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Dave Fox

Adventure In Sound

About Me

Dave Fox is a drum set artist and educator currently residing in the Boston area and has shared perfromances with jazz artists such as Phil Grenadier, Jerry Bergonzi, Bruno Raberg, David Tronzo, Andre Hayward, Pat Loomis and Leo Genovesse. Apart from performing and recording, Dave stays very active in the field of marching percussion education as well. He is currently the director of both the fall and winter marching percussion programs at Blackstone-Millville High School in Blackstone, MA as well an arranger for the fall percussion program. He has been a staff member of Thom Hannum’s Mobile Percussion Seminar since 1998 and in 2004 became a member of the Vic Firth Education Team as a Marching Percussion Specialist. Dave has had the privilege of being a student of master percussionists Walter Tokarczyk, Thom Hannum, Billy Ward and most importantly, he has been a long time student of his mentor and master drummer Bob Gullotti. He is an endorser of Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets.

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Member Since: 2/4/2006
Band Website: davidefox.net
Band Members: DF4 "Adventure In Sound", improvised sonic explorations featuring:Bruno Raberg, David Tronzo, Josh Rosen, Phil Sargent, Dave Fox
Influences: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Joe Henderson, Charlie Parker, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Evans, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Stevie Wonder, The Fringe, Shakti, Meters, Mars Volta, Weather Report, King Crimson, Irakere, Jack Dejohnette, Jon Christensen, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Bob Gullotti, Steve Jordan, Bill Stewart, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Stanton Moore, Michael Shrieve..and far too many to mention
Sounds Like: Dave has shared performances with:Phil Grenadier, Jerry Bergonzi, Suzanne Davis Quartet, Andre Hayward, Frank Wilkins, Leo Genovesse, Bruno Raberg Pat Loomis, Kevin Harris, Josh Rosen, Lello Mollinari, 3 Play +, Superhoney, Dr. Awkward, Trick Bag (Meters Tribute)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Video

Hello All, A video of a recent taping of "Fernando’s Hideaway" in which I performed with the Suzanne Davis Quartet is now available at http://blip.tv/file/789133/Feel free to watch the whole pro...
Posted by Dave Fox on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:00 PST