41 yrs Music Professor, University of Arkansas Little Rock
Former member, Arkansas (ASO) & Knoxville (KSO) Symphony Orchestras
Lecturer (Trumpet, Jazz Combos), Member of Faculty Brass Quintet, University of Tennessee (UT, 1979-80)
1st High School Musician featured with United States Air Force Band, Washington, D.C. (1969)
1st Chair Trumpet, All-Virginia High School Band (1968, 1969)
Career Highlights: Jazz and Popular Music
Tours (1970s) Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson (The Jacksons), Diana Ross, The O’Jays, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, The Spinners, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and others
Jazz Performances (1970s-present) Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Jerry Coker, Alvin Batiste, Airto Moriera, Carl Fontana, Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, Maria Schneider, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Donald Brown, Art Porter, Charles Thomas, Stan Samole, Don Menza, Ted Ludwig. O.J.Ekemode & the Nigerian All-Stars, & others, and lead trumpet with the ASO for Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, & Buddy Rich.
International Cultural Exchange (Doyen) Jazz Tours 20+ countries (1996-present)
President, Arkansas Chapter National Association of Jazz Educators (1985-87)
Mentored at UT in Graduate School by Jerry Coker, jazz soloist, teacher, author, pedagogue (1978-82)
Arkansas Jazz & Heritage Foundation Jazz Hall of Fame (2014)
