Dave Rastrick
David Rastrick – trumpets, vocals and multi-instrumentalist - has played with literally hundreds of bands throughout Western Australia (WA) and beyond.
Current bands include Jazztrix, Moodswingz, Odd Sock and The River Children. David is also active as a session musician for live shows and recordings. His songwriting merges jazz, reggae, funk, world music and other contemporary styles, using empowering lyrical themes of freedom, love, humanitarianism and environment.
David played for 11 years with Will Upson and the Rainbow Coast Big Band, studied jazz trumpet at the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and recently studied music at Great Southern Institute of Technology (Vocational Student of the year 2009).
David's enjoyed playing on the same bill as acts as diverse as Ian Moss, The Choirboys, Cat Empire, Salmonella Dub, Tex Perkins, Libby Hammer, James Morrison and Deni Hines, Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Darryl Braithwaite, Jon Stevens, The Violent Femmes, Directions in Groove (D.I.G), Tiddas, Danny Moss Trio with Elle Deslandes, Nic Conway, Pugsley Buzzard, Bob Malone and more.
David has recorded with WA music industry stalwarts Toby, Lorrae Coffin and Desert Child, south-coast locals Simone Keane, Jon Young and many more.
David has jammed, gigged and toured with acts including Lunar Circus, Rusty Brooks, South-Coast Jazzmen, Saritah, Ernie Watts, The Waifs, Jackie Orzascky, Tom Baker, Beeva Feeva, Carra, Table 27, Double Entendre, Xave Brown, KatieJ White, Blue Mannah, Lez Karski, Letterstick Band, Djerredjef Africa, Ash Grunwald, George Chislom, Fantuzzi and hundreds more.
