David Rokeach - drummer
REVIEWS - David Rokeach, Drums

Tony Corman – Article – Berkeleyside – Oct 5, 2022
Chris Trinidad – CD Review – Jazz Views With Shizuka Shearn 2.0 – Jan 29, 2022
Freda Payne – Article – The Orinda News – Jan 25, 2022
Chris Trinidad – CD Review – All About Jazz – Dec 29, 2021
David Rokeach – Article – East Bay Times – June 26, 2021
Rita Moreno @ The Broad Stage – Broadway World – November 11, 2019
Marilyn Maye @ Feinstein's – The Chronicle – March 23, 2018
Liz Callaway @ The Venetian Room – Cabaret Scenes – March 11, 2018
Lucie Arnaz @ Feinstein's – ForAllEvents.info – February 25, 2018
Debbie Poryes – CD Review – DownBeat – February 2018
Sony Holland – CD Review – Marin Independent Journal – January 2018
Rita Moreno @ Feinstein's – ForAllEvents.info – April 24, 2017
Rita Moreno shines – SF Chronicle – April 23, 2017
The Unfortunates - Theatre Review – SF Examiner–Feb. 22, 2016
Marilyn Maye - Concert Review – SF Gate–2015
Joe Beck - CD Review – Jazz Times– Aug 14, 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review – Jazz Inside– May 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review – Huffington Post – June 16, 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review – SomethingElseReviews – April 24, 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review - All About Jazz - April 22, 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review - All About Jazz - April 17, 2014
Joe Beck - CD Review - Jazz News - April 2014
Holly Near - Article - The Ukiah Daily Journal - Nov. 29, 2012
Morning & Jim Nichols - Pacifica Tribune - Nov. 29, 2011
Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup review - Bay Times - Sept. 22, 2011
Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup article - KTVU - Sept. 12, 2011
Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup review - Stark Insider - Sept. 8, 2011
Teatro ZinZanni Review - Oakland Tribune - June 13, 2010
Debbie Poryes Trio CD Review - JazzChicago.net - May 2010
The Rubinoos: Biff-Boff-Boing! - album review - 2010
Debbie Poryes Trio CD Review - JazzReview.com - 2009
Carla Zilbersmith CD Review - Sept. 22, 2008
Zilbersmith Battles ALS With Humor - SF Chronicle - July 9, 2008
The Klobas/Klesecker Ensemble - AllAboutJazz.com - 2008
The Rubinoos - Article - East Bay Express - June 2008
The Rubinoos - Article - Palo Alto Daily News - June 2008
Morning & Jim Nichols - Review - Pacifica Tribune - June 2008
Morning & Jim Nichols - Pacifica Tribune - June 2008
Debbie Poryes Trio - AllAboutJazz.com - March 2008
Debbie Poryes Trio - AllAboutJazz.com - Dec. 2007
Rubinoos article - East Bay Express - Dec 2007
Mark Murphy - AllAboutJazz - Oct. 22, 2007
"Love, (Drumming For) Janis" - Modern Drummer - May 2007
"Love, Janis" Review - San Francisco Chronicle - July 18, 2006
"Love, Janis" Review - Variety - July 18, 2006
"Love, Janis" Review - San Jose Mercury - July 19, 2006
"Love, Janis" Review - Inside Bay Area - July 19, 2006
"Love, Janis" Review - San Francisco Chronicle - July 9, 2006
Patricia Wilder Review - Living Blues - May 2005
Patricia Wilder Review - San Francisco Bay Guardian - April 6, 2005
Mark Murphy - LA Times - Nov. 15, 2002
George Brooks CD Review - San Francisco Bay Guardian - July 15, 1998
VH1 Divas - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - April 18, 1998
VH1 Divas - New York Times - April 16, 1998
VH1 Divas - USA Today - April 16, 1998
Modern Drummer - News - April 1998
Mark Murphy Review - San Francisco Examiner - March 26, 1998
George Brooks - Cd Release announcement - Oakland Tribune - March 1998
San Francisco Chronicle "Lively Arts" - March 1998
"Surviving Drum Auditions" - Modern Drummer - October 1997
Charlie Musselwhite CD & Concert Reviews - April 6, 1997
Musician's Union Ad - San Francisco Weekly - October 1996
Jazz Now - Concert Review - March 1996
Modern Drummer - feature - February 1996
Jazz On The Hill Review - Jazz Now - August 1995
Charlie Musselwhite Review - June 4, 1999
Ray Charles Delivers Rich Horn of Plenty - L.A. Times - Aug. 11, 1990


...perhaps the best all-around drummer in the Bay Area, with a résumé that includes road duty with Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.
Lee Hildebrand
Reviewer for the Bay Guardian, Living Blues Magazine, S.F. Chronicle, and a drummer himself!

Dave Rokeach... powered the group with style and authority.
Jazz Now, March 1996

For most of the gig the drummer was Dave Rokeach, but Louie Bellson played for about three numbers and traded fours with Rokeach in one of the high points of the first afternoon.
Jazz Now, Aug. 1995