{{Use American English|date=May 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{short description|American trumpeter (born 1978)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dave Guy | image = The Dap Kings Horns (4477781277).jpg | alt = Guy playing trumpet in black and white. | caption = Guy (foreground) with The Dap-Kings in 2010. |birth_date={{bda|1978|12|9}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | origin = | genre = | occupation = Musician | instrument = Trumpet | years_active = 1995–present | label = | current_member_of = {{hlist|The Roots|Menahan Street Band|El Michels Affair|Lee Fields & The Expressions}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings|Antibalas|Dujeous}} }} '''David Anthony Guy''' (born December 9, 1978) is an American trumpet player. Since 2014, he has played with The Roots, including on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian Hendrickson-Smith and Dave Guy now in Jimmy Fallon's House Band!!! – Defend Music|url=https://defendmusic.com/2014/02/26/ian-hendrickson-smith-and-dave-guy-now-in-jimmy-fallons-house-band/|access-date=March 6, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Over his more than two decade career, he has been part of the groups Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, and Lee Fields & The Expressions, among others. A prolific touring and session musician, he often works with producer Mark Ronson and can be heard playing on tracks including "Valerie" and "Uptown Funk."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Dave Guy|url=https://www.dapkings.com/dave-guy|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=The Dap-Kings|language=en-US}}</ref>
Guy has also played with Antibalas, The Sugarman 3, El Michels Affair, and Charles Tolliver's Big Band, and toured as part of Amy Winehouse's band.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wooster School Jazz Series Continues with Dave Guy|url=https://www.woosterschool.org/page.cfm?p=517&newsid=1120|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=www.woosterschool.org}}</ref> As part of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2020|title=Dave Guy|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/dave-guy/18458|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref>
Guy was born and raised in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=amNY|title=Scoopy's Notebook, Week of May 4, 2017|url=https://www.amny.com/news/scoopys-notebook-week-of-may-4-2017/|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=amNewYork|date=May 4, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> He attended LaGuardia High School and studied music performance at the Manhattan School of Music and The New School, graduating in 2000.<ref name=":0" /> While still in high school, he formed the hip hop band Dujeous.
[[File:The Roots at The Blue Note, NYC, in 2025.jpg|thumb|Dave Guy (middle, trumpet) with The Roots at The Blue Note, NYC, in 2025]]
== Discography== ===As leader=== * ''Ruby'', Big Crown Records, 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Guy - Ruby |url=https://bigcrownrecords.com/store/ruby/ |website=Big Crown Records |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dillon |first1=Ryan |title=Dave Guy Talks Solo Album ‘Ruby’ & Life With The Roots, Dap-Kings & Other Modern Soul Legends |url=https://glidemagazine.com/305188/dave-guy-talks-solo-album-ruby-life-with-the-roots-daptones-other-soulful-legends-interview/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |publisher=Glide Magazine |date=September 19, 2024}}</ref>
===As featured=== * "Visions" - Norah Jones, 2024 * "New Year's Eve Polka [5-4-3-2-1]", "Hey Rudy" - Jimmy Fallon / The Roots / Weird Al Yankovic, 2024 * "Boy Kills World [Songs From the Original Motion Picture] - El Michels Affair, 2024
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{{Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings}} {{The Legendary Diamond Mine}}{{US-trumpeter-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy, Dave}} Category:American trumpeters Category:Living people Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:American soul musicians Category:Musicians from New York City Category:Antibalas members Category:1978 births Category:Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings members Category:Jazz musicians from New York (state) Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni Category:The New School alumni