Dave Bowman

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David Walter "Dave" Bowman (born September 8, 1914 in Buffalo (New York) , † December 28, 1964 in Miami ) was an American jazz pianist of the Swing and Dixieland Revival.

Bowman had Canadian parents and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario . He studied piano at the Hamilton Conservatory and the Musical Institute in Pittsburgh . From 1933 to 1936 he played with Ken Steele in Canada, 1936/37 he was with Jack Hylton (on European tour) and then went to New York. There he played with Sharkey Bonano , 1937 to 1939 with Bobby Hackett (with whom he made his first recordings in 1938), 1939/40 with Bud Freeman (in his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra), in the big band of Jack Teagarden , with Joe Marsala , Muggsy Spanier (1941/42) and Eddie Condon . In the 1950s he was a studio musician for ABC and NBC from 1951 to 1954 , played in the trio of Bud Freeman in 1954/55 and moved to Florida as a freelancer in 1955. In the 1960s, shortly before his death, he played in Phil Napoleon's Dixieland band . He died in a car accident.

He recorded with Bobby Hackett, Bud Freeman, Muggsy Spanier, Joe Marsala, Louis Armstrong , Bob Crosby , Roy Eldridge , Billie Holiday and Sidney Bechet (1938). Tom Lord records 38 recordings in his jazz discography from 1938 to 1960. Only one record is as a leader (Stars fell on Alabama / Blues, 1946 on Signature).

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SURNAME Bowman, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowman, David Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist of the swing and Dixieland revival
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo (New York)
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1964
Place of death Miami