Dave Tull Trio at The Sound Room

Celebrated drummer/singer/composer Dave Tull makes his first appearance in the Bay Area as a leader, only 41 years after graduating from the famed Berkeley High School jazz program! Dave Tull’s latest release, “Texting and Driving” was the #2 most requested new album of 2018 on SiriusXM Real Jazz, and was featured by NPR’s Susan Stamberg on Weekend Edition. Singing from the drums, Dave brings to the stage a rare combination of joyous songwriting, world-class jazz singing and drumming. Think “Frishberg meets Gershwin”. Dave’s songs have been called both “laugh out loud funny” and inspiring of “soul searching and introspection”, propelling “Texting and Driving” to #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, and #3 on the Billboard Comedy Chart in the same week, and 23 weeks on the JazzWeek chart! ...

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Celebrated drummer/singer/composer Dave Tull makes his first appearance in the Bay Area as a leader, only 41 years after graduating from the famed Berkeley High School jazz program! Dave Tull’s latest release, “Texting and Driving” was the #2 most requested new album of 2018 on SiriusXM Real Jazz, and was featured by NPR’s Susan Stamberg on Weekend Edition. Singing from the drums, Dave brings to the stage a rare combination of joyous songwriting, world-class jazz singing and drumming. Think “Frishberg meets Gershwin”. Dave’s songs have been called both “laugh out loud funny” and inspiring of “soul searching and introspection”, propelling “Texting and Driving” to #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, and #3 on the Billboard Comedy Chart in the same week, and 23 weeks on the JazzWeek chart!

Dave’s celebrated first CD, “I Just Want To Get Paid”, continues to get regular airplay many years after its release.

Dave has been the drummer for Barbra Streisand since 2016 and spent ten years as the drummer and vocalist for Chuck Mangione.

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