Celine Dion
Daniel Falcone began working professionally in Las Vegas at age 15. The son of
Vincent Falcone, musical director, pianist and conductor for Frank Sinatra, he
literally grew up on stage. Starting in high school, Daniel backed the likes of Tony
Bennett, Rita Moreno, Jerry Lewis, George Burns, Andy Williams, Jack Jones,
Paul Anka and many other headliners on the Las Vegas Strip.
After high school he moved to LA to attend USC and toured and played with
some of the world’s finest orchestras, including the London Philharmonic. After
his time at USC, Danny returned to Las Vegas, playing for many headliners and
production shows until he was asked to join the Tom Jones band as the lead
trumpet player in 1998. After a 2-year world tour, Dan returned to Las Vegas to
perform in a Ricky Martin production, “Storm”, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. The
MD was Jerry Lopez, leader of the iconic band Santa Fe. A few years later Dan
joined Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns and has been with the band ever since.
Two years later, Dan joined Paul Anka full-time and toured for many years
playing split-lead, then lead trumpet, recording two albums and a DVD. He
then joined the Las Vegas production of Broadway Musical “Hairspray”.
Dan performed with Toni Braxton for more than a year before joining the Las
Vegas production of Broadway hit “Jersey Boys”. At this same time, Dan was
hired to perform with Bette Midler (The Showgirl Must Go On), for her two and
half year run at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace culminating in an HBO
concert performance. For the last eight years, Dan has been the lead trumpet
player for Celine Dion both in Las Vegas and around the world on tour.
Daniel has most recently been hired to play lead trumpet with Lady Gaga on her
new Jazz and Piano show.