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American jazz guitarist
Dave Stryker
Birth name David Michael Stryker Born (1957-03-30 ) March 30, 1957 (age 67)
Omaha , Nebraska, U.S.Genres
Jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s) Guitar Labels
SteepleChase Website
www .davestryker .com
Musical artist
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American
jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with
Stanley Turrentine ,
Jack McDuff , and
Kevin Mahogany .
Career
Stryker grew up in
Omaha , Nebraska. When he was ten years old, he was inspired by the Beatles to start playing guitar. His interest was rock and roll until he heard the albums
My Favorite Things by
John Coltrane and
Beyond the Blue Horizon by
George Benson . By seventeen, he was a jazz guitarist in Omaha. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles where he took lessons from another Omaha native, Billy Rogers, and met organist
Jack McDuff . After moving to New York City, he toured with McDuff in 1984-1985, then spent ten years with saxophonist
Stanley Turrentine .
[1]
Stryker formed a band with
Steve Slagle and a trio with Jared Gold and
Tony Reedus (later McClenty Hunter and Billy Hart).
[1] He worked with
Kevin Mahogany as sideman, composer, and arranger, appeared with him at
Carnegie Hall , and toured with him in Europe and Japan.
[2] He has also worked with
Eliane Elias ,
Javon Jackson , and
Andy LaVerne .
[1]
He teaches jazz guitar at
Indiana University and
Montclair State University and at the
Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, the Litchfield Jazz Camp, and the Veneto/New School Workshop in Italy.
[2]
In 2018 Stryker began teaching jazz guitar online through the ArtistWorks music education website.
[3]
Awards and honors
Top Ten Guitarists,
Down Beat magazine Readers' Poll, 2001
Rising Star, Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll
Discography
As leader
First Strike (Someday of Mugen Music, 1988)
Strike Zone (
SteepleChase , 1990)
Guitar on Top (
Ken Music , 1991)
Passage (SteepleChase, 1991)
Blue Degrees (SteepleChase, 1992)
Full Moon (SteepleChase, 1993)
Stardust (SteepleChase, 1994)
Nomad (SteepleChase, 1994) with Bill Warfield Big Band
The Greeting (SteepleChase, 1995)
Blue to the Bone (SteepleChase, 1996)
Big Room (SteepleChase, 1996)
All the Way (SteepleChase, 1997)
Blue to the Bone II (1998)
Shades of Miles (SteepleChase, 1998)
Changing Times (SteepleChase, 1999)
Blue to the Bone III (SteepleChase, 2001)
Exit 13 (Etoile, 2002) with Sylvia Cuenca, Kyle Koehler
Shades Beyond (SteepleChase, 2004)
Big City (
Mel Bay , 2004)
Six String Santa (Strikezone, 2005)
The Chaser (Mel Bay, 2006)
Strike Up the Band (SteepleChase, 2008)
One for Reedus (SteepleChase, 2010)
Keystone (SteepleChase, 2010)
Blue Strike (SteepleChase, 2011)
Blue to the Bone IV (SteepleChase, 2012)
Suit Up! (Bounce-Step, 2013) with Matt Kane, Kyle Koehler
Eight Track (Strikezone, 2014)
Messin' with Mister T (Strikezone, 2015)
Eight Track II (Strikezone, 2016)
Strikin' Ahead (Strikezone, 2017)
Eight Track III (Strikezone, 2019)
Eight Track Christmas (Strikezone, 2019)
Blue Soul (Strikezone, 2020) with
Bob Mintzer & The
WDR Big Band
Baker's Circle (Strikezone, 2021) with
Walter Smith III
As We Are (Strikezone, 2022)
Prime (Strikezone, 2022)
Groove Street (Strikezone, 2024) with Bob Mintzer
With Stryker/Slagle Band
The Stryker/Slagle Band (Khaeon, 2003)
Live at the Jazz Standard (Zoho, 2005)
Latest Outlook (Zoho, 2007)
The Scene (Zoho, 2008)
Keeper (Panorama, 2010)
Routes (Strikezone, 2016)
With Trio Mundo
Carnaval (Khaeon, 2002)
Trio Mundo Rides Again (Zoho, 2004)
As sideman
With
Jared Gold
Out of Line (Posi-Tone, 2010)
Intuition (Posi-Tone, 2012)
JG3+3 (Posi-Tone, 2014)
Metropolitan Rhythm (Posi-Tone, 2015)
Reemergence (Strikezone, 2018)
With
Steve Slagle
Smoke Signals (Panorama, 1991)
Our Sound! (Double-Time, 1995)
Steve Slagle Plays Monk (SteepleChase, 1998)
New New York (OmniTone, 2000)
Evensong (Panorama, 2013)
Dedication (Panorama, 2018)
With others
Allan Botschinsky , Last Summer (MA Music, 1992)
Allan Botschinsky, I've Got Another Rhythm (MA Music, 1995)
Don Braden , Luminosity (Creative Perspective Music, 2015)
Kendall "Keyz" Carter, Introducing Kendall Carter (Lladnek Music, 2021)
Rondi Charleston , Resilience (Resilience Music Alliance, 2017)
Royce Campbell , Six by Six (Paddle Wheel/King [jp], 1994)
Mike Freeman & Spellbound, Street Shuffle (Best Recordings, 1991)
Giacomo Gates , Miles Tones: Giacomo Gates Sings the Music of Miles Davis (Savant, 2013)
Craig Handy , Reflections in Change (Sirocco Music, 1999)
Javon Jackson , Pleasant Valley (Blue Note, 1999)
Matthew Kaminski , Swingin' On the New Hammond (Chicken Coup, 2013)
Andy LaVerne , Stan Getz in Chappaqua (SteepleChase, 1997)
Pete Levin , Jump! (Pete Levin Music, 2010)
Kevin Mahogany , Another Time Another Place (Warner Bros., 1997)
Kevin Mahogany, Pride & Joy (Telarc, 2002)
Kevin Mahogany, Next Time You See Me (Mahogany Jazz, 2012)
Jorge Nila, The Way I Feel (Strikezone, 2003)
Jorge Nila, Tenor Time (Ninjazz, 2018)
Tony Reedus , Minor Thang (Criss Cross, 1996)
Larry Schneider , Ali Girl (SteepleChase, 1997)
Stanley Turrentine , T Time (MusicMasters, 1995)
Charenee Wade , Offering (Membran, 2015)
Matthew Whitaker , Now Hear This (Resilience Music Alliance, 2019)
References
External links
International National Artists