Danny Heifetz (born 1964 in New York City) is an American musician usually living in Sydney, Australia. He is primarily a drummer and percussionist, but also plays trumpet as well as the guitanjo. He is the grandson of the late violinist Jascha Heifetz.
He was a member of:
- Embryo (with Ryan Mallory)
- Snowblind (with Blair Hatch and Hector Nunez)
- Persuasion (with Matt Johnson, Gregor Verbinski and BlairH)
- The Drivers (with GregorV, John Thum, RyanM and Rick MacDonald)
- The Cylon Boys Choir (with John Nau, Gerald Gates, Michael Cronin, Andrew Harvey, John Hench and GV)
- Eggly Bagelface (with Shon McAlinn, Rich Engel, Tyce Fraser and Mike Wilson)
- Barn (same minus MW)
- Mr. Bungle (1989–2000)
- Dieselhed
- Link Wray (1997–2002)
- Merle Morris
He is currently active with:
- Barefoot Hockey Goalie
- Virgil Shaw
- Old Man River (AUS)
- The Exiles (AUS)
- The Fantastic Terrific Munkle (AUS)
- The Tango Saloon (AUS)
- The Mango Balloon (AUS)
- The Curse of Company (AUS)
- Nic Dalton's Gloomchasers (AUS)
- The Greasy Chicken Orchestra (AUS)
- Neil Hamburger and the Hungry Man Band
- Secret Chiefs 3 (most recently on Winter 2012 U.S. West Coast Tour)
He has contributed to or played with:
- theHEAD (AUS)
- Phillip Johnston
- Granfaloon Bus
- Zip Code Rapists
- Badly Drawn Boy (UK)
- Robi DelMar
- Canine Tricycle Bereavement (UK)
- The Cutters
- Corduroy (SF)
- Plainfield (band)
- John Paul Young (AUS)
- Harry Vanda (AUS)
- The Holy Soul (AUS)
- Youth Group (AUS)
- Andrew Covell (AUS)
- Paul Greig (AUS)
- Darren Stratti (AUS)
In July 2010, theHEAD released a free, internet-only improvish album "Trojan Jazz Festival". It was recorded live in 2-3 hours in a TroyHorse (Sydney) rehearsal room. Like many projects, it wasn't planned to be released at the time of recording.
As of September, 2012, he lives back in Sydney, AUS (after spending 2011 in the US).