Dave Baron

Dave Baron is a double bassist who has become a fixture of the New York jazz scene, valued for anchoring a rhythm section with a firm, melodic foundation. He has performed with Fred Hersch, Peter Bernstein, Frank Kimbrough, Russell Malone, Steve Nelson, Lew Tabackin, and Mary Stallings, and appears regularly at clubs including Smalls, Mezzrow, Birdland, Dizzy's Club, and the Blue Note. Raised in Simsbury, Connecticut, he started on cello before turning to jazz bass, studying at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts with Jimmy Greene. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Eastman School of Music and a master's in jazz performance at Juilliard, where he studied with Ron Carter. Baron was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition and took second place in the International Society of Bassists' Scott LaFaro Jazz Competition, and he has recorded on some twenty albums as a leader and sideman.