DAVID BANDMAN
Genres: Big Band, Third Stream • United States

A native of Waukegan, IL, David is a graduate of The University of North Texas where he played trombone in the One O’Clock Lab Band. As a euphonium player he was the winner of the first ITEC international jazz euphonium competition. Currently, he is retired after twenty-four years of active duty with The United States Air Force Band, Washington D.C. Since retiring he has been active writing and recording music. He released his first jazz euphonium CD Can I Play Too, where he arranged the music of Herbert L. Clarke for solo euphonium and big band. Sammy Nesitco had this to say about his unique approach, “Solo work reflects musicianship by a truly great soloist!…tailored arrangements made everything “fit” perfectly and are superb… A very unique recording.” His second release, Mendez is an entire album of original music inspired by the style and technical wizardry of Rafael Mendez. This recording won the read more...