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Rich Daniels is a longtime Chicago-based musician renowned for blending jazz and pop orchestration with big-band and choral textures. As founder and musical director of The City Lights Orchestra, he has shaped a distinctive sound that works across concert stages, entertainment venues, and corporate events. His extensive television work includes on-camera music directing for the pilot through the 2020 finale of Empire, plus contributions to popular series such as Boss, Chicago Med, Betrayal, Lovecraft Country, Fargo, Proven Innocent, Ordinary Joe, and The Big Leap.