My name is Dave Vergato. I am a professional bass player (Upright and Electric) currently living in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am originally from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area suburbs. I did my undergraduate at the University of Miami in Studio Music and Jazz Bass Performance (from 1996-2000). I have extensive performance experience. While I was in college at UM, I played with a band called "The Tallboys Blues Band", and I occasionally played with the groups "Bambi and the Boys" and "The Jumpstreet 88's". I also performed with several top ensembles at the school, including the "Bop Brothers Ensemble", "Studio Jazz Band", and "Jazz Vocal 1". Some other notable performances I did in South Florida include a concert series with the Naples Philharmonic and gigs with local jazz legend Ira Sullivan. For my first year and a half after college I spent some time in NYC and played for a theater in Media, PA. I also worked for a while on some of Royal Caribbean's cruise ships including the Splendour of the Seas, which cruised from South America to Europe. I relocated to Charlotte in late 2001 when I was offered a job to play at a swing dance club, called "Swing 1000". Although the club closed about a year later, I decided to call Charlotte home for a while and networked my way into the local music scene. For nearly four years I worked in the area's largest local music store (Mars Music and later Sam Ash Music), where I earned the nickname "Bassguy". In the Fall of 2005, I quit my job at the music store and began the graduate program at UNC Charlotte, working on a teaching license in Music Education (K-12), and eventually the Master's of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree. Since 2006 I have taught K-12 music full time at a small private school during the day, but I continue to play professionally on nights and weekends. Currently I play a wide variety of freelance jazz, rock, church, and theater gigs in Charlotte and the surrounding areas. My mains gigs are with the Mark Stallings Trio every Thursday at Sullivan's Steakhouse, and with the Hickory Grove Baptist Church worship team every Sunday. I have played in numerous other bands over the years including the blues/rock band "Full Grown" led by my friend Matt Hatfield (www.myspace.com/matthatfield), the jazz fusion band "Airstream" (www.myspace.com/airstreamjazzfusion), and the incredible jazz/funk jam band, "Punk Jazz Project" (www.myspace.com/punkjazzproject). Other notable performances include the Charlotte Symphony Pops, the jazz vocal group "Five By Design", "Charlotte Squawks" (an annual musical comedy spoof about life in Charlotte), MorningStar Fellowship Church, the Carolina Voices, a jazz duo gig at Harry & Jean's Restaurant in Rock Hill, SC, and various musical productions at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte and Theatre Charlotte. If you're looking for a bass player of my experience to lay down some grooves on your next album or for an upcoming gig, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
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