About Dave Kline

Based in Washington DC, Dave Kline is a fiery electric and acoustic violinist, creating an impact with his compositions and performances since 1972, sharing the stage with the likes of multi-Grammy winner Jazz great Chick Corea, Country star Dwight Yoakam, premier Grammy winning Gypsy Jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel and local favorites VERONNEAU. Dave's music has been featured on NPR and DC's local stations WPFW, WUMC and Takoma Park’s WOW radio. A regular guest of award winning VERONNEAU on stage and in the studio, Dave has appeared on three of their CD releases Joie de Vivre, which was featured in the US top 10 charts for World and Jazz music, Snow Time, which won the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) WAMMIE award for Best Jazz Album, 2014 (Dave also engineered and co-produced this album), and Love and Surrender which was in the top 5 of Roots Music Report World Chart for over 15 weeks (which Dave also engineered and co-produced). Dave has enlivened audiences at IOTA, Gypsy Sally's, Blues Alley, and other local venues, including Washington, DC area festivals such as the Alexandria Jazz and World Festivals, the Petworth Jazz Festival and Takoma Park JazzFest.

Dave's albums Life's Little Mysteries and Eclecticity succinctly demonstrate the breadth of his original compositions. While his recording Shifting Borders reached #1 on the Top 50 Jazz Charts with Roots Music.