New York Days
- 1982 — Moved to New York City
- Studied and performed with four-string jazz guitarist Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes
- 1985-86 — Member of Benny Goodman's last band (recording with Chirillo)
- 1987-91 — Member of the Buck Clayton Orchestra, touring Europe in July 1991
- Performed with Claude "The Fiddler" Williams in President Bill Clinton's inaugural festivities
- Performed with Bob Wilber and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
- Performed with Benny Carter
- Performed with Lincoln Center Jazz Band directed by Wynton Marsalis, all for National Public Radio.
- 1992-99 — Charter member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by Gunther Schuller and David Baker
- 2007 — Lincoln Center, Rose Auditorium Best of the Big Bands, with Ernestine Anderson
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