He is also the recipient of the 2012 Percussive Arts Society President's Industry Award, a Modern Drummer Readers Poll award (Best Drum Book), two Drum! Magazine Drummie! awards (Best Drum Book), and a certified Gold Record award for the sale of more than 500,000 copies of Alfred's Drum Method, Book 1. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including 26 consecutive ASCAP Popular Composer Awards, two Grammy participation/nomination certificates - one for his performance contribution on Anita O'Day's Grammy®-nominated album In a Mellow Tone, and the other for his contribution as album-track composer on Louie Bellson's Grammy®-nominated album Airmail Special. Black has written with and for the bands of Louie Bellson, Sammy Nestico, Bill Watrous, Bobby Shew, Ed Shaughnessy, Gordon Brisker, and the C.S.U., Northridge Jazz Ensemble. He has traveled around the world with a variety of entertainers and shows, performing and recording with such artists as Alan King, Robert Merrill, June Allyson, Anita O'Day, Pete Jolly, Frankie Capp, Gordon Brisker, Kim Richmond, Victor Lewis, Jerry Hey, and Steve Huffsteter.Ī prolific composer and arranger, more than 60 of his compositions and arrangements have been published by most of the major publishers, and many have been recorded. Percussionist, composer, and author, Dave Black, received his Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from California State University, Northridge.
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