Dave Pike

Dave Pike (March 23, 1938 — Oct. 4, 2015) was an American cool-jazz vibraphonist from Detroit who played with Paul Bley and the Jazz Couriers during the late 1950s. In 1961, Pike debuted as a bandleader with an album on Riverside Records, followed by albums on New Jazz, Moodsville, and Atlantic. In 1968, he assembled the jazz-rock Dave Pike Set with Dutch and German musicians. The band released five albums on MPS and another on Relax between 1969 and 1973. Pike followed the act with a string of albums on Muse Records during the late 1970s. He was also a regular backing player for Herbie Mann.

The Dave Pike Set

Members: Dave Pike (vibraphone), Volker Kriegel (guitar, sitar), Hans Rettenbacher (bass, cello), Peter Baumeister (drums, percussion), Ruud Jacobs (bass), Louis Debij (drums), Joop Scholten (guitar), Rob Franken (organ)

Solo discography:

• The Jazz Couriers (1957)
• It’s Time for Dave Pike (1961)
• Pike’s Peak (1962 • The Dave Pike Quartet)
• Bossa Nova Carnival (1962)
• Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (1963)
• Limbo Carnival (1963)
• Manhattan Latin: The Sensuous Rhythms of Spanish Harlem (1964)
• Jazz for the Jet Set (1966)
• Live at the Philharmonie (1969)
• The Doors of Perception (live, 1970)
• Times Out of Mind (1976)
• On a Gentle Note (1978)
• Let the Minstrels Play On (1980)
• Moon Bird (1983)
• Pike’s Groove (1986 • Dave Pike With The Cedar Walton Trio)
• BopHead (1998)
• Peligroso (2000)

Dave Pike Set discography:

• Four Reasons (1969)
• Got the Feelin’ (1969)
• Noisy Silence – Gentle Noise (1969)
• Infra-Red (1970)
• Live at the Philharmonie (1970)
• Album (1971)
• Salomao (1973)