I heard some news last night that makes me extremely sad. Dave Carpenter passed away on 6/24/08 from some sort of heart failure. He was only 48 years old.
Dave was a awesome bass player and a really great composer. He was a teacher of mine but mostly a great inspiration. He gives me something to reach for because his playing is truly amazing. If you havent heard much of Dave’s playing start paying more attention. He played on tons of TV and movie soundtracks including Oceans Eleven and Mr. 3000. As far as jazz, I would check out the trio records with Peter Erskine and Alan Pasqua especially “Live at Rocco” and to hear some great electric playing get Allan Holdsworth Trio “Sixteen Men of Tain”.
I will remember the times that I spent with “Carp” fondly and I hope that others will continue to discover his music.
