Tablet bearing part of the Danel epic (Musée du Louvre)

Danel was a culture hero who appears in an incomplete Ugaritic text of the fourteenth century BCE^[1] at Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra), Syria, where the name is rendered DN'IL, "El is judge".^[2]

Danel [link]

The text in Corpus Tablettes Alphabetiques [CTA] 17–19 is often referred to as the Epic of Aqhat. Danel was depicted as "judging the cause of the widow, adjudicating the case of the fatherless" in the city gate.^[3] He passed through trials: his son Aqhat was destroyed but apparently in the missing conclusion was revived or replaced by Danel's patron god, Rp'u, who sits and judges with Hadad and Astarte and is clearly identical to El. "This is significant," John Day remarked^[4] "since the Old Testament identifies El with Yahweh and did not have the scruples about so doing which it had with Baal."^[5]

The three tablets bearing the story of Danel in about 400 lines break off before the story is completed. Danel, a leader, has no son and engages in an incubation rite; on the seventh day Baal induces the other deities to intercede with El, who takes pity, blesses Danel and grants him a son, Aqhat. Aqhat is presented with a bow by the craftsman deity Kothar-wa-Khasis. The goddess Anat desires the bow and makes several tries unsuccessfully to obtain it, offering even immortality; Aqhat calls her offer spurious, since old age and death are man's common lot. Anat with the consent of El, launches her attendant in the form of a hawk to steal back the bow; however, in the event, the bow is broken and lost in the sea, and Aqhat dies. The bloodshed brings drought to the land and mourning. Aqhat's sister Pagat seeks vengeance, but discovers that the killer she has contracted is the very murderer of her brother. Here the narrative is interrupted. It is generally surmised that in the missing ending, with the help of Danel's patron god, Aqhat's remains are recovered from the eagle that has devoured them.

The text was published and translated in 1936 by Charles Virolleaud^[6] and has been extensively analysed since then.^[7]

Danel and the Book of Ezekiel [link]

The Book of Ezekiel in three verses (14:14. 14:20, and 28:3) writes "Danel", which according to the Masoretic Text should be read as "Daniel". This notwithstanding, parallels and contrasts with the righteous and wise Danel (without i)^[8] of the Book of Ezekiel, placed between Noah and Job^[9] and invoked as the very example of righteous judgement,^[10] first pointed out by René Dussaud in 1931,^[11] have led readers commonly to accept^[12] or occasionally to reject^[13] a degree of identification with Ugaritic Danel of the "Aqhat text", amounting virtually to the same figure.^[14] The three figures referred to in Ezekiel 14:14 — "Even if Noah, Danel and Job were in it..." — links the name with two non-Israelites of great antiquity. In Ezekiel 28:3, Danel is one noted for his wisdom in the prophecy addressed to the king of Tyre: "you are indeed wiser than Danel, no secret is hidden from you". The name, "Danel", had a long tradition in Hebrew culture: he is supplied as the father-in-law of Enoch in Jubilees.^[15]

Texts in the Ugaritic language may provide an important clue. The Canaanite tongue was discovered by French archaeologists in 1928, and known only from texts found in the lost city of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra), Syria.^[16] Ugaritic has been used by scholars of the Old Testament to clarify Biblical Hebrew texts and has revealed ways in which ancient Israelite culture finds parallels in the neighboring cultures.^[16] Ugaritic was "the greatest literary discovery from antiquity since the deciphering of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform."^[17] Literary texts discovered at Ugarit include the Aqhat Epic (or Legend of Danel) — all revealing a Canaanite religion. According to Edward L. Greenstein, a distinguished professor at Bar-Ilan University, Ugaritic texts solved the biblical puzzle of the anachronism of Ezekiel mentioning Daniel at Ezekiel 14:13-16; it is because in both Ugaritic and the Ancient Hebrew texts, it is correctly Danel -- the yod is missing in the originals.^[16]

T.E. Gaston argues that there are reasons to doubt the identification of Danel with the Danel of Ezekiel. Firstly, Danel is never described as wise or righteous. Secondly, given he was a Baal-worshiper it is unlikely that a strict Yahwist like Ezekiel would have considered Danel to be righteous. Thirdly, over eight hundred years separate the Aqhat text and the book of Ezekiel, and Danel is not mentioned in any Jewish source in the intervening period.^[18]

