Dave Bowman

David Walter Bowman (September 8, 1914 – December 28, 1964) was an American jazz pianist.

He was born in Buffalo, New York, United States. Bowman was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he learned to play piano as a four year old. He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a time, then worked in London with Jack Hylton in the mid-1930s. After returning to the United States he settled in New York and played with Bobby Hackett, Sharkey Bonano, Sidney Bechet, and Bud Freeman late in the decade. In the early 1940s, he worked with Jack Teagarden, Joe Marsala, Muggsy Spanier, Lee Wiley, and Eddie Condon. He took positions with ABC and NBC in the later 1940s (including with Perry Como) and worked as a studio musician on recordings. In the 1950s, he worked with Bud Freeman again, and with Phil Napoleon shortly before his own death.

Dave Bowman died in an automobile accident in December 1964, in Miami, Florida.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 8, 1914 (Buffalo), Died December 28, 1964

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 66 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 68857 10-in. 3/21/1941 Slow down Joe Marsala Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70124 10-in. 1/2/1942 Little David, play on your harp Muggsy Spanier Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70125 10-in. 1/2/1942 Can't we be friends? Muggsy Spanier Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70126 10-in. 1/2/1942 Chicago Muggsy Spanier Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70127 10-in. 1/2/1942 Hesitating blues Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72404 10-in. 10/4/1944 Lover man (oh, where can you be?) Billie Holiday instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72405 10-in. 10/4/1944 No more Billie Holiday instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72497 10-in. 11/8/1944 That ole devil called love Billie Holiday instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72498 11/8/1944 Don't explain Billie Holiday instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72499 11/8/1944 Big stuff Billie Holiday instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72692 10-in. 1/14/1945 Jodie man Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72693 10-in. 1/14/1945 I wonder-1 Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72756 10-in. 3/5/1945 Little Jazz boogie Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 72757 10-in. 3/5/1945 Embraceable you Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 75868 2/17/1950 That's a plenty Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 75869 2/17/1950 If you can't get a drum with a boom-1 Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 75870 2/17/1950 Rose room Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 75871 2/17/1950 When my sugar walks down the street-2 Bob Crosby's Bob Cats instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76117 4/10/1950 Washington Post march Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76118 4/10/1950 My Scandinavian baby Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76119 4/10/1950 Stars and stripes forever Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76120 4/10/1950 Your heart of stone Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76121 4/10/1950 Black bottom Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 76122 4/10/1950 Charleston Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 81328 8/1/1951 The kissing bug boogie Neal Hefti Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 26-50 of 66 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bowman, Dave," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/305258.

Bowman, Dave. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/305258.

"Bowman, Dave." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.

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