Born & raised in San Francisco Bay Area, Dale grew up listening to a very eclectic mix of music, from funk to country & western, but he's a jazz musician at heart. He began studying conga drumming while atttending Berkeley High School and soon became the hand drummer for the Afro-Hatian dance classes and the Jazz & Symphonic bands. He also studied music under the direction of Bill Bill at The College of Alameda and Elvo D'Amante at Laney College in Oakland. This is when he began studying & piano, Jazz composition & arranging as well as delving deeper into traditional Afro-Cuban & Afro-Brazilian music and culture. He later went on to study Business/Marketing at Cal State Hayward after having a brief conversation with his then classmate, Will Kennedy who advised him to ""Consider taking some business classes because you're already playing music eventually you're gonna need to know about contracts & accounting for your money and stuff."" He had to take almost all new requirements, which took him and extra 2 years, so he decided to follow through with his new major.
As a Sideman, he's been bless to have played for crowds of up to 20,000 people at such venues and shows as The Chronicle Pavilion in Concord Cailfornia, the Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, The Chicago Theater, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Black Filmmaker's Awards, the Gavin Convention, Kimball's East, Slim's AND Syndicated radio program ""the Tom Joyner Morning Show"" which is in 115 markets across the U.S. and has 8 million listeners!

He, has in the past and, currently performs with legendary funk super group ConFunkShun feat. Michael Cooper & Felton Pilate; Mic Gillette & Skip Mesquite(Tower of Power) ; Terry Bradford(Celine Dion, Rickey Martin, Tyrese, Dave Koz), Skip Martin(Dazz Band & Kool & the Gang), Dr. Wayne Wallace , Tom Poole(Malo & Etta James), Michael Peloquin, Joel Smith(Edwin & Walter Hawkins Singers), Emáge, William Kennedy(Yellowjackets), the late Garry Jackson, Billy Johnson(Santana, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Joyce Cooling), bass vituoso Troy Lampkins, Jamie Brewer(En Vogue, Joyce Cooling), Curtis Olsen(Ray Charles).

He's also shared the main billing with acts such as Kem, India Aire, The Isley Brothers , Floetry, Lakeside, Rose Royce, SOS band, Jon B., Naughty by Nature, DaBrat, The Brothers Johnson, the Gap Band, Cameo, Pete Escovedo, Ray Obiedo, Roger Glenn, Morris Day & The Time, Midnight Star, MC Hammer, Tierra, Billy Paul, Hiroshima, Charlie Hunter & Gospel artist Tonéx to name a few.

After college, he went on to co-found a local jazz/funk group called ""KnowJazz"", in this group he played both keys & percussion, he co-produced their their vinyl EP entitled ""Unsigned and Ready to Deliver"" & their full length CD, ""Take a Hit of This..."" At this time he also started a small record label ""StoneGroove Records"". The debut release ""Unsigned and Ready to Deliver"" received rave reviews in HitMakers Magazine. After about 4 years, he realized he had outgrown the group and decided to leave. His leaving was truly a blessing because he began honing his skills as studio musician, songwriter, producer and engineer. He recorded with DJs Julius Papp and JayJay on ""Shuffle Inc - The Shuffle EP Part 1"" and produced songs for such artists as, Simply E, Omega Brooks, Kimbrely ""Ms.Brely"" Evans and Taura Stinson to name a few.

His solo CD, ""The DC Initiative"", encompasses all of the skills he's learned; Producing, Composing, Arranging, Performing as well as Marketing and sales, Accounting etc... As a Bandleader, he has performed for San Francisco's Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival, The Stadium in Vacaville and has been featured on internet radio stations: SolarRadio.com in the UK; Syndicated radio on ""Cafe Jazz Radio"" in Toronto, Canada & ""Smooth Jazz Radio"" in Sydney, Australia.

Dale also acts and starred in Filmmaker Stacy Nykole's award winning independent film, ""Unspoken.""

Currently, he's performing with legendary R&B/ Funk group ConFunkShun, Contemporary Gospel recording group ""Committed Ministries"", NeoSoul artist Dozié,(Doh-Zee-Ay), Terry Bradford-Celine Dion's duet vocalist.
Dale's CD is available at http://www.CD Baby.com/dechung

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