Davide Born 1980 is a professional Jazzguitarist and Guitarteacher. At home in the tradition, deeply rooted in swing and bebop, with his strongest influences being Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, but also blues, fusion and jazzrock players like Allen Holdsworth, Pat Metheny and Scott Henderson. Invitations to various festivals, clubs and concerthalls. Davide ist professioneller Jazzgitarrist und Dozent, er bewegt sich als Gitarrist in der Jazztradition, tief verwurzelt im Swing und Bebop und beeinflusst von Gitarristen wie Joe Pass, Pat Martino und Herb Ellis, jedoch ebenso beeindruckt von Fusion und Jazzrockvertretern; hier sind Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson und Allan Holdsworth zu nennen. Einladungen auf diverse Festivals und Clubs und die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Gitarristen (Martin Taylor, Bireli Lagrene, Saul Rubin, Garrison Fewell, Helmut Kagerer u.v.a ) sprechen für sein geschmackvolles und virtuoses Gitarrenspiel. Er arbeitet sowohl als Begleiter in diversen Formationen (u.a mit Sandra Badal, Deborah Carter, Jasmin Tabatabai ) als auch unter eigenem Namen mit seinem Hammond-Orgel-Trio auf verschiedenen Festivals und in Clubs in Deutschland. Davide lehrt als Dozent in Stuttgart, und auf internationalen Workshops. Coming from a very musical family, in which his brothers, 10 and 12 years his elder, are also guitarists, Davide started playing the guitar at the age of 8. He received extensive tuition in pop, rock and jazz till he was 18 years old, followed by several Years of Studying. He has been playing the guitar for more than Three decades now, as well as teaching the instrument as a lecturer in Stuttgart. Davide feels at home in the jazz tradition, deeply rooted in swing and bebop, with his strongest influences being Joe Pass and Herb Ellis, but also fusion and jazzrock players like Pat Metheny and Scott Henderson. Invitations to various festivals and clubs, and collaboration with other guitarists (Martin Taylor, Bireli Lagrene, Helmut Kagerer, Saul Rubin, Garrison Fewell to mention but a few) speak for his tasteful and virtuoso guitar playing. He works both as a sideman in several formations as well as performing with his Hammond Organ Trio in clubs and festivals all over Germany. Professional musician since 1996.