DAVID SILVERMAN

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DAVID

SILVERMAN

(VOCALS / PIANO)

TONY DUMAS (BASS)

RALPH PENLAND (DRUMS)

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David Silverman was born on March 21st a nice clear warm spring day in Los Angeles......From conception jazz and beautiful music has been in his DNA. His mother and father were avid music fans and swing dancers......They spent 7 years doing little else but listening to music and dancing to Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller music mostly at the famed Hollywood Palladium. David came along and was conceived (so his mother tells him) to the Jackie Gleason "Music for lovers only" records. His father played nothing but big band records in the house ever since he can remember. It is no wonder his style and taste in classic jazz music has never changed over the years.

David sings and plays songs from the great American song books of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hart, Cy Coleman, Carroll Coates and so many others. "As long as there is an audience for these songs I will continue to play them".

Growing up in the North Hollywood area of California David first started playing the clarinet at Colfax elementary school. His first music teachers were John Newsome and Ralph LaPolla. When he entered Walter Reed junior high he switched to piano and was highly influenced by the music teacher Tim Innocencio. Someone who remained a life long friend and mentor to David. David formed small combos in junior high with student bass players and drummers and was highly influenced by the music of Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Vince Guaraldi and Monty Alexander. This was the 70's when all his other friends were listening to rock and roll.

Attending North Hollywood High School David formed a quartet and started working as a professional musician. Don Randi the well known jazz pianist and owner of the famed Baked Potato Jazz club gave the quartet the opportunity to perform at his club every Sunday afternoon for 3 years. It was during this time that David got to listen to and sit in with such jazz greats as Harry Sweets Edsion, Earl Palmer, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Lou Rawls, Jimmy Rowles, Dave McKay, Lou Levy, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Williams, Frank Rosolino, Bud Shank, Tom Scott, Joe Sample, Shorty Rogers, Conte Condoli and many other super star Los Angeles based Studio musicians that played at the Baked Potato during the 1970's. This was the place for jazz in Los Angeles. "This was a musical experience that he could never have learned in any music school" David says. We got to hang out there even though we were all under age at the time. Sitting 5-10 feet away from Jazz legends was an unforgettable experience. Other Los Angeles jazz clubs like Dontes and Shelly's Manne Hole do not exist these days for young jazz musicians just starting out.

In 1972 the David Silverman Quartet won 1st place at the Hollywood Bowl "Battle of the Bands". David left Los Angeles in 1974 and began traveling around the US playing nearly all styles of music with many great musicians. David has lived and worked in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Dallas, Texas. During this time David has performed with Clark Terry, Barney Kessel, Paul Horn, Eddie Harris, Monty Budwig, Colin Bailey, Andy Simpkins, Harry Sweets Edison and others.

The late 80's returning to Los Angeles for a 2 year stint at the world famous Bel-Air Hotel. 1988 was year that changed David's life forever. He met famed singer, teacher and mentor Jeri Southern. Chapters could be written on this wonderful, spiritual, loving and very brief 3 year relationship with Jeri. "Everything I thought I knew about music I quickly forgot". David Studied piano and voice with Jeri 365 days a year. "She taught me to listen to music and to listen to singers". Jeri was a master at diction and phrasing. She was also a world class pianist, composer and arranger. Jeri Southern passed away in 1991. "I might get everything she taught me correct one of these days if I live long enough". "Every musician and singer should be as fortunate and lucky as I have been to have met and studied with Jeri Southern". Jeri introduced David to the great "Late night TV" inventor Steve Allen. David and Steve recorded an album together in 1994. Jeri also introduced David to Anita O'day and Peggy Lee. David performed with these two wonderful ladies of song during the 1990's.

http://www.davidsilvermanjazz.com/images/silverjap1sml.jpgIn 1990 David began going to Japan and performing internationally traveling to 17 countries. He has performed extensively in England, France, and Brazil. Not unlike many other American Jazz musicians David has always had a great passion and love of Brazilian music from the 1960's and 70's.

By 1994 he found a second home in Tokyo, Japan and has performed, recorded and produced other jazz artists in Tokyo for the last 18 years. He has been a King Records (Tokyo, Japan) recording Artist since 1995.

