Acoustic bassist Dan Keller has been a fixture on the Bay Area jazz scene since the 1970s. And we do mean fixture... he's hardly budged.

He has served as sideman to numerous notables -- John Handy, Jules Broussard, Carol Doda, Don Neely, Mal Sharpe, Lavay Smith, Kim Nalley, Lee Waterman and countless more. And we mean sideman... never the main act. Oh well.

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Dan Keller has accompanied:

Jonathan Alford Laurie Antonioli Burt Bales Rhonda Benin Big Butter and Egg Band (Tom Small) Dave Black Brenda Boykin Lauralee Brown Ann Brewer Jules Broussard Stephanie Bruce Shannon Bryant Shanna Carlson Maye Cavallaro Richard Chon Matt Clark Jennifer Clevinger Con Alma (Rich Kalman et al) Christopher Copeland Productions Memphis Cotton Phillip Crawford Steve Deutsch D'Cuckoo Sylvia Cuenca Elena de la Rosa The Ultras & The Dinos (Eric Lenchner) Carol Doda Joe Dodge Roberta Donnay Bill Duffy Larry Dunlap Sharman Duran Juan Escovedo Cash Farrar Cathy "Withacee" Felter and My Trio (Bruce Felter and Peter Eden) Laurent Fourgo Chuck Gee Susan Getz Michael Gidding Girl Talk Band (Valerie Bach) Michael Gold Michael Golds Brian Gould's Swing Fever Chris Grampp Juliet Green Mike Greensill Ross Gualco Lua Hadar Judy Hall Tammy Hall John Handy The Jubal Harshaw Trio Richard Hadlock Jana Herzen Sam Hiona Robin Hodes' Apollo Jazz Band Dave Howard & the Chitchat All-Stars John Hunt Dolly Mae Jackson Frank Jackson Noel Jewkes Randy Johnson Bob Karty Tom Keats and his Tom Kats Frankye Kelly Shane Kelly Eliot Kenin (Reinhardt Swing) Linda Kosut Lucy Lee Mike Lipskin

Michelle Latimer Mark Little Barry Lloyd Zorina London Carol Luckenbach Carl Lunceford Peter MacDonough Jenna Mammina Chuck Mancini Jason Martineau The Felonious Monks Michael Moore Rebekah Montoya (JazzKwest) Alexa Weber Morales Kim Nalley Ken Muir Kim Nalley Bill Napier Don Neely's Penthouse Rhythm Joel Nelson Productions Gary Neuman Claudia Newberry Richard Nickol On the Air (Ned Ripple et al) Larry O'Leno Shota Osabe Dick Oxtot Stephanie Ozer Julie Paris Kelly Park Parlor Tricks Backen Tyme (Barbara Parker et al) Holly Penfield Sy Perkoff Kathleen Perry Emy Persiani Lisa Pollard Valeriana Quevedo Zeena Quinn Ben Randall Hal Richards Harvey Robb The Vince Robinson Collective Terry Rodriguez Dave Rokeach Gary Rowe Saint Peter's Jazz Band (David Giampietro et al) Toru Saito Spider Saloff Ricardo Scales Earl Scheelar Bob Scott Ray Scott Mal Sharpe's Big Money in Jazz John Stafford Joe Bithell's Silicon Gulch Jazz Band Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers Danny Spencer Wayne Sutton Yancy Taylor Helen Thomas Dawes Thompson Woody Thompson Vic Turner Ellen von den Honert Harvey Wainapel Andrea Warkulwiz West Coast Cabaret Convention Zareen

Dan Keller, Acoustic Jazz Bassist