Performance History

Concert Hall Highlights 


Royal Albert Hall, London

Avery Fisher Hall, NYC
The Palace, Hollywood, CA
Le Zenith Theatre, Paris
Leningrad Center for Music, Russia
Warfield Theater, San Fransisco
Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Bard College, Annandale-on-the-Hudson, NY

Rockefeller Plaza, NYC

New Paltz College, NY

University of Texas at Austin

Faneuil Hall, Boston

Kool Jazz Festival, Prospect Park, NYC

The Bluenote, NYC

The Knitting Factory, NYC

The Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock, NY

University of Texas at Austin

Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute

Albany State University

Martha's Vineyard Jazz Festival

Recordings

  as a leader...

Great Spirit - NotTwo Records, 2005 (recorded in 2004)

In Stravinsky's House - Gingko Leaf Records, 2005

Inside Eye - Gingko Leaf Records, 2005

Live at the Via Della Pace - Gingko Leaf Records, 2005

Into the Afterworld - Gingko Leaf Records, 2005

The Last Matador - Gingko Leaf Records, 2005

Plaza de Toros - Clean Feed/Trem Azul Records, 2005 (recorded in 2003)

Faith in a Seed - CIMP Records, 2004


Opening the Gates - Cadence Jazz Records, 2004 (recorded in 2003)

 

  as a sideman...

 

Ben Harper - Pleasure + Pain , a documentary film - by Danny Clinch

- Virgin Records, recorded in 1998 at Royal Albert Hall /released in 2002


The Blues of the Birth, Euphoria Jazz, 1999

(Mikail Horowitz) - played flute


More Tales to Tell, Soulnote Records, 1997

(Eric Person) - played flute and bass clarinet

Jah Work, Virgin Records, 1996 (Ben Harper)

- played tenor saxophone


Take Me Home, Alcazar Records, 1992

(Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter)

- played soprano saxophone

 

Special Appearances

WKCR 89.9 FM NYC - "Out to Lunch" hosted by Ted Panken, 2005

Quincy Jones’ Television Show - Vibe, 1997

Official Russian Government Invitation, 1991

 

Awards

Jazz Journalists Association -"2005 Award Nominee"

Time Out NY - "Top Live Shows of 2005"

All About Jazz - "Best of 2005" - Plaza de Toros

 

Education

M.A. Jazz Performance - Aaron Copeland School of Music, Queens College, Summa Cum Laude, 1992


B.A. Music Composition - Empire State College, Summa Cum Laude, 1990

 

Selected Musicians

- having the honor and pleasure to perform with:

Sir Roland Hanna
Arthur Rhames
Eddie Robinson
Johnny Coles

Teddy Kotick
J.R. Monterose

Warren Smith
Marvin 'Bugalu' Smith

Buster Smith
Fred Hopkins
Cecil McBee
Kirk Lightsey
John Ore
Baikida Caroll

Anthony Cox

Howard Johnson
Newman Taylor Baker

Nick Brignola
Hugh Brody
Jimmy Cobb

Cecil Bridgewater
Santi Debriano
Chico Hamilton
Drew Gress

Dominic Duval

Danny Mixon

Juan Nelson

Michael T.A.Thompson

Thurmon Barker

Gerry Hemingway

Mark Helias

Herb Robertson

Jaribu Shahid

Jackson Krall

Kuumba Frank Lacy
Gene Jackson
Eric Lewis
Nego Gato
Leon Lee Dorsey

Roy Campbell

Hilliard Greene
Danny Brubeck

Bryan Carrott

Arto Tuncboyacian

Dave Fiuczinski
Harvey Sorgen
Steve Rust
Miles Griffith
Jane L. Powell
Lillie Howard

Bobby Johnson

John Esposito

Franklin Kiermyer

Jeff Siegel

Walter Donoruma

Michael Jefry Stevens

Kenny McGloin

Joe Fonda

Eric Person

Fred Berryhill

Sam Moore

Christopher Dean Sullivan

Sam Moore

Kengo Nakamura

Mike Kimmel

Rich Lamb

Peter O'Brien

Richard Diamond

Frank Luther

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals

Ben E. King

Kenny Wayne

Smokin' Joe Kubek

Kenny Rankin

*in no particular order