David Gilmore

David Gilmore ( born February 5, 1964 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ) is an American jazz guitarist.

After a guitar training with John and Randy Roos Baboian in Boston he studied at the University of New York City under Joe Lovano and Jim McNeely. From 1987 he worked professionally at first with the M-Base Collective to Steve Coleman, later also with Ronald Shannon Jackson, Trilok Gurtu, Graham Haynes, Robin Eubanks, and Lonnie Plaxico. Since the 1990s, he was a member of the group Lost Tribe, besides he also performed with Meshell Ndegeocello, Monday Michiru and Tom Lang.

In 1995 he became a member of the band by Wayne Shorter. Furthermore, he recorded albums with Christian McBride, Carolyn Leonhart, Don Byron and Uri Caine and toured with Bill Evans, Victor Bailey and Cindy Blackman. 2001, the debut CD of the band appeared ritualism child Read Spirits, which he founded with his brother Marque Gilmore, Matt Garrison and Aref Durvesh. Followed in 2006 Unified Presence, on the Gilmore, along with Christian McBride, Jeff Tain Watts and Ravi Coltrane plays.

In addition, Gilmore operated as a producer and composer. As a sideman he was, inter alia, with Wayne Shorter, Cindy Blackman, Geri Allen, Steve Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Rachelle Ferrell, Cyndi Lauper, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, the The Jazz Crusaders, Art Blakey and Cassandra Wilson heard.