David Rose

David Rose was one of the most popular and distinctive mainstream instrumental pop composers of the '40s, '50s, and '60s, writing a number of pieces that became part of the nation's collective memory. From "Holiday for Strings" to "The Stripper," his music was usually distinguished by a loose, humorous approach where the strings mimicked voices and the horns and percussion were alternately swinging and supportive.

David Rose was an american violinist from Susquehanna. Rose had recorded albums between 1977 and 1983 which make up his solo career, often backed by some of his colleagues from the French Transit Express (with whom he also founded a pop jazz band Blue Rose in the 80's, namely Serge Perathoner and Christian Basile Leroux). Besides fusion music, Rose was also a member of an American prog folk band named Fred in the late 60's and early 70's. His first album 'Distance Between Dreams' (engineered by Laurent Thibault of Magma) is the most famous one, but the rest also exhibit fusion that can be compared to that of Jean-Luc Ponty, as Rose also combined electronic sound with his acoustic and electric violins.