David Loeb is the David Mulkey MD and Laura Taylor Mulkey Endowed Chair of Jazz and Commercial Music, and a professor of music in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Music. He performed as a jazz pianist with Christian McBride, Terrance Blanchard, Nancy Wilson, Arturo Sandoval, Billy Hart, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Williams, Tom Harrell, Anita O’Day, Tom Scott, Pepper Adams, Natalie Cole and many others. As a session pianist in Los Angeles recording studios, Loeb played for television show soundtracks including Family Guy, Quantum Leap and The Emmy Awards and movies including Ted, The Birdcage and Pocahontas.

He was principal keyboardist with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, accompanying musical artists including Andrea Bocelli, Audra McDonald, Gil Shaham, Patti LuPone, Placido Domingo, Jewel, James Galway, Jessye Norman and Quincy Jones. He also played for television shows, movie soundtracks or recordings for Herbie Hancock, Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Norah Jones, Jim Carey, Whitney Houston, Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holiday, Curtis Mayfield, Bonnie Raitt, Dionne Warwick, and others. Loeb was pianist with Questlove and other musical artists on the Grammy Award-winning album, em>Ask Your Mama, composed by Laura Karpman with poetry by Langston Hughes, musical director, conductor and pianist for Ben Vereen with notable ensembles including The National Symphony Orchestra and for Dee Dee Bridgewater with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

At the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, he was conductor for the CBS television special, Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert, with Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Adam Levine, Harry Connick, Jr., Katharine McPhee, Garth Brooks, Seth MacFarlane, Nick Jonas, Tricia Yearwood, Juanes and Zach Brown, served as musical director for Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra Dance With Me and Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers and conducted for Lady Gaga’s concert appearance. In Las Vegas, Loeb conducted for Journey with orchestra at Caesars Palace, performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Las Vegas Philharmonic and was musical director and pianist for Larry Rosen’s Jazz Roots series with Clint Holmes, Kirk Whalum, Take 6 and Nnenna Freelon at The Smith Center. Loeb orchestrated for George Benson, Miriam Makeba, Doc Severinsen and others, arranged for television shows including The Academy Awards, Comic Relief, In Living Color and The American Music Awards and composed for PBS, episodic television, feature films, and Dolly Parton.

UNLV Jazz Studies students, under Loeb’s direction, earned prestigious DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards, performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz Education Network Conference, Midwest Clinic, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, produced recordings that received Grammy consideration and garnered outstanding reviews from JazzTimes Magazine. UNLV Jazz alumni performed in renowned professional ensembles and taught at universities worldwide during his tenure. Loeb received the distinguished Nevada System of Higher Education Regents' Creative Activity Award and Koep Dean’s Medal in the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame. He holds a master of music degree in jazz and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music and a bachelor of science in music education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.