On the other hand, it is argued that Danel would fit the pattern of being an ancient non-Israelite like Job and Noah. Ezekiel's literary arrangement may also support this position. Yahweh has compared Judah with foreign nations before (Ezekiel 5:7) and the context appears to contain similar comparison in Ezekiel 14:13-19. The hypothetical rebellious country, while a cipher for Israel is not specifically named and could represent any ancient Near Eastern country. Ezekiel's audience is clearly enamored with non-Israelite myths (cf. Tammuz in Ezekiel 8:14), and so they could easily be aware of King Danel's legendary virtues. Thus, Ezekiel's triad, if they were three ancient, righteous, non-Israelite men, would fit the pattern of Yahweh judging Israel to some degree by the nations around them.^[19] The connection is more plausible when one considers that Ezekiel alludes to Danel in an oracle against Tyre (Eze. 28), for the cultures of Ugarit and Tyre were both Canaanite.^[20] Danel also had a son and like Job, was unable to deliver him from divine harm (cf. Ezekiel 14:20).^[21]

Recent uses [link]

The name Danel has been given to one of the craters on Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter.

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Notes [link]

References [link]

• Coogan, M.D. Stories from Ancient Canaan (Philadelphia) 1978:27–47
• Day, John. "The Daniel of Ugarit and Ezekiel and the Hero of the Book of Daniel", Vetus Testamentum 30.2 (April 1980:174–184)
• Gibson, J.C.L. Canaanite Myths and Legends (Edinburgh) 1978.
• Herdner, Andrée. Corpus des tablettes cunéiformes alphabétiques découvertes à Ras Shamra-Ugarit, en 1929 à 1939 (Paris 1963) (CTA 17–19).
• Maralit, Baruch. The Ugaritic poem of AQHT: Text, Translation, Commentary (Berlin: de Gruyter) 1989. A highly idiosyncratic commentary and interpretation.
• Walton, John H. Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context: A Survey of Parallels, "Personal Archives and Epics": Canaanite .2 (Zondervan) 1994:49.

External links [link]

• The Ugaritic poems of Keret and Aqhat: a bibliography As of 1998.
• Gold Bullion business that base their company ethics on Danel

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Pascal Danel (born March 31, 1944 in Paris, France) is a French pop singer and composer. He started his career as a singer in 1964. After two minor hits, he scored a number 1 hit single in France and various European countries with "La Plage aux Romantiques", a gold disc in 1966, followed in 1967 by the international success of "Kilimandjaro", a platinum and number 1 single, recorded by Danel in 6 languages. The song was recorded more than 180 times by various international artists, and is one of the biggest French standards of the decade.

He then recorded many of his songs not only in French, but also in Italian, Spanish or Japanese, and toured internationally. In 1972 he came in third place in the Rose d'Or d'Antibes song festival singing "Ton Ame".^[1]

Many hits followed, including another N°1 with "Comme Une Enfant" and several Top 10 hits in the late 60's and 70's. Some other singles were nevertheless only minor hits.

In 1979, "La Plage aux Romantiques" hit the Top 5 again, Danel toured again, and released a live album, as well as new songs. Danel came back in the mid 80's as a successful TV producer, and hit the charts again in 1989 with a compilation produced by his son Jean-Pierre Danel, an acclaimed guitarist and producer, earning Danel another gold disc. His last album with new material was published in 2000.

In 2007, he duetted on his son's Top 10 album for an instrumental guitar version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which will be a Top 30 hit single in 2009, when released as a single from Jean-Pierre Danel's best of. .

Between 2007 and 2009, Pascal is one of the few members of a major two years and a half long nostalgic tour, along with some icons of the 60s, playing sold out concerts in the biggest French concert halls. The tour sold 1,750,000 tickets.

Hit Singles[link]

• Je m'en fous (1965) (N°18)
• Hop là tu as vu! (1965) (N°16)
• La plage aux romantiques (1966) (N°1)
• Pierrot le sait (1966) (N°33)
• Jeanne (1967) (N°16)
• Kilimandjaro (1967) (N°1)
• Les trois dernières minutes (1967) (N°6)
• Comme une enfant (1967) (N°1)
• Mon ami (1967) (N°13)
• Avec un bout de crayon (1967) (N°38)
• Le Funambule (1968) (N°21)
• La Neige est en deuil (1968) (N°14)
• L'Italie (1968) (N°32)
• Bonjour Madame la Tendresse (1968) (N°20)
• Allez viens on danse (1968) (N°24)
• Dans la main d'une fille (1969) (N°42)
• Un jour d'eté (1969) (N°27)
• Mamina (1970) (N°4)
• Ton ame (1972) Prix de la Rose d'Or (N°17)
• Notre Dame (1972) (N°48)
• Je suis un aventurier (1973) (N°2)
• Pour un amour (1973) (N°11)
• Le Petit Prince n'est pas mort (1973) (N°7)
• Comme on est bien ensemble (1973) (N°21)
• Rotterdam (1974) (N°13)
• La Communale de mes 10 ans (1978) (N°26)
• Si l'on vivait ensemble (1978) (N°41)
• Et j'ai soudain beaucoup d'amis (1979) (N°50)
• La plage aux romantiques (1979) (N°5)
• Les grands oiseaux (1980) (N°44)
• Un homme fou d'amour (1981) (N°41)
• Et si on partait d'ici (1982) (N°19)
• La robe d'Organdi (1983) (N°48)
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps (duet with Jean-Pierre Danel) (2009) (N°29)

