Daniel Dzidzonu was born into the sounds of West African percussions and gospel.

His father managed a brass band that performed at church services, weddings and funerals. That exposure led him to a fascination with brass instruments from a very young age.

One day while one of his father’s horn players was cleaning his trumpet, the little Daniel was allowed to have a go at the instrument, which was a huge priviledge. The horn player and his father were blown away by the sound that came out of the four year old’s blowing and realized that he had a natural affinity to the instrument. His father gave him a bugle for his 5th birthday and that’s when he started blowing in the air, imitating traditional Apkesse Bands, whereby voices accompany Ewe drumming , punctuated with bugle interlude solos.