David Easton is on the move, at least when it comes to his music. He has traveled around the US performing everything from pop/rock to jazz standards. You name it, he can do it. A singer, songwriter and keyboard player, his talent and versatility are just a part of his family legacy. His father was a composer/conductor/arranger/pianist who studied under Paul Hindemith at Yale and wrote music for 20th Century Fox and NBC. His great uncle Louis Silvers, was an Oscar winning musician "One Night of Love" and the genius behind the score for the groundbreaking first “talking” movie “The Jazz Singer.” with Al Jolson (1927) and the composer of such classic songs as "April Showers".
New York and New Jersey music fans recognize David. He has played at The Bitter End, Downtime, The Triad, Don’t Tell Mama, Kavehaz and Birdland, The Knitting Factory, Hat City Kitchen, Maplewoodstock, Rails Steakhouse, Ryland Inn, Stonehouse, Liberty House, and Gladstone Tavern just to name a few. His originality sprang from many influences that range from The Beatles and Billy Joel to jazz and classical music.
Among David’s accomplishments are working as the keyboard player in the off-broadway smash hit "A Jew Grows In Brooklyn." which ran in NYC from 2006-2007, and being commissioned to write and perform an original song called “Change The Way You See Everything” as a companion to the best-selling book of the same name. In 2008, his band won 2nd place in an original music contest judged by Trish Frisbie and Eugene Foley. In 2010, they made it to the local finals of the Hard Rock Cafe Ambassadors of Rock Battle of The Bands.
He has a BA in Music/Philosophy from St. Lawrence University, studied classical piano with Lee Dell'Anno at Kent School, jazz with the late great Jaki Byard (Manhattan School of Music) and done workshops with jazz legends Billy Taylor and Barry Harris. Torn between his passion to compose and perform he was awarded first place in the Hutchinson piano competition two years in a row.
David has his own band that plays mostly in the New York/Tri-State area showcasing David’s original pop/rock music and covers. Whether you are looking for a funky chill band to rock an audience or for a jazz combo to play at a private party, or a solo "Piano man" David Easton is your guy.
Here are some of the members who play regularly with David Easton Band:
Drums - Poet, John Oakes, Steve Plesnarski
Bass - Jon Ru, Glenn Korzin
Guitar - Udi Levy , Rob Betrus,
Sax - Dan Perez
Read some reviews here:
New York and New Jersey music fans recognize David. He has played at The Bitter End, Downtime, The Triad, Don’t Tell Mama, Kavehaz and Birdland, The Knitting Factory, Hat City Kitchen, Maplewoodstock, Rails Steakhouse, Ryland Inn, Stonehouse, Liberty House, and Gladstone Tavern just to name a few. His originality sprang from many influences that range from The Beatles and Billy Joel to jazz and classical music.
Among David’s accomplishments are working as the keyboard player in the off-broadway smash hit "A Jew Grows In Brooklyn." which ran in NYC from 2006-2007, and being commissioned to write and perform an original song called “Change The Way You See Everything” as a companion to the best-selling book of the same name. In 2008, his band won 2nd place in an original music contest judged by Trish Frisbie and Eugene Foley. In 2010, they made it to the local finals of the Hard Rock Cafe Ambassadors of Rock Battle of The Bands.
He has a BA in Music/Philosophy from St. Lawrence University, studied classical piano with Lee Dell'Anno at Kent School, jazz with the late great Jaki Byard (Manhattan School of Music) and done workshops with jazz legends Billy Taylor and Barry Harris. Torn between his passion to compose and perform he was awarded first place in the Hutchinson piano competition two years in a row.
David has his own band that plays mostly in the New York/Tri-State area showcasing David’s original pop/rock music and covers. Whether you are looking for a funky chill band to rock an audience or for a jazz combo to play at a private party, or a solo "Piano man" David Easton is your guy.
Here are some of the members who play regularly with David Easton Band:
Drums - Poet, John Oakes, Steve Plesnarski
Bass - Jon Ru, Glenn Korzin
Guitar - Udi Levy , Rob Betrus,
Sax - Dan Perez
Read some reviews here: