Biography: Dave Nelson, Dave Peck, Dave Pell, Dave Peyton, Dave Pietro, Dave Pike, Dave Stahl, Dave Storrs, Dave Stryker, Dave Tough,

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Dave Nelson
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Genre: Jazz

Dave Nelson’s main significance to jazz was that he often worked with King Oliver (his uncle) during Oliver’s last years in New York In fact, Nelson often took the trumpet solos on Oliver’s later records, leading to confusion decades later as historians tried to determine who the soloist really was

Dave Peck
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Genre: Jazz

Dave Peck started moving towards jazz during his first year in high school with his first love, the trumpet The defining moment which led to a jazz career came when, as a 14-year-old, he heard Miles Davis’ recordings from the Blackhawk which belonged to his girlfriend’s father

Dave Pell
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Genre: Jazz

Dave Pell started out touring with the Tony Pastor, Bob Astor, and Bobby Sherwood bands as a teenager, before moving to California in the mid-’40s He found work with Bob Crosby on the latter’s Ford radio show in 1946, then played with the Les Brown band from 1947 to 1955

Dave Peyton
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Genre: Jazz

There is irony as heavy as a fully stuffed sack of laundry in the career of pianist, arranger and songwriter Dave Peyton Here is an artist who gave up on the music business in the ’50s, despite having co-written several enormous hits including the standard “I Ain’t Got Nobody

Dave Pietro
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Genre: Jazz

Alto saxophonist and composer Dave Pietro was born and raised in Southboro, MA, where he began playing jazz at age 11 While a student at the University of New Hampshire, he recorded with the school’s jazz band under the auspices of flugelhornist Clark Terry before transferring to North Texas State University in 1984, touring and recording with the One O’Clock Lab Band in addition to collaborating with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra and the Collection Jazz Orchestra

Dave Pike
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Genre: Jazz

Dave Pike has been a consistent vibraphonist through the years without gaining much fame He originally played drums and is self-taught on vibes Pike moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1954 and played with Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Elmo Hope, Dexter Gordon, Carl Perkins, and Paul Bley, among others

Dave Stahl
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Genre: Jazz

Trumpeter Dave Stahl formed his own band in the ’80s, after working with numerous leaders and groups He received a degree in music education from Pennsylvania State University in 1970, then played in an army band in Washington

Dave Storrs
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Genre: Jazz

After more than three decades in the music business, jazz drummer Dave Storrs has amassed a wealth of experience and numerous recording credits In the early ’80s he began recording albums as a headliner, with the release of 1983’s Ross Island

Dave Stryker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Dave Stryker
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Genre: Jazz

Whether he’s leading his own group, Blue To The Bone, or playing as a sideman to great jazz musicians like vocalist Kevin Mahogany, guitarist Dave Stryker’s style has strong blues and soul-drenched undercurrents

Dave Tough
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Genre: Jazz

Dave Tough was famous (and infamous) for several things He was a subtle and versatile drummer who hated to solo He was an intellectual whose career was often rather aimless Tough was also a painfully thin alcoholic whose drinking got him into trouble on a regular basis and shortened his life