UPCOMING SHOWS
Sep27th- Chris Maxwell:Album Release The Colony, Woodstock, NY
Sep 28th- Nico Soffiato Trio: Westwind Orchard, Accord, NY
Oct 1- Bombino 123 Pleasant Street Morgantown, WV
Oct 3- Bombino Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 4- Bombino Lowdown Tulsa, OK
Oct 5- Bombino Whitewater Tavern, Little Rock, AR
Oct 18th- MK Groove Orchestra: Groove And Grind, Rubulad, Brooklyn, NY
Nov 23rd- Innov Gnawa: Lila Barbes In The Woods Racebrook Lodge Sheffield, MA
Dec 7th- Bitches Brew (Album Live): Racebrook Lodge, Sheffield MA
Jan 17th- Bitches Brew (Album Live): Racebrook Lodge, Sheffield MA
Mar 14th- Bitches Brew (Album Live): Racebrook Lodge, Sheffield MA
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GEAR
BASSES
1951 Reissue Telecaster Bass w/ Rio Grande Pickups
1967 Univox Lectra Bass w/ Curtis Novak Pickups
1968 Sunburst 335 Hoyer Bass
1989 Greco Thunderbird Bass
1977 MusicMan Stingray Bass
1971 Gibson EB-3
1978 Kramer DMZ 4001
1977 Fender P Bass
1976 Musicman Stingray
1987 Yamaha Motion MB-II
1989 Yamaha BB5000
1975 Ovation Magnum II Fretless Bass
1950s Kay Upright Bass
1920 Czech Upright Bass
Ghimbri (North African Gut-String Bass)
2023 Fender Squier Bass VI w/ Curtis Novak Pickups
Regal RD-05 Resonator Bass
PERCUSSION
Doumbeq
Cooperman Riq
Chimta
Qraqebs
Cooperman Frame Drum
Remo Ocean Drum
Hadjira
Chocalho
Tambourines, Shakers, & Sleigh Bells
AMPS
1978 Univox U-1061 Bass Tube Head
Mesa Boogie Subway TT 800
1x15 Schroeder Cab
1x12 Schroeder Cab
Acme Motown DI WB-3
Mesa Boogie 400+ Bass Tube Head
SYNTHS
Moog Sub 37
Roland SE-02
Sequential Circuits Prophet 6
EFFECTS
Dunlop DVP4 Volume Pedal
Electro Harmonix Pitch Fork
Cali 76 Bass Compressor
Team Awesome Fuzz
Electro Harmonix Oceans 11
Hotone Skyline Wally+ Looper
Origin Effects Super Vintage
Eventide H90
Meris LVX
Meris Ottobit Jr
Meris Hedra
Source Audio C4 Synth
GameChanger Plus
Hologram Microcosm
Disaster Area Q Connect
ABOUT
David Lizmi is a bass player and percussionist based in New York City and New York's Hudson Valley region. Born in Italy to a Morroccan mother and a Lebanese father, David grew up in Houston, Texas and received his undergraduate degree in Music Business/Management from The Berklee School of Music in Boston. He is a versatile and accomplished player of the electric and upright bass, bass synth, and Gimbri (a traditional North African gut-string bass), and supplements these talents with his fluency in an eclectic array of non-Western hand percussion instruments.
David has recorded and toured internationally with artists such as John Legend, George Ezra, MS MR, Sondre Lerche, Bombino, Matt Corby and Fun., and has performed live on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, and The Late Late Show with James Corden. He is also part of the New York-based Moroccan music collective Innov Gnawa, nominated for a Grammy in 2017 for Best Dance Recording.
When not traversing the lower end of the frequency spectrum, David serves as Senior Music Producer for PremiumBeat /Shutterstock Music Library and produces chopped-n’-screwed remixes under the moniker Spicy Legato.