Daniel R. Gottlieb Papers

From 2005 to 2026, world acclaimed drummer Danny Gottlieb taught at the University of North Florida. He was able to combine a career as a performing and recording artist with a successful presence in music education. He earned the rank of Full Professor in 2016. Danny has also been an active participant in the Jacksonville Jazz community, performing 24 times at the Jacksonville Jazz festival, and received an induction into the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Hall of Fame in 2025.

For more than 50 years, drummer Danny Gottlieb has performed and recorded with some of the world’s greatest musicians. He has amassed a prolific resume and has recorded on more than 500 cds, with 15 Grammy nominations and 4 Grammy winners.

Danny was a long-time student of legendary Brubeck jazz drummer Joe Morello. He also studied with Mel Lewis, Harold Jones, Gary Chester, Ra kalam Bob Moses, Ed Soph and Jack DeJohnette. Danny has written 3 well received drumming textbooks: The Evolution of Jazz Drumming; The Art of Dream Band Drumming (analyzing the works of drummer Mel Lewis and Vibist Terry Gibbs and the Terry Gibbs Dream Band), and co-written another big band text book, Harold Jones Interpretation of Big Band Swing Drumming, with Harold Jones.

Since 2004, Danny and his wife, percussionist Beth Gottlieb, have been members of actor/bassist Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band. The 14-piece band performs 30-40 concerts per year around the world, 75% of which are benefit concerts for the USO and the US Military. They have performed in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Walter Reed Hospital, The Pentagon, 29 Palms, Luke AFB, Camp Pendleton, and the Great Lakes Naval base. To date they have performed more than 600 concerts.

Further information about Danny Gottlieb, including video links may be found at the following link.

Further information about Danny and Beth's involvement with Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band may be found at the following link.

Danny remains active as a performer, educator, and archivist and resides in Franklin, Tennessee.