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David King

David has consumed all things guitar ever since including the Jazz genius of Martin Taylor and Pat Metheny and effects influenced players such as The Edge and Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds and the acoustic work of Tommy Emmanuel and Acoustic Alchemy.

Having exhausted all possibilities in various bands he returned to his home studio and gained a degree in Media Music Composition recognized by the Film Music Institute of Los Angeles.

David has just completed his debut album of guitar instrumentals encompassing some smooth jazz grooves with a hint of fusion and just for the hell of it the occasional big rock solo to !

The album, " Strangely Familiar " is now available from the very fine people of CD Baby - or the equaly fine people of iTunes - please click on the links below. David's own site www.davidkingmusic.net is now live.

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2020

All About Jazz is celebrating David King's birthday today!

David has been playing guitar since he was 8 but it became a serious concern when, in his teens he started going to gigs at Glasgow's legendary venue The Apollo in the early eighties witnessing guitar hero's galore including Alex Lifeson, Angus Young, and Andy Summers. David has consumed all things guitar ever since including the Jazz genius of Martin Taylor and Pat Metheny and effects influenced players such as The ...
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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2019

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2018

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2017

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2016

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David King

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2014

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Radio

David King Featured in Latest Jazz St. Louis Podcast Interview

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 24, 2009

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Interview

The Bad Plus' David King Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
September 17, 2007

If you had the remotest interest in contemporary jazz music in 2003, the chances were very, very high that you had heard of The Bad Plus. The odds were just as good that you had an opinion, positive or negative, about the merits of the collective trio of bassist Reid Anderson, drummer David King and pianist Ethan Iverson.

2005's Suspicious Activity? was The Bad Plus' third and last CD for Columbia. The disc was, without the group's knowledge, one of ...
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2007 World Premiere of the Complete Visual Jazz Composition " Buffalo Collision" with Ethan Iverson, David King, Tim Berne and Matt Maneri by T.E. Priemon

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2007

"Buffalo Collision" explores the non-standard use of the jazz composition. This work was composed using the medium of Photonality, which basically is a visual music composition. The camera acts as an additional instrument within the performance. This visual music composition was from the April 2007 performance of Buffalo Collision at the University of Pennsylvania Rose Hall. Etahn Iverson and David King are both from “The Bad Plus" and were joined by legendary Tim Berne and Matt Maneri to form this ...
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