Dan Wenninger is a Cleveland based saxophonist and veteran of NE Ohio's jazz and experimental sound scenes. He currently performs with Togishi, Revolution Brass Band, Oblique Orchestra, Hexapod, Trepanning Trio, Beans, and Broken Ornaments (his annual Free Jazz holiday concert). In the past he has performed and recorded reggae with Carlos Jones, afrobeat with Mifune, psychedelic space rock with Fuzzhead, electronic fusion with Pureplex, and freaked out avant-rock with Scarcity of Tanks. His various projects have opened for and shared the stage with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Ozomatli, Liquid Soul, Paal Nilsen-Love, Susan Alcorn, Boneshaker, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey, Blowfly, Joe Lovano, Judy Silvano, Frode Gjerstad, Breakestra, and he's the saxophonist on two recent BEANS albums, HAAST and Someday This Will All Be Ash.
He has spent over a decade curating the music at an event called 1Way, a monthly showcase that presents and documents local experimental, new, and free music. He also organizes a monthly free improvisation "jam" session called OutLab: Experiments In Improvised Music that takes place at legendary Cleveland jazz club, The Bop Stop. In 2018 he served as one of the music curators for Cleveland's CAN Triennial art/music/film Festival.