Dave Lobenstein
Jazz Bassist/Educator
Dave Lobenstein: (BM, Music Education, SUNY Fredonia) and (MFA, Jazz Bass Performance, California Institute of the Arts), currently teaches orchestra for the Long Beach Public School System, and is Director of Adelphi University’s Jazz Ensemble and Award Winning High School Jazz Combo Program.
Dave has been very involved around the NYC area as a jazz clinician and performer. He has conducted workshops at local colleges and high schools which focus on beginning improvisation and introduction to the jazz repertoire. Currently, Dave is designing a new Pre-College Program for Adelphi University slated to launch in summer 2010.
As a performer, Dave has worked with a variety of musical styles. His credits include: Performances at the JVC Jazz Festival w/ The Dave Lobenstein Quartet, Bucky Pizzarelli, Erie Philharmonic, Roscoe Mitchell, Leo Smith, Jeff Jarvis, Jimmy Wormworth, Manhattan Vocal Project, Regis and Kathie Lee, Danny Holmes, and the Mike Fahn Quartet. Dave’s current group, “The Dave Lobenstein Trio” performs frequently in the NY metropolitan area, and has received many positive reviews of their CD, “Triple Play”, released in 2003.
Dave’s primary teachers have been: Charlie Haden, Darek Oles, Marc Johnson, Peter Rofe, Scott Colley, and Harry Jacobsen.