Dave Thompson began as a freelance guitarist in the late 1980s and has toured with Juno-winners Kellylee Evans and Susan Aglukark. Dave has performed in jazz festivals, clubs and concert venues across Canada and the USA, while continuing a presence on the local scene. He is a regular at the Stratford festival playing in the pit for “Rent” “Chicago,” “Billy Elliot,” “The Rocky Horror Show,” “Tommy,” “Wanderlust,” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Dave has opened for George Benson, Richard Bona, Chris Botti and others as a member of Kellylee Evans’ group. Dave studied jazz composition (with Herb Pomeroy) and guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has worked in concert halls, festivals, summer resorts, clubs, musical theatre, radio and TV, as well as on many CDs as a sideman, producer or arranger. He credits former bandleader Kenny Munshaw with much of his early experience and development as a working musician.
Amidst traditional jazz repertoire and some new and old original compositions, Dave’s ambient collaboration with Jonathan and Lydia under the working title “Limina” will feature liminal improvised textures.
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