Dave Vessella Quartet

Dave Vessella’s music channels traditional New Orleans styles and West Coast jazz à la Chet Baker. He’s performed with Wayne State University and Danilo Perez at jazz festivals, led Walter White’s Big Band at the Michigan Jazz Festival, and played with the Detroit Pistons house band. His sound is deeply rooted in jazz and blues traditions shaped by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole. Vessella holds an M.M. from Wayne State University and a B.A. in Jazz Studies from Columbia College Chicago.