ORIGINS
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 seen him play. As a teenager, he was exposed to jazz legends like Miles Davis and John Coltrane when listening to music with his father. Chris Dave blossomed on the drums, eventually graduating from Houston’s prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
He studied at Howard University in Washington D.C. where he met acclaimed producers and former Prince associates Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Through this relationship, Chris Dave’s professional career began as he started working with R&B band Mint Condition
ROLLING STONE 100 GREATEST DRUMMERS OF ALL TIME
“My worst nightmare Chris Dave is his drummer,” Questlove told an interviewer in advance of D’Angelo’s 2012 live comeback. “You need the most dangerous drummer alive on that tour.” While not a household name, the unassuming 42-year-old R&B specialist known as Daddy is legendary among those in the know. Much like a Cadillac hood ornament or a Tiffany logo, a Chris Dave credit on a session is a mark of pure class; he appears on some of contemporary pop’s most high-profile albums, including Adele’s 21 and D’Angelo’s Black Messiah…View Article
WORKS
PURPOSE 2015
BLACK MESSIAH 2014
X 2014
Chris Dave Presents the Drumhedz Radio Show
CHRIS DAVE AND THE DRUMHEDZ MIXTAPE 2013
NEW ORLEANS 2013
BLACK RADIO 2012
BACK TO WONDERLAND 2012
GENERATION LOVE REVIVAL 2012
21 2011
GOLDEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE 2011
MISTER NICE GUY 2011
3RD 1ST IMPRESSION 2011
THE ADVENTURES OF MR. LAS VEGAS 2010
THE WEAKEND 2010
THE REHURST VOLUME 2 2010
BLACKSUMMERS’NIGHT 2009
DOUBLE BOOKED 2009
ROUND 2 2009
SHAFIQ EN’ A-FREEK-A 2009
CHASING SHADOWS 2008
UNEXPECTED 2008
LIVE FROM BONNAROO 2007
SONGS WITH RADIO HEADS 2006
ANOTHER DAYS JOURNEY 2005
LIVIN’ THE LUXERY BROWN 2005
THE SPIRIT MUSIC JAMIA: DANCE OF THE INFIDEL 2005
SONIC TONIC 2005
SHAHEEDULLAH AND STEREOTYPES 2004
COMFORT WOMAN 2003
JUST BECAUSE I’M A WOMAN: SONGS OF DOLLY PARTON 2003
STANDARD OF LANGUAGE 2003
HAPPY PEOPLE 2002
MORE THAN A WOMAN 2002
LIFE’S AQUARIUM 1999
MARY 1999
SIMPLY SAID 1999
SECADA 1997
DEFINITION OF A BAND 1996
LOUDER THAN WORDS 1996
TRY ME AGAIN 1995
I’M JUST COREY 1994
FROM THE MINT FACTORY 1993
UPCOMING SHOWS
BLUE NOTE JAPAN
SHANGHAI JAZZ FESTIVAL