RYAN DANIELS
BRIEF HISTORY:
Ryan Daniels was born in London and developed an interest in playing musical instruments (clarinet and saxophone (soprano, alto and tenor) during his early teens.
As Ryan progressed he was introduced and tutored by....David "Baps" Baptiste of ....Light of The World..../....Beggar & Co....
Whilst accompanying David "Baps" Baptiste to gigs Ryan gained a wealth of musical experience.
A Great friend & mentor of his Kenny Charles who's played with... Lionel Richie, ..Stevie Wonder, ..Micheal Jackson and so on.. introduced him to a vocal coach named ...J C Bentley.. who helped Ryan perfect his vocal ability.
Ryan studied and performed with many bands, going on to form the band Realta, playing such gigs as( Pizza Express Jazz Cafe SoHo..etc).
During this time Ryan’s expressive and poetic nature inspired him into producing and writing songs.
Ryan recently started a project with long term friend and ledgendary Producer/Drum and Base dj “Nookie†(Gavin Cheung).
With Ryan’s forceful lyrics, soulful melodies and uplifting vocals/saxophone, mixed with Nookie’s definitive beats, creative weighty grooves and quintessential producing, it became a perfect recipe called
Urban Deep.
Ryan is also Managed by Siobhan "RED" Cartwright who's experience stretches back to the 70's & 80's with big bands the like of Pink Floyd, T Rex and Five Star... "Red" has returned to music management after a sucessfull career in tape & film due to the love of music..
BANDS & ARTISTS PERFORMED WITH:
Goldliners.., Key Collective.., Loose.., Mix Company.., Buried Notes.., Realta.., Drum & Bass DJ- Nookie.., Kenny Charles..,David "BAPS" Baptiste..(Light of the World, Beggar & Co).., J C Bentley..-(dueting with Omar on his new album Sing).., Carlton O'Neal.., Amy Winehouse.., Nate James.., Slyvia Mason..( Pet Shop Boys, Elton John, George Benson).., Benita-ex T'pau.., Jim Russell..(Stretch).., Ian Kirkham..(Simply Red).., Sam Kelly..(Cymande, Billy Ocean, desmond dekker, etc).., Noel McCalla..(Morrisey/mullen, Manfred Manns Earth Band).., Nixon Rosembert..(Roy Ayers, Ronnie Laws, etc).., Carole Beausaint Denis..(Alexander O'Neal)..,
VENUES PERFORMED AT.
Jazz Café (Reading), Respect Festival (Millennium Dome).., Barnet Festival.., Maltese Festival.., Jazz After Dark.., Pizza Express-Soho..,
DocMasters.., Monkey Nuts.., Scu-zi.., Pop Bar.., Gillespie Festival.
LIVE TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
PASSION TV Breakfast Show with Errol Hines on .SKY TV:.
URBAN DEEP:
URBAN DEEP is collaboration between..
DJ & PRODUCER...GAVIN CHEUNG...AKA :"NOOKIE" and
LYRICIST, VOCALIST / SAXOPHONIST ....RYAN DANIELS...
Both Gavin and Ryan are based in London (uk) and share a mutual passion for Jazz / Funk / Dance Music.
