Dave Bowman (musician)

David Walter Bowman (September 8, 1914 – December 28, 1964)[1] was an American jazz pianist.

He was born in Buffalo, New York, United States.[1] Bowman was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he learned to play piano as a four year old.[2] He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a time, then worked in London with Jack Hylton in the mid-1930s.[2] After returning to the United States he settled in New York and played with Bobby Hackett, Sharkey Bonano, Sidney Bechet, and Bud Freeman late in the decade.[2] In the early 1940s, he worked with Jack Teagarden, Joe Marsala, Muggsy Spanier, Lee Wiley, and Eddie Condon.[2] He took positions with ABC and NBC in the later 1940s[2] (including with Perry Como) and worked as a studio musician on recordings.[1] In the 1950s, he worked with Bud Freeman again, and with Phil Napoleon shortly before his own death.[2]

Dave Bowman died in an automobile accident in December 1964, in Miami, Florida.[1][2]