EDUCATION:
Jazz Major at North Texas State University - 1979 to 1980
Jazz Major at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - 1980 to 1984
TOURS, RECORDINGS AND/OR CONCERTS
IN 48 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH:
VOCALISTS:
Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Al Jarreau, Dee Alexander, Dianne Reeves, Niki Harris, Freddy Cole, Ann Hampton-Calloway, Kurt Elling, Patricia Barber, Ursula Dudziak, Grazyna Auguscik
SAXOPHONISTS:
Stanley Turrentine (8 Years, with a one night concert with special guest Dizzy Gillespie), James Moody, Pharaoh Sanders, Paquito D'Rivera, Richie Cole, Red Holloway, Phil Woods, Sonny Fortune, Frank Morgan, Ken Peplowski, Benny Golson, Jeff Clayton, James Spaulding, Houston Person, Charles McPherson, Gary Bartz, Oliver Lake, Bobby Watson, Donald Harrison, Art Porter, Javon Jackson
TRUMPETERS:
Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Arturo Sandoval, Orbert Davis, Randy Brecker, Claudio Roditi, Ira Sullivan, Brian Lynch, Marvin Stamm
TROMBONISTS:
Slide Hampton, Wycliff Gordon, Robin Eubanks, John Allred, John Fedchock, Andy Martin and Steve Turre
PIANISTS:
Ramsey Lewis (12 years and 2 CDs), Ahmad Jamal, Joe Zawinul, Miguel Kertsman, Baabe Irving III, Kenny Drew Jr., Dick Hyman, Shelley Berg, Ted Rosenthal, Bobby Lyle and Michael Wolff
ORGANISTS:
Melvin Rhyne, Charles Earland, Trio Concert with Jack McDuff and Joey DeFrancesco at a jazz organ camp in Minneapolis and Miguel Kertsman
GUITARISTS:
Al DiMeola (97-06 world tours, 3 CDs and live 2004 DVD), Larry Coryell, Bucky Pizzarelli, Phil Upchurch, John Pizzarelli, Nick Colionne, Russell Malone
BASSISTS:
Rufus Reid, Buster Williams, Charles Fambrough, Anthony Jackson, Billy Dickens, Victor Wooten & Steve Bailey in a trio setting during a Bass Extremes Clinic, Keter Betts, John Clayton, David Finke, Rodney Whitaker and Tom Kennedy
PERCUSSIONISTS:
Glen Velez, Bill Summers, Stefon Harris, Paoli Meijas, Poncho Sanchez
STRINGS:
Stefan Milenkovich, Eugene Friesen and Karen Briggs
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS:
Howard Levy
...AMONG OTHERS
ALSO: Jazz, Pop, Hip Hop and Worldbeat Concerts Under His Own Name.
RECORDINGS:
On over 100 Plus Recordings. In Particular:
-Al DiMeola’s CDs "The Infinite Desire"-1998, “Flesh On Flesh”-2002 and “Consequence Of
Chaos”-2006. Also, “One Of These Nights”, a live DVD filmed in 2004 in Leverkusen, Germany.
-Ramsey Lewis' 1999 CD "Appassionata" and 2002 CD “Meant To Be” With Nancy Wilson.
