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Partial Touring and Performance Credits:

National artists:
Billy Butterfield, Dan Barrett, Bucky Pizzarelli, Steve Allen, Charlie Byrd, Art Pepper/Mike Vax big band, Rex Allen (Gene Krupa Orchestra), Jay McShann, Sammy Price, Lloyd Glen, David Paquette, Bob Crosby and The Bobcats, Jesse Colin Young, Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Art Garfunkel, Steve Goodman, Jethro Burns, John Prine, The Pointer Sisters, The Chambers Brothers, David Bromberg, Gove Scrivenor, David Amram, Mimi Farina, Terry Garthwaite, Leon Redbone, Dr. John, Norton Buffalo, Charles Brown, The Temptations, Buddy DeFranco, Terry Gibbs, Peter Duchin, Larry Vuckovich, Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne.

Canadian artists:
Ferron, Amos Garrett, Shari Ulrich, Doc Fingers, Jim Byrnes.

Dixieland bands:
Dick Oxtot's Golden Age Jazz Band, Mike Vax's Great American Jazz Band, The Oakland A's Swingers, Ted Shaefer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band, Don Neely's Royal Society Six, The New Century Jazz Band, The Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Bob Schulz's Frisco Jazz Band, Randy Sandke's Louis Armstrong All-Stars.

Local big bands:
Don Piestrup, Cuz Cousineau, Full Faith and Credit, Alice Arts Center Jazz Orchestra, Tim Price Big Band, Harold Jones and the Bossmen, Larry Vuckovich All-Star Big Band.

Other local groups:
The Jim Rothermel Swingtet, NeoClassic Swing, Fast Company, Lost Weekend Western Swing Band, Warren Gale Sextet, Peter Welker Sextet, Bryan Gould's Swing Fever, Rex Allen's Swing Express, Cats & Jammers, The Christmas Jug Band, Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Peter Walsh and Friends, Marianna August and her Jazz Pals.

Notable national and local venues:
Universal Amphitheater, Pacific Amphitheater, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Crater Festival (Hawaii), Felt Forum, Carnegie Hall, The Greek Theater, San Quentin Prison, The Great American Music Hall, Kimball's, Yoshi's, Concord Pavilion, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Dante's (N. Hollywood).

National and local festivals:
Seattle, WA; Ocean Shores, WA; Long Beach, WA; Whidbey Island, WA; Friday Harbor, WA; Coos Bay, OR; Portland, OR; Seaside, OR; Sun Valley, ID; Nugget Jazz Festival, Reno, NV; Scottsdale, AZ; Indianapolis Jazz Jam, IN; Helena, MT; Great Falls, MT; Monterey Swing 'n' Dixie Festival; Bix Beiderbecke Festival, Davenport, Iowa; Monterey Jazz Festival; Sacramento Jubilee; San Diego Jazz Festival; Fresno Mardi Gras; Santa Nella; Pismo Beach; Santa Rosa; Marin Home Show and Classic Jazz Festival; San Francisco Jazz Festival, Bread and Roses Festival Concerts, Pacifica Art and Jazz Festival, New Orleans By the Bay, First Annual Petaluma Jazz Festival.

TV appearances:
San Francisco public access channel - with the NeoClassic Swing Quintet; The Midnight Special; In Concert; In Session; Don Kirshner's Rock Concert; CKVU's "Vancouver Live"; specials for CBC (Canada), NTV (Japan), and Belgian National TV.

Teaching:
Elementary school music teacher, grades 1-6, 1969-70; staff, Family Light/Onstage Music; guest artist/clinician for Santa Rosa Junior College Concert Series and Delta Junior College; performer, Music In The Schools program, San Francisco Bay Area; private students (theory, technique and improvisation), assistant at Davidson Middle School (4 bands), Jazz Saxophone Instructor at Sonoma State University.

Composing:
Co-writer with Steve Goodman of three songs for his album "Words We Can Dance To", including "Banana Republics", which was later recorded by Jimmy Buffet on platinum-selling "Changes In Attitude, Changes In Latitude". The song was also a number one hit single in Italy in 1979 (1993??) by Italian artist Francesco De Gregori.

Special Recognition:
Two-time Bay Area Music Awards (BAMMY) nominee.
Featured performer on the 1987 Grammy Award winning album "A Tribute to Steve Goodman".
Nominee for Volunteer of the Year, Heart of Marin Awards 2007