Career Highlights
• Produced Soulio's self-titled debut CD, released in Sept. 2007
• European tour with blues/funk legend Lucky Peterson, Summer 2006
• Grammy nomination, "Best Contemporary Jazz Album," for Liquid Soul's "Here's the Deal" CD, 2000
• With Liquid Soul, toured extensively from 1996 to 2003, including...
Sting opening shows (Central Park, New York City; Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC; Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh, NC), Sept. 2000
Chicago Jazz Festival, Sept. 2000
Jazz Wind 2000 Festival in Furano, Japan, Aug. 2000
Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan, Aug. 2000
Sioux Falls (SD) Jazz & Blues Festival, July 2000
Cancun Jazz Festival, Mexico (May 2000)
River Stages Festival, Nashville (May 2000)
Music Midtown Festival, Atlanta, Ga. (May 2000)
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (May 2000)
Babylon Club, Istanbul, Turkey (January 2000)
Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jacksonville, Fla. (November 1999)
Aspen Jazz Festival, Snowmass Village, Colo. (September 1999)
Sweet Pea Festival, Bozeman, Mont. (August 1999)
Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival, Kansas City, Mo. (July 1999)
Lodo Music Festival, Denver, Colo. (July 1999)
Black & White Ball, San Francisco (June 1999)
Indianapolis Jazz Festival (June 1999)
Canadian jazz festival tour: Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary (June-July 1999)
Moers Festival, Moers, Germany (May 1999 and May 1997)
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (July 1998)
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit (September 1998)
President Clinton's Inaugural Parade and 21st Century Ball, Washington, D.C. (January 1997)
The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City (opened for two Sting concerts, March 1997)
A Taste of Chicago, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago (July 4, 1997)
JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (August 1997)
Dennis Rodman's birthday party, Crobar, Chicago (May 1996)
Nationwide club and festival touring (fall 1996 to Feb. 2003) with well over 100 performances per year.
Sunday night residency at the Double Door, Chicago (February 1996 to December 1999)
