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David Sobel

PIANO, ORGAN SONGWRITER

About Me


JAZZ BLUES R&B and FUNK

An emerging talent on the keys, David Sobel has impressed audiences around the country with his passionate and expressive playing. Currently a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, he performs regularly with a number of the region's best, including Little Wolf and the Hellcats, Archie Lee Hooker Jr., Willie G, Ron Perry (Susan Tedeschi, The Whispers) and Bernard Anderson (Queen Ida). You can catch David performing with some great bands at popular venues and events such as Biscuits and Blues, Lou's Pier 47, the Caspar Inn, JJ's of San Jose, Rasselas Jazz Club, the Sonoma Jazz+ Festival (headlined by Herbie Hancock and BB King), the Pittsburg Seafood Festival, the Oakland Art and Soul Festival, the Hayward-Russell City Blues Festival and the Black Diamond Blues Festival.Before moving to San Francisco in mid-2003, David was a sought-after sideman and leader of several of his own bands in New York City and Washington, DC. In New York, he played rooms such as The Bitter End, The Lonestar Roadhouse, and Dan Lynch's. While living in the DC area, he performed at dozens of venues and festivals locally and around the country, including the Kennedy Center, the State Theatre, Blues Alley, the Baltimore Blues Festival, the Red River Revel in Louisana, and the Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. In addition to leadng a jazz/funk trio, he was a regular member of several prominent bands, including those of Catfish Hodge, Annie Sidley and Janine Wilson. He appeared as a sideman with many others including Steve Wolf and Swingspeak (Danny Gatton, Charlie Musslewhite, Bo Didley, Dr. John), Chuck Underwood (Patti Labelle), Emory Diggs (Eva Cassidy) and John Previti (Danny Gatton, Charlie Byrd, Rick Whitehead, Guitar Junior)Originally a horn player, David's first professional gigs were in high school as part of a brass quintet and jazz band. During college, he performed at engagements with his own jazz quartet and played with and managed the Columbia Jazz Band under the directon of multi-Grammy winner Don Sickler. David is primarily self-taught on the piano and has been playing piano, organ and keyboards professionally since graduating college in 1989.David is working on an album of his own songs, with a CD release expected later this year. Meanwhile, check out the bands he's playing with for some great live music. Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor

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Member Since: 5/15/2006
Band Website: www.hellcatblues.com

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Band Members: People David has been playing with/performed with:In CA: Little Wolf, Tia Carroll, Archie Lee Hooker, Willie G, Rich Kirch, Ron Perry, Bryant Mills, Willie Riser, Dennis Geaney, Brian Berson, Chuck Trujillo, Bernard Anderson, Bobbie Webb, Carl Green, Michael Skinner, Ted Wysinger, Big Cat, Bobby Young, Chris Cobb, David Stalling, Doug Logan, Mark Venedetti, Ronnie Stewart, Alvon, Tim Cuny, Georgia Freeman, Willie Rankin, Angel Reyes, TJ Moore Blues Band, Art Cooper and Fog City Revue, Fire Wheel. In DC/MD/VA: Catfish Hodge, Steve Wolf, Chuck Underwood, Pete Ragussa, Annie Sidley, Janine Wilson, Brian McGreggor, Robbie MacGruder, Mike Dutton, Tommy Hannigan, Gary Crockett, Stanley Cooper, Lorenzo Sands, Nick Halsey, Buddy Speir, Steve Jacobs, Max Evans, Victor Dvoskin, John Previti, Bubbles Dean, Emory Diggs, Frank Cocuzzi, Bruce Swaim, Barry Hart, Steve Jacobs, Bobby Thompson, Flat Foot Sam and the Educated Fools, Whop Frazier, Destiny, Gary Grainger.
Influences: Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Donny Hathaway, Dr. John, Jon Cleary, Professor Longhair, Pinetop Perkins, Charles Brown, Gene Harris, Henry Butler, Joe Sample, George Duke, Ramsey Lewis, Steely Dan, Neville Brothers, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, John Patton, Joey DeFrancesco, Keith Jarrett, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eddie Palmieri, Chucho Valdez, Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner, Bob James, Herbie Hancock, Bill Withers
Record Label: ILBCNU
Type of Label: Indie

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New CD

Little Wolf and the Hellcats has just released a brand new CD entitled "The Blues Got Soul."  The disc features Malik "Little Wolf" Shabazz, who recently received the West Coast Blues Hall o...
Posted by David Sobel on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST