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Daniel
Seeff
Songwriter I Musician I 88.1FM Radio
Host I West Coast Director of the Hancock
Institute of Jazz
Daniel Seeff
is the West Coast Director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
and a versatile electric and upright bassist, guitarist, writer
and producer who performs and records in a wide variety of genres
including hip-hop, jazz, R&B, rock and reggae. Seeff is the
host of ExcrusionsRadio, a two-hour weekly jazz and hip-hop radio
show on KJazz 88.1 FM that focuses on the connection between the
two genres.
He has toured
internationally and appeared on Grammy-winning and multi- platinum
albums. Seeff co-wrote the song "Elevate" by DJ Khalil
for the Academy Award-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."
The soundtrack to the film is nominated for a Grammy Award.
Seeff began
working for the Monk Institute in 1995 in Washington, DC as a co-producer
of the International Jazz Competition. He moved to Los Angeles in
1996 to work with the Institute’s educational outreach programs
and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA, a
two-year scholarship masters program where one band of high-level
musicians is selected by Institute Chairman Herbie Hancock, Wayne
Shorter, Kenny Burrell among others to study with legendary jazz
artists. He also developed the Institute’s BeBop to Hip-Hop
program, where high school students study music and music production
with jazz artists and hip-hop producers.
In 1997, Seeff
began working with three-time Grammy-winning producer DJ Khalil
and touring with world-music group Wozani. Since that time, Seeff
has played bass, guitar and co-written songs on dozens of hip-hop
and r&b albums through his work with DJ Khalil including the
chart-topping Lift Your Spirit by Aloe Blacc, the Grammy-winning
Recovery by Enimem, and the Grammy-nominated albums Malibu by Anderson.Paak
and Let Love Rule by Ledisi. His work has appeared on albums by
artists including Drake, A$AP Rocky, Joey Badass, Logic, Big Krit,
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Cypress Hill and many others. He was nominated
for the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter Award at the 2014 Soul Train
Awards. Seeff also co-wrote the song "Elevate" by DJ Khalil
for the Academy Award-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."
The soundtrack to the film is nominated for a Grammy Award. He has
also worked with numerous hip-hop producers including DJ Muggs,
Hi-Tek and Rahki and has toured nationally and internationally with
soul group the Rebirth, Sal Santana and indie rock band My Hawaii.
Seeff has studied upright bass with renowned bassist Ron Carter
since 2004. He recently produced the album "Focus" by
jazz bassist Billy Mohler featuring members of Kneebody.
He co-wrote
the song “Cubicle” which was featured in the comedy classic
Hot Tub Time Machine and “I Had a Ball,” which appeared
in the hit Showtime series Shameless. Seeff also co-wrote “Your
Party” which was featured in the Lifetime cult horror film
The Haunting of Sorority Row. His music has appeared in dozens of
TV shows including Extra!, Keeping Up With Kardashians, and The
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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