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 |
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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 |
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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Wikipedia: Dave Bowman
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LCNAR: Bowman, Dave, 1914-1964 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96015203
Wikidata: Dave Bowman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15439819
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/71580175
MusicBrainz: Dave Bowman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eefa6543-0470-42f9-9c20-add53b59a3d1
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