David Lyttle was born on 21 June 1984 and is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, composer and record label owner from Waringstown, Northern Ireland.
16 Facts About David Lyttle
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David Lyttle has released five solo albums and eight EPs, and received nominations in the MOBO Awards and Urban Music Awards.
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David Lyttle began his jazz career in the band of Louis Stewart in 2007 and released his debut album True Story the same year.
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David Lyttle has featured notable jazz artists in his groups, including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Seamus Blake, Terell Stafford, Greg Osby, Jean Toussaint and Tim Warfield, and appeared in the groups of Jesse van Ruller, David Kikoski and Soweto Kinch.
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David Lyttle was nominated in the 2015 MOBO Awards for Best Jazz Act.
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David Lyttle is the first Irish musician to have been nominated for a MOBO.
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David Lyttle was nominated for an Urban Music Award in October 2015.
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David Lyttle has released three acoustic jazz albums, two crossover albums and five hip-hop EPs.
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David Lyttle plays Rhodes piano, cello, organ and bass guitar on the recording which he produced.
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David Lyttle has since released a further eight hip-hop EPs, including four volumes of his Trailer Sound series.
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In 2015 David Lyttle was Derry's Musician In Residence as part of the city's legacy program following its designation as UK City of Culture.
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In September and October 2017, David Lyttle was the British Council and PRS for Music's Musician In Residence in Suzhou, China.
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David Lyttle collaborated with traditional Chinese musicians and released a weekly podcast called Tapes From China.
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David Lyttle is the artistic director of Jazzlife Alliance, a non-profit jazz talent development organisation whose principle funder is the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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David Lyttle is the founder of its youth programme, Jazz Juniors, which is based at the Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast.
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David Lyttle has produced debut albums for young talents such as Israeli classical pianist Ariel Lanyi and Slovakian jazz guitarist Andreas Varady, who was managed by Quincy Jones and was discovered by Lyttle in 2010.