Dave is known as both a pianist and as a Hammond B-3 organ player and performs in a variety of styles. Dave has performed with countless jazz masters, rock stars, blues icons, soul legends, as well as the Portland Sympohony Orchestra. Some of the talent Dave has shared the stage with include: B.B. King, The Pointer Sisters, Steve Miller, Taj Mahal, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Musselwhite, Curtis Salgado, Kim Wilson, Jeff Tyzik, Charles Floyd, Mel Brown, Bobby Torres, Rob Scheps, Willie “Big-Eyes” Smith, John Gross, Warren Rand, Dan Balmer, Alan Jones, Paul Delay, Valerie Day, Chris Mayther, Sherman Robertson, Phillip Walker, Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones, Kathy Walker, Shelly Rudolph, Gary Burford, Duffy Bishop, Monti Amundson, Rubberneck and many others.

He has recently been involved in theatre, arranging and leading the band through 1940’s wartime era “1945, A Christmas from Home” and for a revue of Patsy Cline music. Dave also owns and operates a project studio out of his home, where he acts as both producer and engineer for his own projects and numerous others. He teaches lessons and classes through Ethos (a nonprofit music school) and the Multnomah Art Center, and has been a clinician at College and High School levels.

Dave has been profiled in JazzScene, The Statesman Journal, The Oregonian, Willamette Week, Postitively Entertainment & Dining, The Portland Tribune, and is a frequent guest performer on Homegrown Jazz with Mary Burlingame, a live broadcast from KMHD, the Portland area jazz radio station. His recorded performances and compositions can also be heard frequently on KMHD.

Born Michael David Fleschner, in Sacramento, CA, May 6, 1974. His parents, Michael David Fleschner (1943 – 2005) and Patricia Anne Nikkel (Born in 1946) owned a small farm outside of Salem, OR until David was five, at which point they moved to Trinidad, a small coastal town in northern California. Mickey enjoyed playing old Country and Western tunes on the guiter and both Mickey and Patti enjoyed singing, at home and in the community choir.

Dave began piano lessons at the age of seven, and composed and performed music for the school band in seventh and eight grade under the instruction of Jim Hatchimonji and Anne Rodden. In High School, Dave began guitar lessons and had instruction in Theory, Composition and Electronic music at the preparatory institute at Humboldt State University. Dave composed music for his own band, Muddy Undercarriage, performing at Mack High Live and for dances and private parties. He also composed and performed a piano piece for his high school graduation ceremony.

In 1992 Dave received academic and music composition scholarships to Willamette University, where he was introduced to jazz by Dr. Martin Behnke. He continued to study composition with composer in residence, Dr. John Peel and played in the Big Band led by Portland bassist Tom Wakeling. While at Willamette he received a Carson Undergraduate research grant for composition and received an Outstanding Student award for his role in various jazz combos and the Willamette Singers, led by Dr. Wallace Long.

Between his second and third years at Willamette, Dave attended a semester at The Berklee School of Music in Boston, receiving guidance in more modern concepts of jazz from pianist Marc Rossi and bassist David Johnson.

After completing Willamette with a BA in English and a music minor, Dave moved to Portland, OR, where he still resides. He was a founding member of Groove Revelation, an ensemble dedicated to playing original music which toured California and the Pacific Northwest. In 1997, he received a Laurels Full tuition scholarship to Portland State University, where he studied with pianists Darrell Grant and Randy Porter, as well as with arranger Charles Gray. Before completing his BM in Jazz Performance from PSU, Dave received an Outstanding Musicianship award for his performance at the University of Reno Jazz Festival.

Dave married Gina Louise Duvoisin and composed four string quartets for their wedding ceremony on July, 5 2002. They now have three children, Sebastian Anthony Fleschner, and Eloise Marie Fleschner, and Georgia Lee Fleschner.

Discography:

As a sideman:
Deep Roots volumes I through IX; annually from May 1998 to 2009
Ken Ollis, Confluence, 2009
Dave Milne, 2006
Eric Ferguson, Brachiocephalic Trunk; 2006
Elena Lunevskaya, DYX; 2006
Ben Fowler Quintet, The Pilgrimage; 2005
Chris Mayther Band, Big Blue Eyed Soul; 2005
Kenny Lavitz, Too Many Hats; 2005
Michael Partlow Four, 2005
Young Lions of Zion, Your Sanctuary; 2003
The Vantucky Diamonds, Rock House; 2002
Northwest Foundations, Compilation; 2001
Jane Wright, Synergy; 2000
Billy Hagen, You Should’a Been Pretty; 2002
Blake Woods and Monica’s Dress, Safe in Heaven Dead; 2000
D. Mark Jackson, 3 Years On; 1999

I am proud to use a Nord Stage 88EX and Quik-Lok keyboard stands.