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Dave Howard

David Howard (Guitarist / Composer / Arranger / Educator) performs throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He is a sensitive and exciting musician influenced by many great jazz, blues and funk artists. David Howard is a Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He's a guitarist, composer, arranger and leader on many recordings including "Souvenirs" featuring Kenwood Dennard. "Clouds", "Almost Carefree", and "Block Island Summer" with the Joe Parillo Ensemble, and "Autumn Leaves" with Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra. Dave has Performed tours and clinics in Europe, and has worked as a Composer and Performer on various jingles. Some European work includes: Roccella Jazz Festival / Clinics with the Dave Howard Calabrese 5tet Project. Cortale' Jazz festival, Calabria, Italy Umbria Jazz Clinics with Berklee College of Music, Umbria, Italy. Dave leads his group in high energy live performances and recordings of contemporary jazz/funk original compositions.

Dave Howard: Infinite Blu

Read "Infinite Blu" reviewed by Mackenzie Horne

by Mackenzie Horne
June 3, 2019

Guitarist Dave Howard was raised on a robust diet of jazz, classic rock, and the blues. He is the type of individual who stubbornly throws himself into the cross- genre deep end, ears first, and refuses to come up for air. Praying at the altar of fusion at midmorning, lunch at the Hard Rock Café, and paying dues to the electronic union, Howard lives a fulfilling life of musical extremes. These influences all converge in a space on The Dave ...

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Album Review

Dave Howard: Souvenirs

Read "Souvenirs" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins

by Todd S. Jenkins
April 1, 2001

An overall excellent disc by a creative, challenging ensemble with some innovative ideas. This album perhaps doesn’t get off to the best start, as the opening track is steeped so richly in the Pat Metheny Group’s oeuvre that Howard comes off as a mere wanna-be. The guitar tone, cymbal shimmers and wordless vocals just scream, “Metheny made it big like this, so can I!” Fortunately the band redeem themselves on the fun second track, “The Change”. Dennard, a former sideman ...