| Dave Tucker lives in Alexandria, Virginia, is married (Cindy) with two children (Michael & Christina), and conducts patent research for a living. Dave has played piano, specializing in ragtime, since 1970. In the early 1990s he took up piano performance with great enthusiasm and began to expand his playing into other early jazz forms such at stride and novelty piano. Dave is an internationally-known performer of early jazz styles. His first CD “Tickled Ragtime & Novelties” in 2001 featured the music of Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, Zez Confrey and others. Recently, while expanding his ragtime repertoire, Dave has explored many other forms of early syncopated music including European novelty piano and the Harlem stride of James P. Johnson, Willie “The Lion” Smith and Fats Waller. His second CD “Meadow Lark”, issued in April 2005, reflects his intense research, study and numerous experiences since first becoming a regular performer on the ragtime circuit. Meadow Lark includes songs of many styles, such as classic and modern-era ragtime, Harlem stride and other examples of early jazz piano music. Dave is currently working on a project to record the entire Scott Joplin repertoire while also working on another CD of ragtime, stride and early jazz pieces. Dave has performed at the International Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, the Blind Boone Ragtime Festival, the West Coast Ragtime Festival, the Lake Superior Ragtime Festival, the Eau Claire Ragtime Festival, the Alexandria Bay Ragtime/Jasstime Festival and the Northern Virginia Ragtime Society, among other numerous appearances. Dave has also conducted several ragtime presentations for school children. Dave now performs regularly in the Washington D.C. region. In 2005, Dave joined the New Hots Jazz Orchestra as their pianist. In 2009 Dave became the Director of the Hot Society Orchestra Of Washington, a dance orchestra specializing in presenting the music of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s (http://hotsociety.net). In addition, Dave helped develop a new jazz trio/combo called Reverie (http://www.reveriejazz.com), now performing regularly. This group specializes in presenting early vocal jazz standards in their original style. In 2007 Dave joined the Jefferson Street Strutters, a dixieland band based in Northern Virginia. Dave also works with other musicians and vocalists for various projects in the D. C. area, and maintains a website covering his activities at http://www.dave-tucker.com. Contact Information Dave Tucker David W. Tucker & Associates LLC 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 370 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Email: dave@turboragtime.com www.dave-tucker.com 800-971-2321 |
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| The Hot Society Orchestra of Washington at The Embassy of France Directed by Dave Tucker HOTSOCIETY.NET |
