Dave Stahl

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Dave Stahl (* 1949 ) is an American jazz trumpeter and band leader .

Life

Stahl studied music education at Pennsylvania State University until 1970 and then played in an army band . In 1973 he was discharged from the military, most recently as a soloist with The Army Band , lead trumpeter with Army Blues and first trumpeter with the White House Herald Trumpets . He was then lead trumpeter with Woody Herman and His Orchestra until 1975, and from 1975 to 1980 he played with the Count Basie Orchestra . During this time he was also active for the Buddy Rich Big Band , Larry Elgart and his band and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra.

In April 1977 he finally founded his own big band , The Dave Stahl Band , followed ten years later by his music label Abee Cake Records and his music publisher Dave Stahl Music , which exploits through the BMI . In 1989 he founded a second music publisher, Dasta Music , which is affiliated with ASCAP . During this time he toured the world with Liza Minnelli as their lead trumpeter and performed at Carnegie Hall , among others .

In the spring of 1999 Stahl put together his Sacred Orchestra , a 23-piece orchestra (large big band with added strings ) with 10 singers.

Other greats with whom he appeared were Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett , Mel Tormé , Jack Jones , Sarah Vaughan and Engelbert Humperdinck .

Discography

The Dave Stahl Band

  • 1987: Anaconda (Abee Cake Records)
  • 1988: Miranda (Abee Cake Records)
  • 1989: Live At Knights (Abee Cake Records)
  • 1991: Standard Issue (Abee Cake Records)
  • 2005: Live at the Ritz (Abee Cake Records)
  • 2011: From A to Z (Abee Cake Records)
  • 2013: The Dave Stahl Band Collection, Volume One (Abee Cake Records)

Dave Stahl and his Sacred Orchestra

  • 2001: How Great Thou Art (Abee Cake Records)
  • Praise Him (Abee Cake Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dave Stahl Bio. In: davestahl.com. Abee Cake Records, March 2011, accessed January 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Steel, Dave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH 1949