BIO
Played and/or recorded with:
New York Philharmonic
Carly Simon
Marvin Hamlisch
Todd Rundgren
Cher
Brendon Urie
Gladys Knight
Ne-Yo
Trey Songz
Jennifer Love-Hewitt
Art Garfunkel
Judy Collins
Nanci Griffith
Phoebe Snow
Danny Seraphine (Chicago)
Peter Cox (Go West)
Rick Springfield
Garth Hudson
Pam Tillis
Lou Rawls
Delbert McClinton
Paul Winter Consort
Ben E. King
Dave Weckl
Steve Jordan
Rick Derringer
Freddie Jackson
Joe Lynn Turner
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Cissy Houston
Leslie Gore
Louis Bellson
Mike Stern
Bob Mintzer
Mike Davis
Oz Noy
Tim Ries
Joel Frahm
Phil Hamilton
Jeff Pevar
Ray Kennedy
Bob Franceschini
Mike Lawrence
Wah Wah Watson
Jeff Mirinov
Andy Snitzer
Phil Upchurch
Shelton Becton
Brian Dunne
Sherrod Barnes
Robbie Kondor
Larry Braggs
Wayne Brady
Lisa Fischer
Chris Botti
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Joey Calderazzo
Bill Charlap
Joel Grey
Steve Ferrone
Freddie Hubbard
Stanley Turrentine
Randy Brecker
Cab Calloway
Gerald Albright
Gloria Gaynor
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Gerry Mulligan
Phil Woods
Lou Marini
Lester Chambers
Joe Morello
Danny Gottlieb
Clark Terry
Cornelius Bumpus
Sweet Pea Atkinson
Tom Harrell
Tim Horner
Tony Cintron
Darmon Meader
Richie Morales
Rodney Jones
Bashiri Johnson
Billy Martin
Tash Neal
Kasim Sultan
Clint de Ganon
Bette Sussman
Sammy Merendino
Melissa Etheridge
Michael Bolton
Joan Osborne
Cyndi Lauper
Clay Aiken
Liza Minelli
Robben Ford
Jennifer Holliday
Valerie Simpson
Kristian Bush (Sugarland)
Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Shoshana Bean
Bernard Purdie
Wycliffe Gordon
Billy Porter
Tiki Barber
Nell Carter
Jerry Marotta
Larry Hoppen (Orleans)
Chris Parker
Rosie O’Donnell
Kathy Rigby
GE Smith
Mino Cinelu
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Jai Rodriguez
Jeff Campbell
Ray Marchica
Peter Fish
Joel Kipnis
Joel Rosenblatt
Steve Khan
Marvin "Smitty" Smith
Will Lee
Mark Pender
Tom Pierson
Rob Paparozzi
Mindy Jostyn
Sir Harry Bowens
Lenny White
Sal Salvador
John Sebastian
Greg Gisbert
Mitch Stein
Gerardo Velez
Dave Valentine
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Leon Ndugu Chancler
Eric Reed
Jon Werking
Dave Samuels
Vaneese Thomas
Mike Keneally (FZ)
Ike Willis
Dinky Bingham
Richard Tee
Noel Pointer
Manolo Badrena
Idris Mohammed
Jim Pugh
Joe Roccisano
Lew Anderson
Ed Palermo
Mark Rivera
Dave Mann
Catie Curtis
Gary Lucas
David Sancious
Jimmy Vivino
Jerry Vivino
Tommy McDonnell
Matt Balitsaris
Bob Malach
Vic Juris
Terry Clarke
Neil Slater
Danny Wilensky
Tawatha Agee
Jay Oliver
Nick Moroch
Peter Moffitt
Ray Chew
Howard Levy
Mats & Morgan
Willie Jones III
Buddy Williams
Grandmothers of Invention
Peter Calo
Paul Shaffer
ENDORSEMENTS:
Pearce Electronics
Renz Technologies
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, New York City
Music Conservatory of Westchester/Mercy College (instructor, 1989-2002)
EDUCATION:
University of Bridgeport (CT)
Private Studies with Dr. Art Davis, Rick Petrone & Calvin Hill
Broadway/TV/Film/Jingles:
BROADWAY & OFF-BROADWAY:
"The Cher Show", Neil Simon Theater, NYC
"Kinky Boots", Al Hirschfeld Theater, NYC
"Mamma Mia", Winter Garden & Broadhurst Theaters, NYC
"Trip of Love", Stage 42, NYC
“Once On This Island”, Winter Garden, NYC
"Seussical, The Musical", Richard Rogers Theater, NYC
"Saturday Night Fever", Minskoff Theater, NYC
"Footloose", Richard Rogers Theater, NYC
"Smokey Joe’s Café", Virginia Theater, NYC
"Jesus Christ Superstar" (2000), Ford Theater, NYC
"Kat & The Kings", Cort Theater, NYC
"Legends In Concert", Academy Theater, NYC
TELEVISION:
"The Cosby Show", 1987-91 (NBC)
''This Morning'', CBS Morning Show, Theme (with Carly Simon)
''The Today Show'' (NBC), live with Gloria Gaynor & the cast of “Smokey Joe’s Café”
"Celebrity Apprentice" with Clay Aiken (NBC)
''Rosie O'Donnell Show'', TV promos
''People's Court'', Syndicated
''Jenny Jones'' - Syndicated/Warner Bros.
