Trombonist - "The Producers" National Tour
Quotes:
"A name to watch for in the future" - Cadence Magazine
"A fabulous trombone player - an eye-opening experience for me" - Jazz trombone legend Bill Watrous
"Creative, energetic trombone.....a real burner" - All About Jazz Magazine
I've performed with:
Tom Harrell, Louie Bellson, The Manhattan Transfer, Bob Mintzer, Conrad Herwig, Roy Hargrove, Marty Allen, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, David Sanchez, Allen Vizzutti, John Davidson, Herb Pomeroy, Bill Watrous, Phil Wilson, Lorna Luft, Lin Biviano, Matt "Big Kahuna" Catingub, Ben Vereen, Charo, Quick Change, The Platters, The Happenings, The Drifters, The Four Aces, The Pied Pipers, The Diamonds, The Coasters, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Yakov Smirnoff, Billy Gilman, Susan Anton, Scott Hartman, Ron Barron, Blair Bollinger, Phillip Smith, the Columbus Pops Orchestra, The Lexington Brass Band, the Miles Osland Little Big Band, the Dimartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra, the Kenny Hadley Big Band (Boston), the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra , Saxton's Cornet Band, and the The Dennis Noday Jazz Orchestra (south Florida).
I spent two full years touring with the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, directed by Larry O'Brien. During that time, I held down all three tenor trombone chairs and recorded two albums.
I've also performed at various events, festivals, etc. including
The International Association of Jazz Educators convention
Eastern Trombone Workshop
International Trumpet Guild convention
The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic
Berklee College of Music Jazz Festival
Notre Dame University Jazz Festival,
University of Louisville's "Jazz Week"
Elmhurst Jazz Festival
North American Brass Band Association annual conference
Great American Brass Band Festival,
All-England Masters Brass Band Championship
NCAA Basketball Final Four
Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference
Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference
Lead trombone on all Walrus Music Publishing's Demo Recordings from 1994-2000, Special recordings for BBC 2 Radio and XM Satellite Radio
Cruise ships: Crystal Symphony, the American-Hawaii Independence, Seven Seas Mariner, Seven Seas Voyager, Royal Caribbean Voyager Of The Seas and Radiance Of The Seas, and the Carnival Victory
Here is one of the stupid things I had to play for on cruise ships. This is the "spoon" game - two-team game involving a spoon with a rope tied to it. Pretty self explanatory in the video.....
Here's a video montage from the last "42nd Street" tour. I was playing a hastily-condensed book of all trombone books, the french horn book, and the 3rd trumpet book. My part was all over the place -- two octave leaps, super high notes, and french horn impressions were the norm. The brass was me and two trumpets, and I think we sounded much bigger.
