Recent producing credits are David Crawford "Shangri-La" CD on the Jazzer Inc Label and Greg Walker "Singing the Gospel"
David Crawford: Bio
DAVID CRAWFORD
(Arranger, Producer, Composer & Flutist)
David Crawford was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
After graduating from Centennial High School in Compton,
California David received a full scholarship to California
Institute of the Arts and received a Bachelors and Masters
Degree in Music with a Flute Major.
He began his professional career as an orchestrator/Arranger for such artist as Friends of Distinction, Blue Magic, Sylvers, Patti Labelle, Freda Payne, Phyllis Hyman, Confunkshun, Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige, The Whispers, Shalamar, Rene & Angela, Bobby Womack and many others just to name a few.
Producer Credits of CD’s include: Vesta (A&M) Records: “Vesta”; “4U”; “Special”, Chuck Cissel (Arista Records) “Just for You” , Woods Empire (CBS/Tabu Records) “Universal Love”, Art Wilson (CBS/Tabu Records), David Crawford (Jazzer Inc. Records) & Greg Walker “Singing the Gospel”.
Compositions: “Hunger” (Vesta, A & M Records), “I’ll Do Anything for You” (Freda Payne, Capitol Records)
“Faithful”, “Persevere” (Greg Walker), “Universal Love”,
(Woods Empire, Tabu Records), “Shangri-La”-CD (David Crawford)
As a flutist his professional career includes commercial recordings (Ahmad Jamal, Temptations & Vesta), TV commercials and Live performances with Stevie Wonder and Isaac Hayes. He has performed with the Santa Monica & Burbank Symphony Orchestras as well.