-2006 TV Show “Legends Of Jazz” with Kurt Elling and Al Jarreau
-Performed onscreen and co-wrote the soundtrack for the 1995 motion picture "A Family Thing"
starring Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones
-House Drummer and co-writer for Jim Warner's Akalibrio, producer of music of the “Intellipop” persuasion
-House Drummer for Acoustic Chicago - A collection of some of Chicago's great acoustic pop artists
-Drummer on Michael Cunningham’s CD with bassist Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets and NY guitarist Mike Stern
-Involved in the Chicago, Milwaukee and national jingle scene for the past 30+ years
CURRENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
-Drum/Jazz Professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago
-Instructor for Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
-Ravinia Jazz Mentor
-Instructor for The Jazz Institute of Chicago
-Jazz instructor at the Music Institute of Chicago
Jazz Major at North Texas State University - 1979 to 1980
Jazz Major at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - 1980 to 1984
TOURS, RECORDINGS AND/OR CONCERTS
IN 48 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH:
VOCALISTS:
Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Al Jarreau, Dee Alexander, Dianne Reeves, Niki Harris, Freddy Cole, Ann Hampton-Calloway, Kurt Elling, Patricia Barber, Ursula Dudziak, Grazyna Auguscik
SAXOPHONISTS:
Stanley Turrentine (8 Years, with a one night concert with special guest Dizzy Gillespie), James Moody, Pharaoh Sanders, Paquito D'Rivera, Richie Cole, Red Holloway, Phil Woods, Sonny Fortune, Frank Morgan, Ken Peplowski, Benny Golson, Jeff Clayton, James Spaulding, Houston Person, Charles McPherson, Gary Bartz, Oliver Lake, Bobby Watson, Donald Harrison, Art Porter, Javon Jackson
TRUMPETERS:
Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Arturo Sandoval, Orbert Davis, Randy Brecker, Claudio Roditi, Ira Sullivan, Brian Lynch, Marvin Stamm
TROMBONISTS:
Slide Hampton, Wycliff Gordon, Robin Eubanks, John Allred, John Fedchock, Andy Martin and Steve Turre
PIANISTS:
Ramsey Lewis (12 years and 2 CDs), Ahmad Jamal, Joe Zawinul, Miguel Kertsman, Baabe Irving III, Kenny Drew Jr., Dick Hyman, Shelley Berg, Ted Rosenthal, Bobby Lyle and Michael Wolff
ORGANISTS:
Melvin Rhyne, Charles Earland, Trio Concert with Jack McDuff and Joey DeFrancesco at a jazz organ camp in Minneapolis and Miguel Kertsman
GUITARISTS:
Al DiMeola (97-06 world tours, 3 CDs and live 2004 DVD), Larry Coryell, Bucky Pizzarelli, Phil Upchurch, John Pizzarelli, Nick Colionne, Russell Malone
BASSISTS:
Rufus Reid, Buster Williams, Charles Fambrough, Anthony Jackson, Billy Dickens, Victor Wooten & Steve Bailey in a trio setting during a Bass Extremes Clinic, Keter Betts, John Clayton, David Finke, Rodney Whitaker and Tom Kennedy
PERCUSSIONISTS:
Glen Velez, Bill Summers, Stefon Harris, Paoli Meijas, Poncho Sanchez
STRINGS:
Stefan Milenkovich, Eugene Friesen and Karen Briggs
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS:
Howard Levy
...AMONG OTHERS
ALSO: Jazz, Pop, Hip Hop and Worldbeat Concerts Under His Own Name.
RECORDINGS:
On over 100 Plus Recordings. In Particular:
-Al DiMeola’s CDs "The Infinite Desire"-1998, “Flesh On Flesh”-2002 and “Consequence Of
Chaos”-2006. Also, “One Of These Nights”, a live DVD filmed in 2004 in Leverkusen, Germany.
-Ramsey Lewis' 1999 CD "Appassionata" and 2002 CD “Meant To Be” With Nancy Wilson.
-2006 TV Show “Legends Of Jazz” with Kurt Elling and Al Jarreau
-Performed onscreen and co-wrote the soundtrack for the 1995 motion picture "A Family Thing"
starring Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones
-House Drummer and co-writer for Jim Warner's Akalibrio, producer of music of the “Intellipop” persuasion
-House Drummer for Acoustic Chicago - A collection of some of Chicago's great acoustic pop artists
-Drummer on Michael Cunningham’s CD with bassist Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets and NY guitarist Mike Stern
-Involved in the Chicago, Milwaukee and national jingle scene for the past 30+ years
CURRENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
-Drum/Jazz Professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago
-Instructor for Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
-Ravinia Jazz Mentor
-Instructor for The Jazz Institute of Chicago
-Jazz instructor at the Music Institute of Chicago