Other Singles[link]

• "Soldat soldat" (1964)
• "Paul" (1973)
• "J'écris ton nom" (1973)
• "Ne bouge pas ne parle pas" (1975)
• "Je m'appelle comme tu veux" (1976)
• "Je suis un homme tout simplement" (1976)
• "Le mal de mer" (1977)
• "Le coin du dois d'amour" (1981)
• "Les rats" (1983)

Albums[link]

• Kilimandjaro - 1967
• Collection Record - 1968
• Disque d'or - 1970
• Impact - 1973
• Rotterdam - 1974
• Si tu passes le pont - 1975
• Ailleurs - 1978
• Générique 80 - 1979
• Succès - 1980
• Olympia 80 - 1980
• Un homme fou d'amour - 1981
• Les plus belles chansons - 1982
• Les Rats - 1983
• Les plus grands succès - 1989
• Buttafoco - 1994
• Je voulais simplement te dire - 2000

Compilations[link]

• Diamond
• Master Série
• Talents du Siècle
• L'Estérel
• Kilimandjaro
• La plage aux romantiques
• Essential
• Gold
• Mes années vinyl
• Les Inoubliables
• Sus grandes exitos (Spain)

References [link]

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Jean Pierre Danel
Background information
Born	(1968-06-04) 4 June 1968 (age 43) La Varenne, France
Genres	Blues, blues-rock, hard rock, pop
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Sony/BMG
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Miss Daisy Lady Rose La Marquise

Jean-Pierre Danel (born 4 June 1968) is a French guitarist, record producer and composer.

Biography[link]

Danel started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14.

He was then mainly influenced by the English guitarist Hank Marvin and The Shadows. After many tours and studio recordings with French session musicians, he released various guitar albums, 7 gold discs in Europe.^[1] In the US, his album Stratospheric was named Best Album of the Year 2000 by the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame,^[1] and Danel was also named Composer of the Year for his track "Ballad For a Friend".^[1] As a guitarist, the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame described him as "brilliant and expressive".^[1]

In 2001, he played on Guitar Masters – The Greatest Guitarists in the World. As a producer, he started his own company, Puzzle Productions, in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

His work also includes the production, with DJ Da French Guy, of radio remixes for artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Daft Punk, and Moby. In October 2002, with the re-release by Sony of a part of his back catalogue, he was the producer with the highest number of albums and singles in the French national charts during one same week, with 19 records ranked.^[1]

His album Guitar Connection, released by Sony/BMG in July 2006 is the only instrumental guitar album to reach the #1 spot in the charts in France,^[2] and received a double gold disc (for more than 160,000 copies sold)^[3] and later a platinum disc. The DVD received a diamond disc^[3] and two singles hit the Top 20.

Guitar Connection 2 was released in March 2007, hitting the charts at #8.^[4] The album features some famous guest stars, and includes a duet with British legend Hank Marvin on the standard "Nivram". The single hits the French chart at #15. His duet which French star Laurent Voulzy hits the charts at #7, followed by another hit single at #13. Guitar Connection 2 received a gold disc and the DVD received a double platinum disc.^[1]

In June 2007, Danel received the "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare" award.^[1] as well as a multi-diamond distinction award for 25 years in the music business ^[1]

In March 2008, his single "NZ Girl Blues" hits the charts at #5.^[5]

Guitar Connection 3 hits the charts at #18 in July 2008, the DVD gets a platinum disc and two singles enter the charts, including "The Pink Side of Miss Daisy", which goes to #9, and a Top 20 hit with a cover of "Honky Tonk Woman".

In March 2009, Guitar Connection - Tribute to The Shadows hit the album charts at #6, provides a hit single, and the video version gets a gold disc.

