David Sandman

David Sandman is a jazz guitarist, composer, and teacher based in New York by way of Seattle. He began studying jazz guitar in Seattle in the mid 1990s with local players including Milo Peterson, and led and co-led groups there across jazz, funk, swing, and old time string music while hosting a weekly jam session. Since moving to New York he has become a familiar presence at Smalls, where he hosts the club's afternoon jam session. Alongside performing, he teaches jazz idiom and improvisation to students in person and online.