David Lyttle (born 21 June 1984) is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, composer and record label owner from Waringstown, Northern Ireland.
[7] In April 2017 he carried out a 5000-mile, coast-to-coast residency in the U.S., performing for unusual audiences in an attempt to understand more about the public's connection with jazz.
The tour included performances at the Bagdad Café on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert, the Little A'Le'Inn' in Rachel, Nevada near Area 51 and at the site of jazz drummer Art Blakey's childhood home in the Hill District, Pittsburgh.
His studio projects and output as a producer are usually centred around hip-hop, using live drums or the Akai MPC 2000XL, and often feature the Rhodes piano.
[19] Lyttle's third studio album Faces was released on 16 March 2015 and featured collaborations with Talib Kweli, Duke Special and Joe Lovano.
[28] 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.
[30] As owner and founder of Lyte Records, Lyttle has released albums by notable jazz, blues and roots artists, including Ari Hoenig, Jason Rebello, Nigel Mooney and Jean Toussaint.
He has also produced debut albums for young talents such as Israeli classical pianist Ariel Lanyi[31] and Slovakian jazz guitarist Andreas Varady,[32] who was managed by Quincy Jones[33] and was discovered by Lyttle in 2010.