High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Born in Forest Hills, New York Dave started studying the sax in 1971 at 9 years old. His first impressionable contact with jazz was in 1974 in his junior high school big band when he saw the older musicians improvising. From that time on he started listening to, transcribing and playing jazz. His greatest influences from that time were, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt and John Coltrane. Also in 1974 Dave started working professionally playing school dances and private parties in his first band “Stretch and the Rubber Bands”. In 1977 Dave expanded his woodwind horizons with th… read more
Born in Forest Hills, New York Dave started studying the sax in 1971 at 9 years old. His first impressionable contact with jazz was in 1974 in his junior high school big band when he saw the older musicians improvising. From that time on he started listening to, transcribing and playing jaz… read more
Born in Forest Hills, New York Dave started studying the sax in 1971 at 9 years old. His first impressionable contact with jazz was in 1974 in his junior high school big band when he saw the older musicians improvising. From that time on he started listening to, transcribing and playing jazz. His greatest influences from that time were, Charlie Parker, Sonny S… read more