David Darling (musician)
| David Darling | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 4, 1941 Elkhart, Indiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, new-age |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Cello |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Labels | ECM |
| Associated acts | Gallery |
| Website | www |
David Darling (born March 3, 1941) is an American cellist and composer. In 2010, he won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. He has performed and recorded with Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra and has released several solo albums.
Darling was born in Elkhart, Indiana. He was interested in music from an early age, beginning piano when he was four, cello at ten, and string bass in high school. He studied classical cello at Indiana State University and after graduating remained there another four years as a teacher.
He worked as a studio musician in Nashville, Tennessee and was a member of the Paul Winter Consort until 1978. During the following year, he formed the chamber jazz group Gallery with Ralph Towner and released his first solo album.
Darling's performance and composition draw on a wide range of styles, including classical, jazz, Brazilian, African, and Indian music.
He has written and performed music for more than a dozen major motion pictures, the horror film Child's Play (1988), Heat (1995), and Until the End of the World (1991). He contributed music to Nouvelle Vague (1990), Éloge de l'amour (2001), and Notre musique (2004).
In 2000, he recorded an unusual collaboration with the Wulu Bunun, a group of Taiwanese aborigines.
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