Daniel Bado

Daniel Bado is a jazz guitarist, composer, and educator based in Toronto, Canada.

Daniel graduated from York University’s Jazz Program in October 2019 with a B.F.A., Honours Spec. Music.  He has studied privately under world renowned jazz guitarists, Roy Patterson, and Lorne Lofsky.  Daniel also studied jazz composition under esteemed Canadian composer and drummer, Barry Elmes.

Daniel has also studied and played in ensembles at York University under Frank Falco, Mark Eisenman, Kelly Jefferson, Kevin Turcotte, Al Henderson, Barry Elmes, Brian De Lima, Casey Sokol, and Mike Cado.

York University awarded Daniel with the 2019 Ella Fitzgerald Award for Jazz Performance & the 2019 Marlon Lower Prize in Composition. Daniel has also been awarded Jazz FM’s 2019 Mary Alice Stuart Award.

Daniel Bado plays with multiple different groups and artists in Toronto. He is the bandleader of “Badoism” which is a group that consists of Toronto’s finest up-and-coming musicians who all come together to play groove based music with space for interactive improvisation. Bado also plays jazz standards regularly with his trio and quartet - both under his name.

Along with regular gigging, Daniel teaches private guitar lessons to students of all ages and is available to add more students to his current roster.