E-mail: daniel.wall@oberlin.edu or vetowall@oberlin.net Office: 360 Robertson Office Phone: 440/775-8791 Address: 77 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074 Visit Also: • Jazz Pianist Dan Wall Joins Faculty Beauty Surrounds Us: Works by members of the Oberlin Conservatory Jazz Faculty Back to: Jazz Division.		Dan Wall Associate Professor of Jazz Piano Performer: During the 1970s and 1980s, Wall cultivated a reputation as a jazz pianist by playing and recording with such artists as Joe Chambers, Al Cohn, Steve Grossman, Eddie Gomez, Eddie Harris, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Charlie Rouse and Jeremy Steig. Other artists with whom he has performed or recorded include Steve Gadd, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart (Oberlin assistant professor of jazz percussion), Henry Mancini and Bernard Purdie. Wall's compositions have been recorded by, among others, Eddie Gomez and Chick Corea.Since 1991, Wall has been a member of the John Abercrombie Trio, playing the Hammond B-3 organ. Wall's CD Off the Wall.   Wall's CD On the Inside Looking In   The John Abercrombie Trio's Speak of the Devil Recording artist: The Abercrombie Trio received critical acclaim for its first two recordings, While We're Young and Speak of the Devil, and the Los Angeles Village View wrote: "When it comes to sheer musicality, you'd be hard to find a better band than Abercrombie's Trio." Tactics, recorded live by the Abercrombie Trio at the New York club Visiones for ECM Records, includes compositions by Wall alongside jazz standards and Abercrombie classics. Wall's most recent release with the Trio is Open Land, recorded for ECM and featuring guest artists Joe Lovano, Mark Feldman and Kenny Wheeler. Wall's first album as an organ player in his own right was Off the Wall, recorded in 1996 for Enja Records. He was joined on that recording by Austrian guitarist Karl Ratzer, Adam Nussbaum, and Canadian trumpet player Ingrid Jensen. His discography also includes a piano album for the label Audiophile and four CDs with tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi for Double Time Records. His most recent release as a leader, also with Double Time, is On the Inside Looking In. Awards: At the age of 17, Wall won a Hall of Fame Scholarship from Down Beat magazine, and he has frequently been selected for their International Critics' Poll.