Birth name David Tyrone Walker Website davidtwalker.com Years active 1957 - Present | Instruments Guitar Also known as "David T." Name David Walker | |
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Born June 25, 1941 (age 82)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ( 1941-06-25 ) Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer, musician Role Guitarist · davidtwalker.com Albums Swing Street Cafe, Rhapsody in White Music group The Love Unlimited Orchestra Genres Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk, Jazz Similar People Chuck Rainey, Joe Sample, Clarence McDonald, Leon Chancler, Everette Harp | ||
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David T. Walker (born June 25, 1941) is an American guitarist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued fifteen albums in his own name.
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- David t walker lovin you live official video
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- Career
- As Leader
- As sideman
- References
David t walker soul food cafe live official video
Career
David Tyrone Walker was born to a Native American mother and African American father. He attended David Starr Jordan High School in the Watts area of Los Angeles. He has recorded fifteen solo albums since his debut release, The Sidewalk, in 1967. He has also been a session rhythm and lead guitarist, appearing on numerous soul, funk, and jazz releases. His backup work was featured on several notable albums of the early 1970s, including Stevie Wonder's Innervisions; Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On and I Want You; Carole King's Fantasy; The Jackson 5's Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, and Maybe Tomorrow; Michael Jackson's Ben; and Quincy Jones's Body Heat. He also played with the combo Afrique on its 1973 Afro funk release Soul Makossa.
Other musicians Walker has worked with over the years include James Brown, Ray Charles, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Martha and the Vandellas, Four Tops, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Billy Preston, Bobby Womack, Barry White, Hampton Hawes, Herbie Hancock, Lou Rawls, Willie Hutch, Jeffrey Osborne, Johnny Bristol, Solomon Burke, Cannonball Adderley, B.B. King, Pharoah Sanders, Donald Byrd, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Sarah Vaughan, Sérgio Mendes, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Gerald Levert, and Boz Scaggs.
His song "On Love" was sampled on the breakbeat compilation album Tribe Vibes Vol. 2 by the group A Tribe Called Quest. His guitar riff on Joe Sample's "In All My Wildest Dreams" (from Rainbow Seeker) was sampled on Tupac Shakur's song "Dear Mama".
Walker played in Bill Cosby's all-star band at the 2008 Playboy Jazz Festival.
Recently he has gained popularity in Japan for playing guitar for the pop music group Dreams Come True, and on band member Miwa Yoshida's solo albums, and has also performed live with them. He also leads his group on tours of Japan each year. He recently toured Japan with Marlena Shaw, Larry Carlton and a Brazilian artist Ed Motta. His earlier albums have found new life by being reissued in Japanese editions, along with "best of" collections. An album titled Thoughts was released in Japan in 2008. A holiday album titled Wear My Love was released in Japan in 2009. For All Time was released in 2010.
As Leader
As sideman
With Martha & The Vandellas
With Stevie Wonder
With The Jackson 5
With Marvin Gaye
With Cannonball Adderley
With Donald Byrd
With Herbie Hancock
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobbi Humphrey
With Yōsui Inoue
With Quincy Jones
With Blue Mitchell
With Alphonse Mouzon
With Jeffrey Osborne
With Marlena Shaw
With Stanley Turrentine
With Vulfpeck