background instrument genre article_title name
non_vocal_instrumentalist bass guitar , double bass jazz rock pop dave carpenter
 dave carpenter
dave carpenter

dave carpenter -lrb- november 4 , 1959 -- june 24 , 2008 -rrb- was an american bass player .
after studying music at ohio state university , he launched his professional career by moving to new york .
it was there that he first toured and recorded with artists such as buddy rich , woody herman and maynard ferguson .
dave carpenter appeared on countless sessions , and had dozens of television , film themes and soundtracks to his recording credit .
he worked with artists such as allan holdsworth , steve hass , peter erskine , joel taylor , mike stern , scott henderson , mitchel forman , eric marienthal , lee ritenour , tom scott , rita coolidge , russ freeman , rod stewart , johnny mathis , barbra streisand , david benoit , boz scaggs , shakira , dick halligan , and many more .
he also appeared as a soloist with the los angeles and berlin philharmonics as well as the tanglewood and bbc scottish symphony orchestra and was a founding member of the `` lounge art ensemble '' with peter erskine and bob sheppard .
carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack at age 48 .
