In Japan, David’s six piano trio releases for the Venus label, including tributes to Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Bud Powell, and Burt Bacharach, have won him a large and growing following. David has also recorded six cds for the Criss Cross label, the most recent being Blues Quarters Volume 2. Since then, he has recorded seven more cds for Sharp Nine, the latest being The Inspiration Suite. David is also a member of the band “One For All” which features rising tenor star Eric Alexander.ĭavid’s debut cd as a leader Four Flights Up (featuring Slide Hampton,) released in 1996 on the Sharp Nine Label, received high praise from critics and musicians alike. Recently David was spotlighted on Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” radio program. Recent credits include work with Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, the Faddis-Hampton-Heath Sextet, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Louis Hayes Quintet, and Marlena Shaw, for whom he serves as pianist, arranger, and musical director. Since moving to New York City in 1992, David has made a name for himself as a “musician’s musician.” In addition to his working trio (with drum legend Louis Hayes and bassist Peter Washington), David is in constant demand as a sideman. In fact, it was Baker who encouraged David to make his mark in New York City. In Milwaukee, David served as house pianist at the famed Milwaukee Jazz Gallery, working with such greats as Charles McPherson, Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Pepper Adams and Chet Baker. David’s influences extend from Art Tatum and Bud Powell to such great living masters as Buddy Montgomery, Barry Harris and Cedar Walton.ĭavid made his professional debut at age thirteen in Milwaukee, and later worked extensively in and around Chicago and Minneapolis. His style has a deep-seated commitment to jazz history while communicating a wealth of today’s ideas…” – Cedar WaltonĭAVID HAZELTINE is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the accumulated greatness and weight of a modern piano tradition. “David Hazeltine is for sure the brightest star on the jazz piano horizon.

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