The Dave Schnittman Quartet

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Perfoming an entertaining mix of straight ahead jazz and latin jazz tunes, but also likes to change pace with occasional jazz/rock or Blues tunes. Check out our website for current performance schedule.

Dave Schnittman is a talented bandleader and multi-instrumentalist. His jazz group "The Dave Schnittman Quartet" or "DSQ" has taken on many forms during the last 15 years, from computer assisted soloist to sextet with Dave leading the group, most often from the piano, but also on occasion from the bass, guitar, or trombone. Dave also has performed with many local legends including: Nate Pruitt, Don McCaslin (senior and junior!), Ray Brown (Santa Cruz Jazz Society Octet) and piano great Smith Dobson. Some of his most memorable performances have come by way of national and international tours, and he is proud to have been a band member of "The Prince of the Delta Blues" Johnny Shines' band on one of his last tours before his death in 1992.



Originally from New York City, by way of Santa Cruz and now Morgan Hill, Dave Schnittman has performed all around the Bay Area and has made a life in and around music. In addition to being a highly respected musician and bandleader, Dave is a sought after instructor at The Music Tree in Morgan Hill. He also conducts a weekly music therapy program (of his own creation) that serves troubled youths in San Jose and is a guest lecturer in the music department at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California.