Biography
Born in San Francisco and raised in Saratoga, California, jazz guitarist David Boswell grew up in a musical household that included his older brother, John Boswell, who also went on to become a professional musician. He started guitar lessons in second grade and, at age twelve, put together a rock band for school dances. A Pat Metheny concert he attended at sixteen registered as “a religious experience,” prompting full immersion in jazz. Selected soon afterward for a group of young musicians, he traveled to Woodstock, New York, to study with Metheny for several weeks. His income, however, came from rock rather than jazz, first as a member of the Bay Area band the Metro Jets, which released the album About to Surface. After moving to Los Angeles he formed another rock group, Model 2, and completed the guitar program at the Grove School of Music. He also pursued film-scoring studies at UCLA, knowledge he later applied when composing the score for the documentary The Jim Bama Story.
Boswell established himself as a Los Angeles session musician, appearing on albums by Broadway performers Stacy Sullivan, Joanne O’Brien, Kevin Koelbl, Cindy Benson, and Franc d’Ambrosio. At the same time he assembled his own jazz group and began playing nightclubs. His first solo album, Hold Tight to Your Dreams, came out in 2004 on his own My Quiet Moon Records label; the follow-up, Bridge of Art, appeared on March 1, 2006.
Boswell established himself as a Los Angeles session musician, appearing on albums by Broadway performers Stacy Sullivan, Joanne O’Brien, Kevin Koelbl, Cindy Benson, and Franc d’Ambrosio. At the same time he assembled his own jazz group and began playing nightclubs. His first solo album, Hold Tight to Your Dreams, came out in 2004 on his own My Quiet Moon Records label; the follow-up, Bridge of Art, appeared on March 1, 2006.
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