A Brief Bio
I’ve worked with the following musicians, musical groups, productions and educational institutions:
Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz, Eddie Harris, Larry Coryell, Rebecca Parris, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ed Simon, Art Lande, Kenny Werner, Paul McCandless, Kai Eckhardt, Jeff Denson, Scott Robinson
Rock and Heavy Metal. Jon Finn Trio, Stuart Hamm, The Assassins
Latin and Latin Jazz The Mission Project, Los Unicos, Mark Levine’s Latin TInge
Big Bands Ray Brown’s Great Big Band, Dave Eshelman’s Jazz Garden, The Constellation Big Band
Productions Cirque Du Soliel, Teatro Zinzanni SF.
Theatre Wicked SF, West Side Story, Shlemeil the First
Cabaret Betty Buckley, Rita Moreno
Educator Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 1986-1993, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA, 2001 to 2012, The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA 2005-2016, California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley, CA, 2010-2015, Guitar Center, Ashevlle, NC. 2022-2026, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 2024-2026
Here’s a partial list of my educational publications: “Drum Chart Supplement, The Real Easy Book, 3-horn edition”, Sher Music Co.