Dave Tucker
Pianist
Dave Tucker lives in Alexandria, Virginia, is married with two
children (27 & 18), and conducts patent research for a living.
Dave has played piano since 1970.In the early 1990s he took up piano performance with great enthusiasm, hooked up with the Northern Virginia Ragtime Society and started traveling around to all the major ragtime festivals.
His first CD “Tickled Ragtime & Novelties” in 2001 featured the music of Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, Zez Confrey and others. Recently, while expanding his ragtime repertoire, Dave has explored many other forms of early syncopated music including European novelty piano and the Harlem stride of James P. Johnson, Willie “The Lion” Smith and Fats Waller.
His second CD “Meadow Lark”, issued in April 2005, reflects his intense research, study and numerous experiences since first becoming a regular performer on the ragtime circuit. Meadow Lark includes songs of many styles, such as classic and modern-era ragtime, Harlem stride and other examples of early jazz piano music.
Dave has performed at the International Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, the Blind Boone Ragtime Festival, the Lake Superior Ragtime Festival, the Eau Claire Ragtime Festival, the Alexandria Bay Ragtime Festival and the Northern Virginia Ragtime Society, among other numerous appearances. Dave has also conducted several ragtime presentations for school children.
In September 2005, Dave joined the New HOTS Swing Jazz Orchestra as their pianist. The group maintains and performs over 300 songs of numerous styles covering the time period of 1890-1949.