Dave Tull — Drums & Vocals

"In my opinion, Dave Tull is the greatest jazz singer on the scene today." — Richie Cole, November 2018

"Texting and Driving not only gives jazz fans new material that Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson would have enjoyed, but is one of the finest jazz vocal albums of the year." — Scott Yanow, L.A. Jazz Scene, May 2018

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." His songs have been called both "laugh out loud funny" and inspiring of "soul searching and introspection." Dave'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. The album rose to #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and #3 on the Billboard Comedy Chart in the same week. His celebrated first CD, I Just Want To Get Paid, continues to get regular airplay many years after its release.

When not leading his own trio, Dave is one of the busiest drummers on the scene. In 2016 he became the drummer for Barbra Streisand and has played five tours with her, including Madison Square Garden in July 2019 and her GRAMMY-nominated live Netflix concert The Music…The Mem'ries…The Magic! From 2000 to 2010 he toured as drummer and lead vocalist for Chuck Mangione. Dave is also the drummer on Pixar's popular Forky Asks A Question series and Disney's Monsters At Work.

Dave has led his trio at the Vail Jazz Festival and Winter Concert Series (three times), Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (with a two-hour KKJZ broadcast), San Diego's KSDS 88.3 FM Jazz Live series, the Newport Beach Jazz Party, The Nash in Phoenix, The Arts Garage in Boca Raton, the Miami Jazz Coop in Coral Gables, Jazz Showcase in Chicago, the JazzVox house concert series in Seattle, The Strathallan Hotel in Rochester, the Jazz at Joe's series in Bend, OR, the California Jazz Arts Society, and countless times at the iconic Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, CA.

In May 2022, The Dave Tull Songbook was released by Sher Music, including 21 of Dave's original compositions available in print for the first time.