2012 brings David back to his home town. As David says, "It is never too late for a second stab once again at music success in tinsel town".

"In the old original TONIGHT SHOW days, before the untutored tastes of 14 year olds with discretionary spending money came to dominate the recording industry, I would have booked David for repeated TV appearances, as a results of which his remarkable talent would have assured him of commercial success. Today there can be no such guarantees, only partly for the reason that none of the current school of talk show hosts seems to have any particularly sympathetic interest in American music" - STEVE ALLEN 1993 .

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EVERY THURSDAY
OPEN MIC FOLLOWS SHOWCASE

Sign in at 7:30pm

"D'z" The OPEN MIC / JAM.

It's a unique, "Patron of Arts Renaissance", with "World Class Musicians", very special guest and VIPs... . The combo-events, have established traditions, where popular artist with diverse repertoire are supported by a "Patron of the Arts" community, You & LA Jazz scene's best Jazz trio accompanist, live, "D'z" In-House Live Jazz Trio with Karen Hernandez - Music Director / piano.

Amateurs to Pros join together in what's currently known as the longest, weekly, on-going, Open Mic / Jam of it's kind. No competition, L.A.'s friendliest Open Mic / Jam! Extremely entertaining! All musicians welcome, vocalists & instrumentalists, multi-genre. "It's not just all about Jazz, L.A." - Nawn Duhplym, aaJ/LA

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Don't forget our ongoing vocalists Showcase / Open Mic every Thursday.
Step out of the box and perform with our fabulous trio .... bring your charts or call out a good old standard from America's Song Book. All genre's accepted - Cabaret, Jazz, Latin...
Please DO NOT be intimidated by an op to sing Jazz. If you feel bold enough to really do a Vocalists Showcase,

Karen Hernandez on piano
Instrumental Women Project Winner - Karen Hernandez’s credits include original songs and performances in the movies “PRETTY WOMAN” and “FABULOUS BAKER BOYS”, as well as, many albums and CD’s. She writes many songs for her own use, to play alone or with the trio, and also for other musicians and singers i.e. She was the piano accompanist for Marilyn King (of the King Sisters), Burrel Davis, Jimmy Spencer, Barbara McNair, Herb Jeffries, Johnny Brown, Bill Henderson and Lorez Alexandria, to name a few.

Tony Dumas on bass
He has toured, played and recorded with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Carmen McCrae, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, The Manhattan Transfer, Chick Corea, Etta James, Mariah Carey, Bill Cosby (playboy jazz festival band), Patrice Rushen and the list goes on and on.

Ralph Penland on drums
Penland has performed with Ahmad Jamal, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughn, Les McCann, Chet Baker, Benny Golson, Marlena Shaw, Carmen McCrae, Hubert Laws, Dianne Reeves, Jon Hendricks,The Coltrane Family (Alice, Ravi, Oran, Michelle), Pharoah Sanders, Tito Puente, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., to name a few....
Commercial, Pop, R&B and Rock credits include performances with: The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Jeffrey Osborne, Grover Washington, Jr., Benard Ighner, Eric Gale, Ali Woodson, Patrice Rushen, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, George Benson and Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra recruited Ralph for his year long `Diamond Jubilee World Tour'. It went from Sinatra to Santana. Ralph played with the enduring and ever popular Grammy award winning Carlos Santana! Also Natalie Cole, Joe Sample, K.D. Lang, Etta James and Herbie Hancock.

Film work and musical movie soundtracks include `Throw Momma From The Train, When Harry Met Sally, Chet Bakers' Lets Get Lost, Cool World, The Russia House, Midnight In The Garden Of Good & Evil, and Politically Incorrect.

ADMISSION IS FREE; HOWEVER, there is a Minimum - dinner entree order or 2 beverages (required)

Sign in time is 7:30 if you're singing for Open Mic.

The restaurant is right in the heart of Hollywood, not pricey, full bar, free parking.

SORRY NO RECORDINGS PLEASE

See you Thursday,

Dolores