David Shapiro (musician)

David Shapiro
Birth name	David Shapiro
Born	April 24, 1952 Brooklyn, New York
Origin	Brooklyn, New York City
Died	February 16, 2011(2011-02-16) (aged 58) Townshend, Vermont
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician, Bass player
Instruments	Double bass
Years active	1975 - 2010

David "Dave" Shapiro (April 24, 1952 – February 16, 2011)^[1] was an American jazz musician. He played double bass.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, David Shapiro graduated from Brooklyn College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. He became a busy New York freelancer, playing regularly with such jazz legends as Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Howard McGhee, Mel Lewis and singers Ray Charles, Anita O'Day, and Chris Connor. He performed with Jackie Cain and Roy Kral in the Newport Jazz Festival in Carnegie Hall. He proved his versatility as a member of the house band at Eddie Condon's and the Metropolitan Bopera House.^[2]

In 1987 Shapiro moved to Townshend, Vermont, where he taught and played with various musicians of the jazz scene in Vermont and Western Massachusetts, as Attila Zoller, Howard Brofsky, Scott Mullett, Paul Arslanian, Bob Weiner, Jay Messer, Eugene Uman, Draa Hobbs, Claire Arenius, and Tom McClung. With trumpet player Steve Sonntag he led a trio, which became later a sextet. In 1997 they recorded the live album Monk, Duke & Mingus^[3] Shapiro also played in recording sessions with Woody Herman (World Class, 1982), Danny D'Imperio (Blues For Philly Joe, 1991), Joshua Breakstone (Evening Star, 1992), Howard Brofsky (73 Down, 2000), and Michael Musillami (Perception, 2000).^[4]

Shapiro taught math and jazz history at Westfield State College and at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts. He instituted his own educational programs and conducted jazz ensembles. He also taught Jazz History at the Vermont Jazz Center and conducted the "piano trio" ensembles at the VJC's Summer Jazz Workshop.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} obituary in greenmountaindaily.com
2. ^ Biographical informations to Dave Shapiro in gmpfilms.com
3. ^ informations to Sonntag-Shapiro-Band in acwc.us
4. ^ Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6

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Name	Shapiro, David
Alternative names	Shapiro, Dave
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Date of birth	April 24, 1952
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Date of death	February 16, 2011
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