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David K. Freeman
David has worked with notable artists such as Mike Myers (SNL), Douglas Keeve, Alan Cumming, Annie Lanzillatto Jimmy Buffett, Billy Martin (MMW), James Zollar, Gwen Laster, Daniel Carter, Fast Forward, Brent Green, Paul Rucker, Stephen Chopek, Nadine LaFond, Alicia Jo Rabins, Daniel Saks, Wyndham Boylan-Garnett, Lilah Larson, Lou Guarneri among many others.
Selected performances include Symphony Space, Joe's Pub, The Blue Note, The Stone, 55 Bar, Rockwood Music Hall, The Living Room, Jazz and Colors Festival, BRIC Arts, Roulette, ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn Bowl, Baby's All Right, Brooklyn Raga Massive, The Bearsville Theatre, Blues Alley, Grounds for Sculpture Park, Fine Art Museum Boston, Washington Jewish Music Festival, Chicago World Music Festival, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Calgary International Jazz Festival, SaskTel Saskatchewan International Jazz Festival.
David currently holds an Adjunct Professor position at Pace University where he teaches Jazz Music History, The Entertainment Industry, Writing for Print Media and Public Speaking and is a board member for the Association of Teaching Artists.
Gear
Drums / Percussion.
Tags
David k Freeman: Citizen Orchestra Volume One
by Budd Kopman
David k Freeman is the drummer/percussionist in pianist Steve Hudson's Outer Bridge Ensemble, which has released Outer Bridge (Self Published, 2005) and Seamless (Groovaholic Music, 2007). Freeman's Citizen Orchestra Volume One continues the attitude of Hudson's group, which is to create music that is the merging of many styles. Freeman studies tabla, and narrows the stylistic merging, fusing jazz only with Indian music. The resulting sound is different in emphasis from that of Rudresh Mahanthappa, who not ...
read morePrimary Instrument
Percussion
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Conduct Hand drum workshops for individuals and groups as well as tabla and drumset, rhythmic studies and improvisation.
Clinic/Workshop Information
Teaching improvisation in small ensemble setting for high school music students.