Expertise
Harmony-Arranging-Composition-Improvisation-Brass
Research Interests
Arranging, Composition, Improvisation, Brass Pedagogy
Education
- Berklee College of Music BA (Composition)
Biosketch
Performed and, or, recorded with Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, The B-52's. Many of the Motown acts including The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, , Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight. Numerous other Pop stars including Frankie Valli, New Edition (Bobby Brown), New Kids on the Block, Van Morrison, Dr. John, Numerous Jazz artists including The Woody Herman Orchestra, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, The Artie Shaw Orchestra, Mike Stern, Dave Weckl, John Medeski etc. Many arrangements- compositions for companies including Warner Bros., Columbia, Concord, Fox, PBS, Telarc, Audioquest,etc. Over 80 European and Asian tours including performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Vienne Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Kyoto Jazz Festival, The Musikverein and the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna along with performances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Wolftrap, The Newport Jazz Festival, The Montreal Jazz Festival, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival etc.