"EXTRA" -Syndicated/Warner Bros.
"A Different World" (NBC)
CBS News (In-House) w/ Judy Collins
"Here and Now" (NBC)
"Street Stories" with Ed Bradley (CBS)
"Jane Whitney Show" (Syndicated)
"Good Morning America" (ABC)
"Cover To Cover" (NBC)
"The Today Show" (NBC)
"ABC Wide World Of Sports" (ABC)
''Reading Rainbow'', Sesame Street (PBS)
LIVE with Regis, performance with singer Amanda Robinson
HBO Movies - Theme (HBO)
"First News At 4" (CBS)
WCIX News (CBS/Miami)
"10 O'clock News" (Fox)
CBS Promo with Carly Simon
"CBS This Morning", performance with Paul Winter Consort
NBC Sports - Promos / ESPN- Sports Promos
"CBS This Morning" Holiday Musicale with Paula Zahn, Harry Smith and Mark McEwen
"Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS Promo)
"One For The Road with Charles Kuralt" (CBS)
"Red Book - On Air" (ABC)
WCIX/Miami, News Theme
''48 Hours'' (CBS)
CBS/Telenoticias/Latin America
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon w/ Larry Hoppen
2002 Tony Awards, CBS
FILM:
"Tremors", starring Kevin Bacon, Universal Studios
"Ride For Your Life", World’s First Interactive Movie, SONY Pictures
"Tie-Died: Rock 'n' Rolls Most Deadicated Fans", Documentary, Premiere Sundance Film Festival 1995
JINGLES:
Pepsi, Miller Lite, Kraft, HBO, Nestea, Mobil, Mateus Wine, Mountain Dew, Northern Tissue, U.S. Army, Fruit of the Loom, Pizza Hut, Beautiful Beginnings, Quaker, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Diet Coke with the cast of “Friends”, Campbell's Soup, Salon Selectives, Xerox, MCI, K-Mart, Weight Watchers, NEC
SELECT PERFORMANCES:
New York Philharmonic/Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Carnegie Hall, NYC
Lugano (Switzerland) Music Festival
Luzerne (Switzerland) Blues Festival
Detroit International Jazz Festival
Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Wilmington, DE
Syracuse Jazz Festival
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, City Center, NYC
NARAS Recording Academy Honors, NYC
Biennale Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Umea International Music Festival, Sweden
Zappanale #13 & #30, Bad Doberan, Germany
A Day in the Garden, site of the ‘69 Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY
Lilith Fair Festival - Chicago
B. B. Kings - New York City
The Iridium - New York City
Kool Jazz Festival - New York City
Blues Alley - Washington, D.C.
Blue Note - New York City
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia
New Haven Coliseum
Bottom Line - New York City
Birdland - New York City
CBGB's - New York City
JVC Jazz Festival - Saratoga Springs
Greenwich Village Jazz Festival - New York City
NAMM - Chicago (Yamaha)
Fat Tuesday's - New York City
Woolsey Hall - Yale
CLIO Awards - New York City
Penn's Landing - Philadelphia
JVC Jazz Festival - New York City
Hammerstein Ballroom - New York City
Irving Plaza - New York City
OBIE Awards - New York City
Lincoln Center - New York City
England/Wales/Germany/Scotland
/Denmark/Norway
Austria/Switzerland
/Czech Republic/Hungary