Dan Weinstein (musician)

Dan Weinstein is a prolific violinist and trombonist, and composer/arranger and songwriter in the southern California music scene. Weinstein has recorded in widely disparate genres during the past six decades, but is generally known for live jazz performances. His best-known credits come from his live work with Ray Charles and the Jacksons. As with most Los Angeles-based musicians, much of his other credited works are film-related. His salsa and Latin jazz band, Viva, was a pioneer on the A&R circuit during the growth of the Los Angeles local music scene. Dan is musical arranger and performer in various bands and ensembles including Suzy Williams & Her Solid Senders. He also performs on trumpet/cornet, viola and tuba/sousaphone. He has toured with Larry Harlow, Mandrill, Bobby Caldwell, the Lucky Stars and Janet Klein among others. movie soundtrack credits include Old Gringo, Fires Within, Zandalee, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Whole Nine Yards, Festival in Cannes, Drumline, Horton Hears a Who, Robots, Hancock and many others. TV credits include Hart to Hart, Third Rock From the Sun, The Jamie Foxx Show, Self-Made (Based on the Life of Madame C.J. Walker) and many others. He co-composed, arranged and orchestrated two major works for the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra with Lesa Terry, Rivers of Destiny and Sentimiento Azul. Dan has also written journalistically about music in periodicals and liner notes. Dan teaches all his instruments in private lessons through Santa Monica Music Center.