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Danny Gottlieb
real name Daniel Richard Gottlieb
New York City, United States
Danny Gottlieb is credited on 782 releases across 159 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Credits
159
Albums
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Decades active
112
In collections
Biography
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American jazz drummer, born 18 April 1953 in New York
Gottlieb has performed as part of the Pat Metheny Group and Mahavishnu Orchestra along with numerous other jazz ensembles. He has also worked with Sting, David Byrne, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea to name a few and has appeared on over 300 CDs. He currently works as assistant professor of jazz studies at the University of North Florida for several weeks each year.
Sometimes credited as Dan Gottlieb or Daniel R Gottlieb.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
782 releases · 159 albums · active 1975–2026
- Performance · 990
- Other credits · 19
- Production · 13
Studios: Talent Studio · Power Station · Long View Farm Studios · Studio Ramsès
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

American Garage
1979

Offramp
1982

Pat Metheny Group
1978

Watercolors
1977

Cielo E Terra
1985

Travels
1983

Passengers
1977

Works
1984

Mahavishnu
1984

Say It With Silence
1978

Secret Story
1992

Soaring Through A Dream
1985

Works II
1988

Adventures In Radioland
1986

Mosaic
1985

Islands
1984

Elements
1982

So Close
1993

Last Session - Live At "Perugia Jazz Festival" July 11, 1987
1993

The Best Of Al Di Meola: The Manhattan Years
1992

Live In Montreux
1990

Innervoices
1989

Illumination
1988

Soundtrack From Movie Blown Away
1986
Frequent collaborators
- Pat Metheny
- Pat Metheny Group
- Elements (6)
- Various
- Jeff Berlin
- Gil Evans
- Manhattan Jazz Orchestra
- David Matthews Trio
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