmer & Ra Kalam Bob Moses – Dancing with Elephants (Sunnyside Records, 2025) – alto sax (tracks 1–3, 8–9); with George Garzone and Leo Genovese[20]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "About Daniele Germani". dangermani.com. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  2. 1 2 "Daniele Germani". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "NEW RELEASE: Saxophonist-Composer Daniele Germani's A Congregation of Folks". GleAM Records. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Daniele Germani senza segreti". JazzReviews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  5. 1 2 3 Dostert, Troy (2021-04-14). "A Congregation of Folks — Daniele Germani Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  6. ↑ "Best jazz albums of 2021". ukvibe. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  7. 1 2 "Daniele Germani: What Reason Could I Give". Jazz Journal. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  8. ↑ "Boni-Germani-Lanzoni-Ponticelli-Giaquinto: Xenya". JazzEspresso (in Italian). 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  9. 1 2 "Daniele Germani – The Alternative is Unthinkable". Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Daniele Germani Discography". Qobuz. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  11. 1 2 "Daniele Germani". Spotify. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  12. ↑ "Forma e Poesia Jazz – settembre 2023". Paradisola (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  13. ↑ "Enrico Rava meets Lanzoni Quartet". Oggi a Como (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  14. ↑ "Sesto Jazz 2024 – Alessandro Lanzoni". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  15. 1 2 "Cosimo Boni: May Be (Unable To Return)". Jazz Journal. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  16. 1 2 "Cosimo Boni". Qobuz. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  17. 1 2 "Cosimo Boni". Citizen Jazz (in French). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  18. 1 2 "Tano Trio \u2013 Close But Far". Forced Exposure. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  19. 1 2 "Felipe Arce – Expansion (FSNT704)". Disk Union Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  20. 1 2 "Dancing with Elephants". Sunnyside Records (Bandcamp). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  21. 1 2 "SECRET AGENT". Spotify. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  22. ↑ "Rolling Stone (Live at Ornithology, NY)". Agustín Uriburu (Bandcamp). Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  23. ↑ "Introduction to the Sky, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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