Chris "Daddy" Dave is a drummer, composer, and bandleader from Houston, Texas. He attended

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. He is a drummer in jazz, gospel, hip hop, noted for his extremely virtuosic sticking technique and ability to play with a high degree of syncopation. He performed professionally as a gospel drummer with

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, before being introduced to jazz audiences nationally through his association with the accomplished alto saxophonist

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. He performed on Kenny Garrett's album ''Standard of Language'', before joining the

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Experiment and performing on Adele's

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winning album, '' 21''.

Life and career

Chris Dave was born in Houston, Texas and began his music career in the late 1980s. He started out by playing in church and credits jazz music as his strongest influence. He states that although his father plays drums, he has never actually heard him play. As a teenager, he was exposed to jazz legends like

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and

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when listening to music with his father. Chris Dave blossomed on the drums, eventually graduating from Houston’s prestigious

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. He studied at Howard University in Washington D.C. where he met acclaimed producers and former

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associates

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. Through this relationship, Chris Dave's professional career began as he started working with R&B band Mint Condition. Dave played drums in Bilal's live band, during the singer's period of touring in the aftermath of his unreleased but leaked album '' Love for Sale''. This included a stint on Jill Scott's The Real Thing Tour in 2008.

Personal life

Chris Dave married

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native, singer-songwriter,

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, in

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on January 2021. They have apparently been in a long-term relationship prior to the wedding according to Andria website although the time when they truly began dating has never been revealed so far.http://iamnataly.com/nataly-andria-x-chris-daddy-dave-x-the-drumhedz-radio-show/ They have a daughter, Avo Dave, born in

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Discography

As leader

* Chris Dave and the Drumhedz - ''Mixtape'' (Glow365, 2013) * Chris Dave and the Drumhedz - ''Radio Show'' (Glow365, 2017) * Chris Dave and the Drumhedz - '' Chris Dave and the Drumhedz'' (

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, 2018) * Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford - ''Smoke Break'' (2020) * Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford - ''Cuffin Season'' (Drumhedz Music, 2020) * Chris Dave - ''Thine People'' (EP)(Drumhedz Music, Feb 2021) * Chris Dave - ''Thine People Vol.2'' (EP)(Drumhedz Music, Aug 2021) * Chris Dave - “The City of Everly” (EP) (Drumhedz Music, Oct 2021) * Chris Dave - “The City of Everly, Part. 2 SUPEREARTH” (EP) (Drumhedz Music, Dec 2021)

As sideman

With Mint Condition * '' From the Mint Factory'' ( Perspective, 1993) * '' Definition of a Band'' (Perspective, 1996) * '' Life's Aquarium'' ( Elektra, 1999) * '' Livin' the Luxury Brown'' (

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, 2005) With

*''Simply Said'' (

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, 1999) *''Standard of Language'' (Warner Bros., 2003) With

* '' Double-Booked'' (

, 2009) * '' Black Radio'' (Blue Note, 2012) * ''F**k Yo Feelings'' (Loma Vista Recordings, 2019) * “Black Radio III” (Loma Vista,2022) With Me'shell Ndegeocello * ''

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, 2003) * '' The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel'' (

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, 2005) With Hikaru Utada * ' (Epic, 2018) * Hikaru Utada and Nariaki Obukuro - " Marunouchi Sadistic" in

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* ''Mister Nice Guy'' (Blue Erro Soul/

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, 2011) * ''Lessons'' (Blue Erro Soul, 2022) With others * Maxwell - ''

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- '' 21'' ( XL, 2011), “ 30” *

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, 2015) * Anderson .Paak - '' Malibu'' (ArtClub, 2016) * Nariaki Obukuro - ''Bunriha no Natsu'' (Sony Music, 2018) * Black Milk - ''Fever'' (Mass Appeal, 2018) * Anderson .Paak - ''

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- '' Jimmy Lee'' (Columbia, 2019) * Robbie Robertson - ''Sinematic'' (UME Direct, 2019) * Pino Paladino and Blake Mills - "Just Wrong" (Single) in ''Notes With Attachments'' ( Impulse!, 2021), Ekuté * Theo Crocker - “Love Quantum”, 2022

References

External links

Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
( Blue Note Records) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dave, Chris Jazz drummers Living people 1968 births High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alumni 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians