Daniel Hicks - Pianist Pianist from Ann Arbor, MI

Add joy, sophistication, and ambiance to your event with a live piano player or jazz combo and make it an evening that your guests will never forget! Daniel Hicks is a versatile pianist, composer, and producer originally from Indianapolis with 7+ years of professional experience. An in-demand sideman, Daniel has had the opportunity to work with legendary musicians such as Rob Dixon (Mike Clark, Charlie Hunter), Tony Cheeseborough (The Ohio Players), Goldie Ingram, Wendy Reed, Brenda Williams, and Sandy Lomax. In September 2023, he performed at Indy Jazz fest 2023 with singer Goldie Ingram and the headlining Indy Jazz Fest Legacy Band (featuring an all star cast of Steve Allee, Derrick Gardner, Rob Dixon, Jonathan Wood, and Richard Sleepy Floyd). Daniel is 1/3 of the Trio, the “Northside Exchange'' with Joseph Filipow (Guitar) and Darnell Perkins (Drums). The Northside Exchange co-headlined the Inaugural Carmel Indiana Jazz Fest in 2023, and has also been featured on Fox 59 News’ “Indy Now” television program. The Northside Exchange opened for the renowned Branford Marsalis Quartet during Branford's winter tour, at the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts in January 2024 to critical acclaim as covered by Mark Sheldon in NUVO magazine: "an excellent choice by The Center in representing the depth of amazing jazz talent in Indy" ... "to the audible delight of the crowd". Daniel trained with award winning pianists Joshua Espinoza and Clare Longendyke while attending Franklin College. While in school he also sung in choir and arranged music. Jazz, Classical, Pop, Funk, R&B, Gospel, and Hymns are all among Daniel's repertoire and influence. His original music and creative arrangements of timeless classics invoke the hardworking spirit of the Midwest. Daniel relocated to Jackson, MI during 2023.

• A Secret Place | Grover Washington Jr
• A Thousand Miles | Vanessa Carlton
• A Thousand Years | Chrsitna Perri
• After the Love Is Gone | Earth Wind & Fire
• After You've Gone | Turner Layton
• Afternoon in Paris | John Lewis
• All About My Girl | Jimmy McGriff
• All Blues | Miles Davis
• All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern
• Alone Together | Arthur Schwartz
• And I Love Her | The Beatles
• Anything Goes | Cole Porter
• Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma
• Best Part | Daniel Caesar
• Billie's Bounce | Charlie Parker
• Black Nile | Wayne Shorter
• Blue Bossa | Joe Henderson
• Blue Monk | Thelonious Monk
• Body and Soul | Johnny Green
• Breezin' | George Benson
• Buster Rides Again | Bud Powell
• Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson
• Cantaloupe Island | Herbie Hancock
• Caravan | Duke Ellington
• Chameleon | Herbie Hancock
• Cherokee | Ray Noble
• Cissy Strut | The Meters
• Close to You | The Carpenters
• Cold Duck Time | Eddie Harris
• Corcovado (Quiet Nights...) | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Days of Wine and Roses | Henry Mancini
• Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me | Duke Ellington
• Don't Know Why | Norah Jones
• East of the Sun | Brooks Bowman
• Embraceable You | George Gershwin
• Feel Like Makin' Love | Roberta Flack
• Fly Me to the Moon | Bart Howard
• Footprints | Wayne Shorter
• Four | Miles Davis
• From the Start | Laufey
• Frontin' | Pharrell
• Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael
• Girl from Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Have You Met Miss Jones | Richard Rodgers
• How Deep Is Your Love | Bee Gees
• Human Nature | Michael Jackson
• I Can't Give You Anything... | Jimmy McHugh
• I Wish | Stevie Wonder
• If I Ain't Got You | Alicia Keys
• If You Want Me to Stay | Sly & the Family Stone
• In a Sentimental Mood | Duke Ellington
• In My Life | The Beatles
• Indiana (Back Home Again...) | James F. Hanley
• Interstate Love Song | Stone Temple Pilots
• Isn't It Romantic | Richard Rodgers
• Isn't She Lovely | Stevie Wonder
• It Could Happen to You | Jimmy Van Heusen
• Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | Hank Williams
• Just the Two of Us | Grover Washington Jr
• Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel
• Last Night | Morgan Wallen
• Let's Stay Together | Al Green
• Like Someone in Love | Jimmy Van Heusen
• Love's in Need of Love Today | Stevie Wonder
• Lovely Day | Bill Withers
• Maputo | David Sanborn
• Mr. Clean | Freddie Hubbard
• Mr. Magic | Grover Washington Jr
• My Favorite Things | Richard Rodgers
• Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson 5
• On Green Dolphin Street | Miles Davis
• On the Sunny Side of the Street | Jimmy McHugh
• One Hundred Ways | Quincy Jones
• Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green
• Pennies from Heaven | Frank Sinatra
• Piano Man | Billy Joel
• Pure Imagination | Leslie Bricusse
• Rain | SWV
• Recorda Me | Joe Henderson
• Red Baron | Billy Cobham
• Rhythm-a-Ning | Thelonious Monk
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• September in the Rain | Frank Sinatra
• Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder
• Skylark | Hoagy Carmichael
• Softly as in a Morning Sunrise | Sigmund Romberg
• Solar | Miles Davis
• Someday My Prince Will Come | Frank Churchill
• Someone to Watch Over Me | George Gershwin
• St. Thomas | Sonny Rollins
• Stablemates | Benny Golson
• Stardust | Nat King Cole
• Stella by Starlight | Victor Young
• Stormy Weather | Frank Sinatra
• Summertime | George Gershwin
• Sunny | Bobby Hebb
• The Nearness of You | Hoagy Carmichael
• The Way You Look Tonight | Frank Sinatra
• There Is No Greater Love | Isham Jones
• There Will Never Be Another You | Harry Warren
• Tune 88 | Jeff Lorber
• Twelve's It | Ellis Marsalis
• Up Jumped Spring | Freddie Hubbard
• Valerie | Amy Winehouse
• What the World Needs Now | Burt Bacharach
• What You Won't Do for Love | Bobby Caldwell
• When You Wish Upon a Star | Leigh Harline
• Wichita Lineman | Glen Campbell
• Work Song | Nat Adderley
• Yesterday | The Beatles
• Yesterdays | Jerome Kern
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Stevie Wonder
• You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra