Here are some upcoming events where Dave is performing. 
If you happen to attend, come on up and say hi.
We'd love to meet you!

• AUGUST 22: THE GENERAL (1927, dir. and starring Buster Keaton)

The Live Radio Theater shows at Joplin's Java in Waukegan on June 11 were a big hit for all who attended. Dave even played a few licks on the violin as Jack Benny! If you'd like to hear recordings of these live shows (and if you missed the Halloween program, those shows as well), please visit http://www.joplinsjava.com/
videos/audio1.php .

Dave will be back at Joplin's to give a solo piano concert on November 19.

Plus some not-so-live accompaniments:

Jan 2009 - Idaho author Larry Telles recently published his new book/DVD "A Brief History of the Silent Screen and the World at that Time" (press release: http://www.bitterrootmountainllc.com/bitterroot/?page_id=27), and Dave played keyboard accompaniment on the soundtrack for the DVD that comes with each book. Larry's personal website is www.essanayfilmmfgco.com.
 
Jan 2009 - Dave's piano music is featured on one selection of Chicago singer-songwriter Kathryn Gauthier's new CD "Sunshiny Day: Songs for Children and Cats." It  is available on CD Baby and at Kathryn's website, www.gauthierarts.com.

Dave's DVD & TV releases:

On July 22, 2008 Chicago-area classic video company All Day Entertainment released the 3-disc DVD collection "American Slapstick, vol. 2." The feature presentation is "Charley's Aunt," starring Syd Chaplin, with improvised piano soundtrack by Dave. Check out http://www.alldayentertainment.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.100.exe/online-store/scstore/
allday/slapstick/p-slap2.html?L+scstore+qpth5274ff287928+1225475901

(July 23, 2008) Another company Dave recorded for is Unknown Video, based in the San Francisco Bay area. www.unknownvideo.com. Dave played the piano soundtrack for their DVD of "The Sea Lion" (1922) starring Bessie Love and Hobart Bosworth. The DVD also includes a co-feature, Pauline Garon in "The Average Woman." Ordering details available on their website.

Another of Dave's soundtracks for Unknown Video has been released: "Whiz-Bang No. 1: Action Americana" http://www.unknownvideo.com/whizbang.htm

(July 23, 2008) Watch a 15th-anniversary video of Famous in the Future, www.youtube.com/watch?v=c67tW8ihmmE, the sketch comedy troupe in which Dave has participated as musician, actor, write and director. the video is a montage that includes sketches that were videotaped live and include vintage performances by Dave (often wearing glasses and sometimes playing his cornet).

On July 29, 2008, Kino released a double feature of "A Man There Was"/"Ingeborg Holm." Dave provides the piano soundtrack for Ingeborg Holm, the first significant work by Swedish director Victor Sjostrom.
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=924 

Turner Classic Movies, THE BUSHER (1919, dir. Jerome Storm, starring Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, piano accompaniment soundtrack by David Drazin, broadcast at 12:15 a.m. EDT Sunday, October 14, www.turnerclassicmovies.com for further info. One of four baseball silent films to be screened that evening from the Kino release "Reel Baseball." 

VCI Entertainment, WEISS-O-RAMA, (silent-film comedies from Kit Parker Films, 1925, 1927, 1928), www.vcientertainment.com, 2-DVD set, piano accompaniment soundtracks by Philip Carli and David Drazin. 
 

We're happy to announce that Dave has been chosen to be included in the 2006 60th diamond anniversary edition of Marquis "Who's Who in America." Who's Who profiles the careers of a select group of men and women from all significant fields of endeavor - from business and politics to healthcare and science to entertainment and the arts.
 
 

Articles

Summer 2010. "Pianist Jerold Frederic Reunited with Unique Recordings" by David Drazin in Asociation for Recorded Sound Collections issue 123.

July 15, 2010. "Pianist gives expression to silent film" by Dorothy Andries reporting in the Evanston Review is a really cool article telling how Dave got into playing for silent films.

February 2009 issue of Chicago Magazine, "Hollywood on the Lake: 29 Stars of the Movie Business Here," starting on page 58. Dave is featured on page 60 -- the page between Harold Ramis and Joan Cusack.  Here's the (pdf) piece on Dave.

The Sounds for Silence (newsobserver.com) Fri, Mar. 13, 2009 [PDF]

The Man Who Laughs (www.indyweek.com) 11 Mar. 2009 [PDF]

Northbrook Star, part of the Sun Times News Group, for September 19, 2008 features an interview with Dave.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/northbrook/news/1168762,nb-qanda-091808-s1.article

Fayetteville, NC Observer newspaper features an article about Dave's performance at the Sunrise Theater, Southern Pines, North Carolina.: http://www.FayObserver.com/article?id=258519. 

Adventures of a Pordenone Silent Film Fest Guest Pianist
Dave was asked to play for five film programs in Italy in late October. We had an event filled trip which Dave writes about here. Some pictures, too. Fayetteville, NC Observer newspaper article about Dave's performance at the Sunrise Theater, Southern Pines, North Carolina.: _www.FayObserver.com/article?id=258519_
(http://www.FayObserver.com/article?id=258519) 

The Sounds of Silents - review of Dave's work in Evanston Review from Pioneer Press (August 5, 2004).

Cineblog March 29, 2003 Entry: David Drazin Interview with Greg Dunlap.
 

MilestonesFilms.com White Thunder - review of new film about early filmmaker Varick Frissell. Bonus mention of several films made by Frissell, two of them with music by David Drazin.

Movies Without Malls - review in Evanston Review from Pioneer Press (January 8, 2004) mentions Dave.

Lights, Keaton, 'Cameraman' - Evanston Review article (April 8, 2004) mentions Dave.

Jazz Hands - Dave was interviewed for "Better Magazine," July 2008 issue, a project of the students at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism].