David Lahm is the son of Dorothy Fields and her second husband, Eli Lahm.In 1969 he wrote a song with his mother, entitled Five O'Clock Sky.
Lahm has a flourishing career as a jazz pianist and arranger. He has recently released a CD entitled "Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell" and has also performed in cabaret in New York with his wife, singer Judy Kreston. Their cabaret act this year, "All in the Family", was devoted to his mother's work, and featured the song they wrote together.
In 2000, he arranged several tracks and provided piano accompaniment for Morag McLaren's Fields tribute CD : Nobody Does Like It Me.
A self-scripted resume of his career is available at the Arkadia label site.