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Playing Experiences ** Recording Experiences ** Teachers ** Clubs ** Festivals ** Concerts ** Countries ** Cruises **
Orchestra Experiences ** Television ** Motion Pictures and Soundtracks ** Professional Associations **
Teaching Experience
 

Playing Experiences:
Monty Alexander
Wes Anderson
Ernie Andrews
Patti Austin
Bob Belden
Marcus Belgrave
Oscar Brown, Jr
Tom Browne
Henry Butler
Donald Byrd
Charlie Byrd
Jerry Byrd
Freddy Cole
Natalie Cole
Carroll DaShiell
Victor Goines
Wycliffe Gordon
Nnenna Freelon
David Hazeltine
Percy Heath
Etta Jones
Hank Jones
Michel Legrand
Junior Mance
Wynton Marsalis
James Moody
Lewis Nash
David “Fathead” Newman
Jessye Norman
Johnny O’Neal
Houston Person
Danilo Perez
Harry "Cotton" Pickens
Eric Reed
Herlin Riley
Gary Thomas
Cedar Walton
Bobby Watson
Frank Wess
Steve Williams


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Recording Experiences:
Eric Alexander
Quentin Baxter
Freddy Cole
Chip Crawford
Reginald Cyntje
Ron Free
Elmer Gibson
Roland Guerero
Milt “Judge” Hinton
Oliver Lake
Rene Marie
Branford Marsalis
Delfayo Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis
Jason Marsalis
Takana Miyamoto
Gary Motley
Jeremy Pelt
Harry Pickens
Marcus Printup
Freddie Redd
Marcus Roberts
Terrell Stafford
Rudy & Cynthia Tyson
Reginald Veal
Cedar Walton
Woody Williams


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Teachers:
Keter Betts
Bill Bright
Ray Brown
John Clayton
Lennie  Foy
Jim Fredrickson
Victor Gaskin
Elmer Gibson
Percy Heath
John Heard
Percy Heath
Milt “Judge” Hinton
Rufus Reid
Larry Ridley
Bill Vaughan
Reginald Veal
Peter Washington
 

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Clubs:
Yoshi’s (Oakland, CA)
The Blue Note (NYC & Japan)
Birdland (NYC & Tokyo)
Iridium (NYC)
The Jazz Bakery (LA)
Sweet Basil  (NYC)
Jazz Showcase (Chicago, IL)
Green Dolphin Street (Chicago, IL)
Marian’s (Bern, Switzerland)
Mistura Fina (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The 'A' Train (Vancouver, BC)
The Jazz Standard (NYC)
The Blue Note (Osaka, Japan)
The Jazz Bistro (St. Louis, MO)
Zanzibar Blue (Philadelphia, PA)
Top Of The Senator (Toronto, Ontario)
Widderbar (Zurich, Switzerland)
Key Note (Tokyo, Japan)
Village Vanguard (NYC)
Smoke (NYC)
Shanghai Jazz (Madison, NJ)
The Birds Nest (Washington, DC)
 

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Festivals:
Lionel Hampton Festival (Moscow, ID)
JVC Jazz Festival (ATL & NYC)
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Atlanta Jazz Festival (Atlanta, GA)
Clearwater Festival (Clearwater, FL)
Dundee Jazz Festival (Dundee, Scotland)
Miami Film Festival (Miami, FL)
Bray Jazz Festival (Bray, Ireland)
Jazz in the Sangres (Westcliff, CO)
Melbourne Arts Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
San Javier Jazz Fesival (San Javier, Spain)
Pittsburgh Jazz Festival (Pittsburgh, PA)
Detroit Jazz Festival (Detroit, MI)
Jackie Robinson Festival (Stamford, CT)
WC Handy Festival (Birmingham, AL)
1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta, GA)
 

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Concerts:
Kennedy Center (Washington, DC)
Lincoln Center (NYC)
Spivey Hall (Clayton, GA)
Cemal Resit (Istanbul, Turkey)
 

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Countries:
North America - most parts
South America – Brazil
Canada – Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Europe – most parts
Japan – Tokyo, Fiji, Osaka, etc
Australia – Sydney, Melbourne
Caribbean – most parts
 

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Cruises:
SS Norway Jazz Cruise 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006
Cunard Vistafjord – 1999
 

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Orchestra Experience:
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Long Bay Symphony
Myrtle Beach Philharmonic
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Raleigh Civic Symphony
Northern Virginia Community Orchestra
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
 

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Television:
The Today Show
Conan O’Brien
Slovenia National TV
Ontario Broadcast TV
 

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Motion Pictures and Soundtracks:
“When We Were Colored”
"Chasers”
“The Sister-in-Law”
 

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Professional Associations:
International Society of Bassists
International Association of Jazz Education
African American Jazz Caucus


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Teaching Experiences:
Jazz Bass Instructor @UNC-Wilmington (4 years)
Bass Instructor @Pfieffer College (1 year)
Private Bass Instructor (12 years)
Summer Jazz Camp @Charleston Southern University (3 years)
 

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