DAVE BLICKENSTAFF
Dave has performed with national acts such as the Temptations, the Four Tops, and Diane Schuur. Regionally, he has played with the Von Ohlen-Allee Big Band, the Blue Wisp Big Band, Orquesta Bravo, and the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra. He has also performed with the Midcoast Swing Orchestra, Harold Cardwell, Jeff Deherdt, the Cool Chilies, and the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra. His twenty-plus years of professional experience includes festival, touring, club, musical theatre, private, industrial, symphonic, recording, and cruise ship venues. Dave's introduction to Latin and Salsa music was with Jorge Alvarez and Orquesta Novasound in Atlanta.