1979-80, Adjunct Professor of Trumpet, Faculty Brass Quintet, University of Tennessee
1969-73, 1st Chair Trumpet, University of Tennessee Wind Ensemble, Brass Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra
1972, Principal Trumpet, The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
1969 First High School Musician featured with the United States Air Force Band, Washington, D.C.
1968 and 1969 First Chair Trumpet in The All-Virginia High School Band
1968-69 Georgetown University Concert Band
Career Highlights: Jazz and Popular Music
2014-present, International Cultural Exchange Tours, ICX Jazz Ensemble
2014, Inducted into The Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame
1985-87, President of Arkansas Chapter National Association of Jazz Educators
1970-2022 Performances with Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Jerry Coker, Alvin Batiste, Airto Moriera, Carl Fontana, Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Foster, Maria Schneider, Don Menza, Frank Sinatra, Donald Brown, Art Porter Sr. & Jr., Charles Thomas, Ted Ludwig, Willie Humphrey, and many others, and with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, lead trumpet with Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, and Nancy Wilson
1978-82, Mentored in Graduate School by Jazz saxophonist, teacher, author, and pedagogue Jerry Coker
1970s Tours with Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Lou Rawls, The Spinners, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and others
