Tribute To Dave Carpenter
Jazz Bakery
Sunday, August 17th
1:30-5:30

Last week, jazz lost a gentleman and journeyman artist valued for his dependability, versatility and swing. One of the west coast’s finest session bassists, Dave Carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 48.

After studying music at Ohio State University, he launched his professional career playing with three giants of jazz: Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. Most recently, Carpenter had been in drummer Peter Erskine’s trio, which also included pianist Alan Pasqua. A veteran of the Woody Herman and Bill Holman big bands, he also worked with Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz, Herb Geller, Herbie Hancock, Jack Sheldon, Al Jarreau, Bill Cunliffe, Jan Lundgren, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco and Richard Stoltzman, to name a few.

In as great demand in Los Angeles studios as he was in clubs, Carpenter has a list of recording credits as long as both of your arms. He performed on over two hundred recordings, and had dozens of television, film theme and soundtracks to his recording credit.

Famous Sountracks:

Sideways, Ocean’s Eleven, When Do We Eat?, Charlie Bartlett, 50 First Dates, Wild Things 2, Hotel, Casualties, That Thing You Do, and the original Broadway cast recording of Cabaret

Carpenter was no stranger to the recording studio, a first call bassist on hundreds of albums. He alsoworked as assistant sound engineer on several albums as well. He appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras plus Tanglewood and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras. Carpenter was a founding member of the “Lounge Art Ensemble” along with Bob Sheppard and Peter Erskine.

Thanks to Ruth Price and the Jazz Bakery Board of Directors for very generously donating the space for this memorial.

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