Sunday, 23 March 2008 15:44

Denny, Your recital yesterday in San Francisco was brilliant. Great news about the Mosaic Select in the works as well. All the best, David

Saturday, 23 February 2008 13:20

Hi Denny,

I sang with you in college at the U of I. Today I heard part of an announcement on FGCU linking you with Anne Hampton Calloway whom we heard last night at the Phil Pops concert. If you're performing with her in the area (or without her for that matter), I'd like to come hear you.

Carol

You, Dave Klingel, Sayre Andersen and I had some "weighty" discussions back then.

Sunday, 10 February 2008 16:54

Upon returning last night (2/9) from seeing your stunning solo performance at La Jolla's Athenaeum Library (and I'd seen you there before), I realized that I'd forgot to sign-up for your online site. I spoke to you briefly between sets, mainly expressing my great delight at the announcement of your upcoming Mosaic Select release. With a CD collection now at over 5,000 discs (not titles) and a few hundred LPs, mostly lovingly selected modern jazz, I'm also an ardent collector of Mosaic's indispensible treasure trove of classics; and I keep in fairly regular contact with Mike Cuscuna on possible new Mosaic projects.

Having your early Columbia work all in one tidy set is a long-standing dream come true. I bought the 4 original LPs while a graduate student in psychology at the Univ. of Texas in Austin in the early-mid-'60s, and I've been a devoted fan ever since. (A non-professional musician, myself, I play some of the more esoteric brass instruments - valve trombone, flugabone, bass trumpet, baritone horn, & euphonium.) Frustrat-ingly, the last 2 of those early Columbias - 'LIVE' AT THE TRIDENT (your breathless rendering of your own exquisite 'Quiet Now' is truly memorable) and ZEITGEIST - have remained absent in my vast CD library; and now, thanks to Mosaic, I'll have them at last, along with all that additional
'new' material you mentioned!

Last night, my wife, Linda, and I were particularly struck by your sensitive relating of your encounter with the wonderful Tierney Sutton recording of 'I Could Have Told You', from her Sinatra tribute CD. As with you, I was late in coming to Sinatra's own recording of the song, having for years, instead, loved the beautiful treatment of it (the only one I'd heard until Tierney) by my favorite vocal group, the Four Freshmen.
[FYI, it's found on one of their 2 most romantic albums, VOICES IN LOVE, happily paired with the other one, LOVE LOST. The gorgeous, lush, but never saccharine all-strings charts are by the Freshmen's fine, long-time Capitol house arranger, Dick Reynolds, who creatively chose to score the first of the 2 albums entirely using the darker sonorities of only the violas and cellos ... highly recommended!]

And, as you obviously are as much a fan of the lovely Ms. Sutton as we are, you cannot have failed to appreciate the spectacular talents of her regular accompanist, pianist Christian Jacob, an impressive emerging 'star' in his own right.

Thanks for providing this excellent website, for allowing the communication, for the wonderful solo concert last night, for your peerless, always amazing artistry, and for many more recordings and performances yet to come! I hope to remain in occasional contact on your site, and welcome any feedback and information that you are able to provide.

Fuller

Sunday, 9 December 2007 17:47

Hi Danny, I have only just seen you play on You tube via a comment from a pianist called 7notemode. Your performances in the Berlin Jazz Festival 1983 just blew me away! I play (very badly!) but will be buying your cds and listening hard. Do you ever tour in the UK - Ronny Scotts in London perhaps? Cheers, Jon.

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 17:25

Dear Mr. Zeitlin: I want you to know how much I admire and enjoy your music. A friend recently gave me your "Slickrock" CD, and I am amazed at how the three of you play together. It seems like telepathy.

Monday, 15 October 2007 01:18

Hey Denny-- I'm a jazz guitarist, but a big fan of piano recordings. So many CDs don't hold up under re-listening. But I just want you to know that each time I play your "Solo Voyage" CD, I find new layers of pleasure and meaning. It really is a profound listening experience.

Many Thanks,

Sunday, 26 August 2007 11:39

I hope this fan note doesn't embarrass you, since most of your work is serious music aimed at adult listeners. Still, I doubt there's a Gen X'er in the United States who's forgotten your work on those "Jazz Numbers" clips.

Sunday, 5 August 2007 22:38

Hey Denny-- When are you coming back to NYC?? Caught you guys at the Iridium about a year ago. You and Buster and Matt killed me. Never heard a trio sound like that before.

Marv

Friday, 27 July 2007 13:42

Denny,
Caught most of your concert in Skokie and was so impressed! Enjoying your CDs and want to get in contact with YOU!
I am FA chair of HPHS and the president elect of IAJE.

Monday, 23 July 2007 11:27

Wandering through your awesome website, I happened into the wine area, and took the video tour through your cellar. You are one lucky guy to have been able to start collecting so early---I've heard about the fantastic Burgundies from the Barolet collection---hope to try one some day!!

Thanks for the trip...