David Belove

Belove was born in Kansas City and relocated to California in the early 1980s. He studied at San Francisco State University and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.{{cite web |title=Jazzschool Faculty |url=https://cjc.edu/jazzschool/jazzschool-faculty/ |website=California Jazz Conservatory |access-date=29 January 2021}} He later settled in Oakland.

Belove has recorded and toured with Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Tito Puente, 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. He has been a member of various groups, including the Machete Ensemble,{{cite news |title=John Santos and the Machete Ensemble: The Farewell Concert|url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/12420/john_santos_and_the_machete_ensemble_the_farewell_concert |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=KQED |date=7 December 2006 |language=en}} the Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble,{{cite news |last1=Bartlett |first1=Jean |title=Vibist Roger Glenn and his Latin Jazz Ensemble play Saturday night at Pacifica Performances |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/920147366/?match=1&terms=%22David%20Belove%22%20jazz |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Pacifica Tribune |date=6 June 2012 |page=10 |language=en}} the Latin Jazz All Stars,{{cite news |last1=Worsham |first1=Doris G. |title=Whispers, Bay Area jazz artists make a musical feast |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/758686736/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=10 October 1983 |page=21 |language=en}} and Canoneo.{{cite news |last1=Kelp |first1=Larry |title=Canoneo is fusing an identity with jazz fans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/758711887/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=8 April 1987 |page=56 |language=en}} He was also a member of the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet,{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=Andrew |title=Bay Area jazz hits right notes in 2015 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/930066037/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=31 December 2015 |page=45 |language=en}} with whom he has been nominated for several Grammy Awards.{{cite web |title=David Belove |url=http://www.bassmods.com/David-Belove_ep_69-1.html |website=Bass Mods |access-date=19 December 2020}}

Belove has taught at the California Jazz Conservatory.{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Kit |title=The Last Mambo: Documenting Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz |url=https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2019/11/the-last-mambo-documenting-bay-area-salsa-and-latin-jazz/ |website=Open Space |access-date=5 February 2025 |date=20 November 2019}} He co-directed the school's Latin Jazz Ensemble.{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=Andrew |title=Strings on steroids… This ain’t no chamber music |url=https://www.berkeleyside.org/2016/04/22/strings-on-steroidsthis-aint-no-chamber-music |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Berkeleyside |date=22 April 2016}}

Belove was featured in the documentary The Last Mambo.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Jennifer |title=The Last Mambo |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/2024/09/12/the-last-mambo |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=KPBS Public Media |date=12 September 2024 |language=en}}

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