Dave had been playing professionally for over 30 years . He has performed with Earl Hines, Cab Calloway, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, the Four Tops, Johnny Mathis, Lou Rawls, Burt Bacharach, and Jimmy Heath among others. He has recorded with the Asian American Orchestra, Dave Eshelman’s Jass Garden Band, Ray Brown’s Great Big Band, the Black Market Jazz Orchestra, and the Desolation Angels.
Dave received an Associate of Arts degree in Music from Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Cal State University in LA. He also has a teaching degree in music from Cal State University Hayward. He has studied with Ray Main and Dan Livesay. He has been teaching music in the New Haven Unified School District for 23 years.
See Dave solo on youtube with the Silicon Valley Repertory Jazz Orchestra, recorded in early 2010.
