David Belove is an American Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz bass guitarist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was born in Kansas City and relocated to California in the early 1980's.[1] He studied at San Francisco State University and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.[2] Belove has recorded and toured with Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Tito Puente, the Machete Ensemble, Rebeca Mauleon-Santana, Claudia Villela, and Oscar Castro-Neves. He has also worked with jazz artists Joe Henderson, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others.[1] Belove's work in music education includes playing bass on the Salsa and Latin Jazz, Volume 74 of the Jamey Aebersold's "Play-A-Long" series,[3] and he currently conducts classes in Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, California.[4]
He has been nominated for several Grammy Awards as part of the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet.[1] He was featured in the documentary The Last Mambo.[5]