David Walter Bowman (September 8, 1914 – December 28, 1964)^[1] was an American jazz pianist.

He was born in Buffalo, New York, United States.^[1] Bowman was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he learned to play piano as a four year old.^[2] He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a time, then worked in London with Jack Hylton in the mid-1930s.^[2] After returning to the United States he settled in New York and played with Bobby Hackett, Sharkey Bonano, Sidney Bechet, and Bud Freeman late in the decade.^[2] In the early 1940s, he worked with Jack Teagarden, Joe Marsala, Muggsy Spanier, Lee Wiley, and Eddie Condon.^[2] He took positions with ABC and NBC in the later 1940s^[2] (including with Perry Como) and worked as a studio musician on recordings.^[1] In the 1950s, he worked with Bud Freeman again, and with Phil Napoleon shortly before his own death.^[2]

Dave Bowman died in an automobile accident in December 1964, in Miami, Florida.^[1][2]

• James M. Doran, "Dave Bowman". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Third edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. ISBN 978-0333632314