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Dave Pope

Born: June 1, 1963

Dave Pope is an Atlanta based multi-instrumentalist performing on drums, guitar and bass guitar. Dave grew up in a musical family with parents, Ann Almond Pope and David Pope Sr., both virtuoso classical pianists, and teachers. His brother Pete is a pianist who performs in the Austin TX area and his brother Mike has had an extensive career as a touring bassist, pianist, producer, composer and most recently as Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music.

Dave began his music career in the Toledo OH area at the age of 14 playing in garage bands and subbing for college jazz musicians who were double booked for gigs. With the instruction and mentoring from local musicians such as drummer Bob Breithaupt, bassist Jeff Halsey, guitarist Chris Buzzelli, and multi-instrumentalist Gene Parker, Dave began performing with some of the best musicians in the region. Among those musicians were pianists, Larry Fuller, Mark Kieswetter and Ron Oswanski; guitarist Dan Faehnle and trumpeter Jimmy Cook, to name only a few. During his Toledo days, Dave had a brief stint in Chicago in the late 80’s where he studied with drummers Joel Spencer and Paul Wertico and performed with guitarist Akio Sasajima. After returning to Toledo, Dave embarked on several projects as a bandleader, some of which included his brother Mike and a group featuring trumpeter Randy Brecker.

Skyline

By Dave Pope

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hermitage; Skyline; Very Early; Falling Grace; ESP; Country Nocturne; Minority

Country Nocturne

September 17, 2025

Album: Skyline
By Dave Pope
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:21

Blues In The Pulpit

January 1, 2020

Album: You And The Night And The Music
By Dave Pope
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 06:08

All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: December 2019

January 1, 2020

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in December, these ten represent our personal favorites. We also included the top ten reader favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! EDITOR'S PICKS ...

You And The Night And The Music

By Dave Pope

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Once I Loved; I Love You; Sirabhorn; #Blue In The Pulpit; Never Let Me Go; You And The Night And The Music.