The Best of Guitar Connection hits the charts at #23 in September 2009 (and will later get to #2 on the downloading charts), followed by the double album "Jean-Pierre Danel plays The Shadows" at #38 and by "Guitar Connection Anthology" (#19). In November 2010, the charitable "Out of the Blues" guitar album to the benefit of Aids research, is released by Universal. Danel records duets with guitars greats such as Hank Marvin again, Albert Lee (recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studio 2), Scott Henderson, Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, Jake Shimabukuro and various very popular French artists. The first single, also titled "Out of the blues", had hit the Top 20 in March 2010 as an avant premiere, and the album hits #3. 2 Top 40 and Top 20 hit singles follow, plus a string of hits on Itunes as well, including a #1 hit single in Belgium ^[6], and the album gets support by various people, such as Carla Bruni.^[7] or Brian May of Queen. The DVD gets a platinum disc in February 2011.

In October, Universal releases a 5 cds box set with an anthology of Danel recordings over the last 29 years as well as several compilations on donwloadings. Two of those albums hit the charts, at #9 and #14.

Danel is listed among the 30 greatest Stratocaster players in Rolling Stone magazine in December 2009.^[8]

Danel also wrote a dozen of books, including "Femme mode d’Emploi" (quotations about women), and "Tribute to the Fender Stratocaster" based on his guitar collection. In 2007, he published a biography of French playwright, director and actor, Sacha Guitry, an autobiography and several other books in 2008 and 2009.

Jean-Pierre is the son of the French pop singer Pascal Danel.

Hits [link]

Albums [link]

Singles [link]

Discography (France & international)[link]

Albums [link]

• Rarities (1982)
• Vocals (1986)
• Chez Toi Et Moi (Maxi) (1989)
• The Twist Sessions (1990)
• Chorus (1993) #25
• Remember Shadows(1994) #34
• Guitar Generation (1995)
• Le Meilleur Des Shadows (1995)
• Guitar Line (1997) #61
• Play 18 Hits Of The Shadows (1997)
• Tribute To The Shadows 40 Years – 40 Tracks (2 Cds) (1998)
• Les Annees Shadows (2 Cds / 46 Tracks) (1998)
• The Best Of The Guitar Legends (3 Cds / 75 Tracks) (1998)
• The Best Of The Guitar Legends Vol.1 (1998)
• The Best Of The Guitar Legends Vol.2 (1998)
• The Best Of The Guitar Legends Vol.3 (1998)
• A Tribute To The Shadows – The Gold Series (1998)
• Guitar Greatest (2 Cds) (2000)
• La Legende Des Shadows (2000)
• A Tribute To The Shadows (2000)
• The Guitar Album (2000)
• Stratospheric (2000)(re-released in 2011) #46
• Play Hits Of The Shadows (2000)
• Tribute To The Shadows (2001)
• The Playback Collection Vol. 1 (2001)
• The Playback Collection Vol. 2 (2001)
• The Playback Collection Vol. 3 (2001)
• The Playback Collection Vol. 4 (2001)
• Guitarmania (4 Cds / 88 Tracks) (2001)
• Nuits Parisiennes (2001)
• A Tribute To The Shadows (4 Cds / 80 Tracks) (2001)
• A Tribute To The Shadows Vol 1 (2001)
• A Tribute To The Shadows Vol 2 (2001)
• A Tribute To The Shadows Vol 3 (2001)
• A Tribute To The Shadows Vol 4 (2001)
• Guitar Classics (2002)
• Guitar Gold Themes (2002)
• The Shadows’ Anthology - The Tribute Album By Jean-Pierre Danel (2002)
• Essential Guitar (2002)
• All The Best (2 Cds) (2002)
• Guitare 5 Cd - 100 Titres (2003)
• Guitar Greatest Hits (2005)
• Guitar Connection (1 CD + 1 DVD) (2006) #1
• Guitar Connection 2 (1 CD + & DVD) (2007) #8
• Coffret Guitar Connection 1 & 2 (2007)
• Guitar Connection 3 (2008) #18
• Guitar Connection - Tribute to The Shadows (2009) #6
• The Best Of Guitar Connection (2009) #23
• Jean-Pierre Danel plays The Shadows (2009) #38
• Guitar Connection Anthology (2009) #19
• Out of the blues (2010) #3
• Guitar Anthology - Les 100 plus grands tubes (5cds box set compilation)(2011)
• When the guitar rocks (compilation)(2011) #9
• Guitar Guitar Guitar (compilation)(2011) #14

Participations [link]

• Les Masters De La Guitare – Les Plus Grands Guitaristes Du Monde (2001)

Videos [link]

• In Concert (1990)
• Guitar Connection (2006)
• Guitar Connection 2 (2007)
• Coffret Guitar Connection 1 & 2 (2007)
• Guitar Connection 3 (2008)
• The Best of Guitar Connection (2009)
• Out of the blues (2010)

Books (in French) [link]

• Femme Mode d'Emploi (NM7, 2000)
• Tribute to the Fender Stratocaster (JA, 2001)
• Le Destin fabuleux de Sacha Guitry (Le Marque-Page, 2007)
• Chroniques d'une Vie Passionnante (enfin, je crois...) (Courcelles Publishing, 2008)
• Petites explications sur les femmes à l'attention des hommes perdus et désespérés (Courcelles Publishing, 2008)
• Clean Ex (Courcelles Publishing, 2009)

CD-Rom [link]

• 20 Ans D'occupations... (2002)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jean-Pierre Danel

• Jean-Pierre Danel official website

Scott Henderson (2010)

Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is a jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.

