DAVID ASHKENAZY began his musical journey by studying piano and guitar at the age of nine and was later introduced to the drums. Growing up in Southern California he immersed himself in a wide variety of musical styles including Rock, Jazz, Klezmer, Reggae, Blues and Funk. David's formal education began at California State University, Long Beach where he studied classical and world percussion and later had the honor of studying with Jeff Hamilton, Joe Labarbera. Peter Erskine, Kenny Washington, Steve Davis and Samir Chatterjee.

He was a full time freelance drummer in Los Angeles for 10 years and is now living in New York City and actively performing in a wide variety of musical environments.

Some of the bands and musicians David has performed with include the Grammy winning Klezmatics, The Josh Nelson Project, The Gold Magnolias, Matt Darriau's Shabbes Elevator, Gustavo Bulgach's Klezmer Juice, Redlight Cinema, Ze Luis Oliveira, Joel Frahm, Jon Gordon, Brad Shepik, Steve Cardinas, Gilad Hekselman, Gary Versace, Alan Ferber, Matt Clohesy, Mike Moreno, Robin Verheyen, Ed Schuller, Clay Jenkins, Adrian Cunningham, Scott Ritchie, Dan Pratt, Rob Scheps, Jared Gold, Nate Radely, Matt Otto, Ricky Woodard, Bob Sheppard, Larry Fuller, Gilbert Castellanos, Christoph Luty, Ron Stout, John Campbell, Tony Dumas, Carl Saunders, Steve Cotter, & Joe Bagg.

David is currently playing Istanbul Agop cymbals, Evans Heads and Pro-Mark sticks.