About Me
FREAK 4 NATURE/ WORLD TRAVELER/ BASSIST/ RECORDING ARTIST/ COMPOSER/ EDUCATOR/ AUDIO ARCHIVIST/ BANDLEADER
AKILI (BA, MM) HAS HIKED/BACKPACKED IN: THE ALPS, DOLIMITES, APPILACHIAN, ARTIC, PYRENEES, ROCKIES, WICHITAS, GRAND CANYON, SANTA MONICA, PACIFIC COAST, ALASKA, AND LIGURIA. Also, performed music in 20+ countries in concert halls and leading performance venues around the globe including: The Kimmel Center, The Peabody, Budapest War Memorial, Orlando Museum of Art, Nexus, Chris’s Jazz, The Zofin, The Tweeter Center, Hard Rock Café, Zanzibar Blue, The Knitting Factory, Twins Jazz, The Jacoby, Sovereign Performing Arts Center, The Rotunda, Brick Town Live, Bob Car Performing Arts Center, McCarter Matthews Theatre, The Philadelphia Ethical Society, ABC No Rio, Broad Street Ministry, Lang Hall, The Tampa Bay performing Arts Center, The King Center, and The Painted Bride. Joe has traveled to and through nearly 40 countries has held teaching position at Settlement Music School.
Classically speaking Joe has performed with The Orlando Philharmonic, Opera Tampa, Haddonfield Symphony, The New Jersey Opera Theater, The Imperial Symphony, Space Coast Symphony, The Bel Canto Singers, The Bach Festival Orchestra, The Central Florida Symphony, The Strauss Symphony, The Lancaster Symphony, The Great Hall Chamber Orchestra, Vox Ama Deus, Voces Novae et Antiqae.
Joe has collaborated with groups from hip-hop, punk rock, jazz, classical, improvisation, big band, mixed media, R&B, chamber music, funk, and dance ensembles. A member of the American Composers Forum and improvisation artist in Philadelphia. He has performed in concert and/or recital with Harry Allen, Stewart Dempster, Wayne Burgeron, Pauline Oliveros, David Gamper, Christian Wolfe, Rebecca Copley, William Stokking, David Kim, Davis Gaines, Mark O' Conner, and Marvin Hamlisch.