Early days[link]

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age. His formative musical years were spent listening to rock, blues, funk and soul, while his interest in jazz developed later on, thanks to the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis and others. He still professes to being a blues player at heart.

After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, Henderson moved to Los Angeles and began his career in earnest, playing and recording with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, bassist Jeff Berlin and "Players", and Weather Report's Joe Zawinul. Henderson first began receiving serious attention as the original guitarist for the Chick Corea Elektric Band. But he stayed only six months with Corea and left after some major clash.

Tribal Tech[link]

Henderson formed Tribal Tech with bass player Gary Willis in 1984. Under the direction of Henderson and Willis, Tribal Tech became one of the most highly-regarded fusion bands of the 1990s. He toured and recorded with the band up until their dissolution following the 2000 album Rocket Science, and during that time brought himself to the forefront of modern jazz/fusion guitar playing. In 1991 he was named '#1 Jazz Guitarist' by Guitar World magazine, and in January 1992 he was voted best jazz guitarist in Guitar Player magazine's Annual Reader's Poll.

Recent recordings[link]

Henderson has more recently moved back to his blues roots, releasing the blues album Dog Party in 1994, and Tore Down House (1997). He recorded Well To The Bone (2003) with bass player, John Humphrey, and Kirk Covington on drums. His latest solo release Scott Henderson Live (2005) follows in this vein, and his work has also moved into funk/jazz fusion. He has repeatedly stated that he is enjoying playing in bands which do not have keyboard players, as it allows him to branch out more and properly explore the guitar's full potential as an instrument.

Henderson is also a member of the fusion supergroup Vital Tech Tones with Victor Wooten and Steve Smith, which has released two CDs as of 2006.

Henderson has appeared as a guest artist on a number of recordings including Scott Kinsey's 2006 CD Kinesthetics, Amber Whitlock's The Colours Of Life, and Rob Whitlock's Sketchin' and Sketchin' 2.

Henderson teaches at the Guitar Institute of Technology, which is part of the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. He has released two instructional guitar videos.

Discography[link]

With Tribal Tech:

• Spears (1985)
• Dr. Hee (1987)
• Nomad (1990)
• Tribal Tech (1991)
• Illicit (1992)
• Face First (1993)
• Reality Check (1995)
• Thick (1999)
• Rocket Science (2000)
• X (2011)

With Vital Tech Tones (Henderson, Victor Wooten and Steve Smith):

• Vital Tech Tones (1998)
• VTT2 (2000)

Solo:

• Dog Party (1994)
• Tore Down House (1997)
• Well to the Bone (2002)
• Live! (2005)

Compilations:

• Tribal Tech: Primal Tracks (1994)
• Solo Albums: Collection (2007)

Other:

• Fables (Jean-Luc Ponty - 1985)
• Champion (Jeff Berlin - 1985)
• Chick Corea Elektric Band (Chick Corea - 1986)
• Players (1987, Jeff Berlin with T Lavitz and Steve Smith)
• The Immigrants (Zawinul Syndicate - 1988)
• Black Water (Zawinul Syndicate - 1989)
• Forbidden Zone (Tom Coster - 1994)
• Just Add Water - Virgil Donati, (1997)
• Crossroads (Jeff Berlin - 1999)
• Manic Voodoo Lady (Elvis Schoenberg and the Orchestre Surreal—2009)

Multimedia[link]

• ^{[dead link]}Scott Henderson Live At Big Mama - Italy (2001) (Real Video)
• ^{[dead link]}Tribal Tech Live At Big Mama - Italy (2000) (Real Video)
• ^{[dead link]}January 2006 Interview with Scott Kinsey and Scott Henderson for KCLA-FM's Meta Currents
• George Graham reviews Well To The Bone - WVIA-FM, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

External links[link]

• Scott Henderson's website
• ^{[dead link]}2005 Scott Henderson Interview
• 1999 Scott Henderson Interview
• European Jazz Network
• Scott Henderson Blues Band in concert 04-04-07, Utrecht (Holland)