Bio/Credits
Born in 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, David Kane has been a fixture on the US music scene since 1975 both as a pianist and composer. He is equally comfortable in Jazz and Classical settings. He has performed with notable Jazz Artists such as Woody Shaw, Chris Potter, Dave Liebman and Dizzy Gillespie. He has also performed extensively with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and the Twentieth Century Consort. He is active as a composer of both Classical Music and Film Music with hundreds of Film and TV scores to his name. He currently teaches both private lessons as well as teaching the Jazz Masters program at the University of Arkansas He currently lives in the DC area with his wife Cynthia and their two daughters, Celeste and Ariel.
Jazz Performance Credits:
Woody Shaw
Mark Murphy
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Nancy Wilson,
Maxine Sullivan
Michelle Hendricks
Paul Bollenbach
Jim Snidero
Charlie Byrd
Chris Potter
Steve Kujala
Marlene Verplanck
Eddie Daniels
Dave Liebman
Rumba Club
Dave Ballou
Tito Puente
Jon Faddis
Branford Marsalis
Don Cherry
Drew Gress
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Classical performance Credits:
The Twentieth Century Consort
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
Arlington Symphony Orchestra
Kathleen Battle
Denyce Graves
Charlotte Church
Joshua Bell
Concert Artists of Baltimore
National Gallery Orchestra
Chicago Sinfonietta,
Kennedy Center Orchestra
James Galway
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Composing Credits:
David has composed over 250 scores for Feature Films and TV. As a Classical Composer he has been commissioned to write works for the NSO Education Office, The Kennedy Center and the Strathmore Center for the Arts among others.
as Educator:
In addition to his roster of private students in Piano, Improvisation, Ear Training and Composition, he has been Professor of Jazz Studies in the University of Arkansas Jazz Masters Program since 2015.
as Author:
Writer for Cadence Magazine 2005-12
Author of Playing Outside the Chord published by Aebersold Jazz Books 2021
About David Kane
