Career
After studying music at Ohio State University, he launched his professional career by moving to New New York lieutenant was there that he first toured and recorded with artists such as Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson. Dave Carpenter appeared on countless sessions, and had dozens of television, film themes and soundtracks to his recording cartulary-register
He worked with artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Steve Hass, Peter Erskine, Joel Taylor, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Mitchel Forman, Eric Marienthal, Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, Rita Coolidge, Russian Freeman, Rod Stewart, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, David Benoit, Boz Scaggs, Shakira, Dick Halligan, and many more.
Carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack at age 48.
