Over the course of many years as a tasteful bassist of choice and general musical collaborator, for the likes of k.d. lang, Holly Cole, and others, David Piltch has skillfully walked the line between various musical genres and approaches. He gets the job done, with poetic rightness and a feel for atmosphere and musicality that can’t be beat. On Piltch’s first release as a solo artist, Minister of the Interior, he brings stitches together seemingly diverse elements and interests, into an enticing cohesive creative whole. Jazz? Americana? Art Pop, friendly experimentalism? You bet. And why not?

Toronto-born, Piltch landed in a highly musical family, which includes his woodwind and reed-playing father Bernie—who played on a Duke Ellington album—and his brother, noted guitarist Rob Piltch (who also appears on David’s album) ~and flautist/pianist sister Susan.

Piltch quickly became an in-demand bass player, doing work with Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chuck Mangione as a teenager. He also led his own jazz band, Strangeness Beauty, in 1983.

Globally-acclaimed Canadian chanteuses came calling, and he worked with Cole in her career-launching early stages, and with Lang—on record and onstage- for many years now. Based in Southern California with his family since the early ‘90s, Piltch’s recent workload has included studio work with Madeleine Peyroux, Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Henry, and the list is going on…