Danny Sinoff is a jazz pianist, singer, and bandleader who has spent more than 20 years performing the Great American Songbook in clubs, concert halls, and restaurants throughout Southwest Florida and beyond.
 
A working musician in the truest sense, he has played thousands of nights, the bandstand being his truest and most longstanding teacher.
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He has performed and recorded with tenor saxophonist and flutist David “Fathead” Newman, bassist and trombonist Chris Brubeck, drummer Dan Brubeck, organist Jimmy McGriff, guitarists Russell Malone and Paul Bollenback, drummers Joe Farnsworth, Herlin Riley, and Ulysses Owens Jr., trumpeter and vocalist Benny Benack III, tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon, bassist Ben Wolfe, and trumpeter Joe Magnarelli.
 
Engagements include appearances at The Apollo Theater, Smoke, The Cutting Room, B.B. King’s, Minton’s, and The Triad in New York City; Chris’ Jazz Café in Philadelphia; and festivals including South Beach, Syracuse, Adirondack, and Suncoast Jazz Classic in Clearwater, Florida.
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Born in Newton, Massachusetts, and raised in Naples, Florida, Sinoff began classical piano lessons at four and performed professionally by thirteen. Raised by his grandparents, he grew up with a deep respect for discipline and presentation — values that still guide how he approaches his craft.
 
A year after his first gig, his father introduced him to recordings by Harry Connick Jr. and Bobby Darin, setting him on the path toward jazz and the Songbook. After attending the Berklee College of Music, he returned to Florida and became a fixture at Ellington’s Jazz Club on Sanibel Island with trumpeter Dan Miller (Harry Connick Jr., Maynard Ferguson, Wynton Marsalis).
 
He later held a 15-year residency at The Roadhouse Café in Fort Myers, performing two nights a week with a rotating cast that often included Lew Del Gatto, longtime saxophonist for Saturday Night Live.
 
Those years of steady work — hundreds of nights of live performance, improvisation, and audience exchange — shaped every part of his musical identity.
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Sinoff’s piano style draws on Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, and Bill Charlap — musicians who shaped his sense of time, touch, and swing. As a baritone vocalist, he carries the influence of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, and Harry Connick Jr., with further inspiration from Freddy Cole, Shirley Horn, and Blossom Dearie.
 
He approaches both piano and voice with the same purpose: to tell the truth of a song without affectation. “It’s not lounge music,” he says. “It’s real music.” Always performing in a suit, he treats presentation as part of the respect the music deserves.
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Sinoff keeps the tradition of the singing jazz pianist alive — what he calls “two instruments in conversation,” the piano holding time and harmony as the voice tells the story. His shows are built on swing, spontaneity, and direct communication with the audience.
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In 2025, Sinoff released two swinging holiday singles, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" — featuring bassist Ben Wolfe, guitarist Dan Wilson, trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, and drummer-producer Ulysses Owens Jr.
 
In 2026, he hit the ground running.
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His forthcoming album, Make Someone Happy, produced by Ulysses Owens Jr. for Cory Weeds’ Cellar Music Group, brings these decades of work to focus — featuring pianist Tyler Henderson on select tracks, Sinoff alternating between piano and vocals.
 
The repertoire includes “Taking a Chance on Love,” “I Won’t Dance,” “Mood Indigo,” and “Make Someone Happy,” alongside “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word,” and a duet with Benny Benack III on “All I Need Is the Girl.”
 
The album’s blues-inflected closing track, “Black Coffee,” honors the Bobby Darin records his father introduced him to at fourteen, the music that set his path in motion.
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For Sinoff, Make Someone Happy is both title and directive. He sees music as an act of communication — something meant to move people, not impress them. Every night, the goal is the same: make the band swing, make the audience feel it, and mean every note.​