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Small Group Experience:
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Horace Silver Quintet
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Max Roach Quartet/Double Quartet
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Joe Henderson Sextet
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
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Cecil Bridgewater Quintet/Quartet
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Big Band Experience:
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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Duke Ellington Orchestra
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Frank Foster Loud Minority
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Grover Mitchell Orchestra
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Cecil Bridgewater Big Band
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Guest Soloist/Clinician
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Commissions:
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Veneto Jazz Festival/Workshop - Bassano, Italy
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Tri-C Jazz Festival – Cleveland, OH
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Atlanta Jazz Festival – Atlanta, GA
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Ravinia Jazz Festival – Chicago, ILL.
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Mellon Jazz Festival – Pittsburgh, PA
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Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH
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Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT
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University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA
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Central State College – Wilberforce, OH
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Atlanta Arts Festival – Atlanta, GA
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University of Illinois – Urbana, ILL
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Meet The Composer – “Cannonball Adderley Suite” 1994
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Cleveland Chamber Symphony - “New Dawn” 1992
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Atlanta Arts Festival – “Waltz For Duke Pearson” 1982
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University of Illinois – “Soul” 1975
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JazzMobile – “Ceora” 1974
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Instructor:
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Manhattan School of Music
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The New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program
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Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
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JazzMobile
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Queens College
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William Paterson University
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Education:
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University of Illinois – Music Education, Applied Music Studies
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Thad Jones – Composition, arranging, conducting
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Max Roach – Improvisation, performance
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Producer/Arranger:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Afro Blue
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Dear Ella
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This Is New
Antonio Hart
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It’s All Good
Vanessa Rubin
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I’m Glad There Is You
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New Horizons
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Pastiche
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Tadd Dameron Vocal Music
Cecil Bridgewater
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African Sunrise
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I Love Your Smile
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Mean What You Say
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Generations Suite
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Lightening and Thunder
Uptown String Quartet
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Just Wait a Minute
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Max Roach Presents the Uptown String Quartet
Michael Carvin
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Revelation
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Between Me and You
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First Time
Grover Mitchell
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Hip Shaking
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
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New Life
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In New York Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
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with Rhoda Scott
Max Roach
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Lift Every Voice And Sing
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Live In Berlin
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Bright Moments
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Easy Winners
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Scott Free
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Chattahoochee Red
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Performer:
Lena Horne
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The Lady & Her Music
McCoy Tyner
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Song of the New World
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Inner Voices
Horace Silver
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United States of Mind, Phases 2&3
Credits
All Credits Arranger Assistant Producer Brass Composer Conductor Contractor Copyist Editing Featured Artist Flugelhorn Guest Artist Horn Kalimba Liner Notes Lyricist Main Personnel Member of Attributed Artist Mixing Orchestra Orchestration Percussion Primary Artist Producer Quotation Author Sax (Tenor) Soloist Trombone Trumpet Vocals
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2022 Mainstream Funk: Funk, Soul Spiritual Jazz 1971-1975 Composer
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2020 Spiritual Jazz 11: SteepleChase Flugelhorn, Trumpet
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2016 The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note, Vol. 2 Max Roach
Arranger, Composer, Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Percussion
Trumpet
Trumpet
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Arranger
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2010 Live in Berlin Max Roach
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Member of Attributed Artist, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
Primary Artist
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2007 Well Water Frank Foster
Trumpet
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2007 Hand of Fire O'Donel Levy
Flugelhorn
Producer, Copyist
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2006 Romanian Jazz
Trumpet, Orchestra
Main Personnel, Trumpet
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2006 Fusion with Attitude
Trumpet
Quotation Author
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2005 Hit the Rhodes, Jack
Trumpet
Arranger, Conductor
Trumpet
Main Personnel, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
Trumpet
Composer
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Soloist
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer, Primary Artist
Composer
Composer
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2003 Flying Funk
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet, Kalimba
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2003 Better Days Karen Francis
Liner Notes
Composer
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2002 Touched Laird Jackson
Flugelhorn
Arranger
Trombone
Trumpet
Trombone
Trumpet
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2000 Fanfare 8 Fred Tompkins
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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1999 Party Jazz
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet
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1999 Autumn Jazz
Trumpet
-
1999 A Little Houston on the Side Houston Person Sax (Tenor),
Trumpet
Primary Artist, Producer, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
Composer
Producer
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Assistant Producer
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet
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1997 It's Monk's Tune
Trumpet
Trumpet
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Arranger, Conductor, Featured Artist, Trumpet, Contractor
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1997 B-3 in Organ Jazz
Trumpet
Trumpet
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1996 Portraits Brian Trainor
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet, Composer
-
1996 Big Band Renaissance
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer
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1994 Listen Nnenna Freelon
Flugelhorn, Horn
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1994 It's All Good Antonio Hart
Producer
Producer, Trumpet
Trumpet
Guest Artist, Trumpet
-
1993 Pastiche Vanessa Rubin
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Assistant Producer
Producer
Primary Artist, Producer, Composer, Arranger, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guest Artist, Trumpet
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1991 To the Max! Max Roach
Trumpet
Arranger, Mixing, Editing, Composer
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer
Composer
Trumpet
Trumpet
Trumpet, Composer
Trumpet
Trombone
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1989 Revelation Michael Carvin
Producer, Trumpet
Guest Artist, Composer
Trumpet
Trumpet, Composer
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1988 The Re-Entry Jack McDuff
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer
Producer, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guest Artist, Trumpet, Composer
Producer, Arranger, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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1987 Bright Moments Max Roach
Trumpet
-
1986 First Time Michael Carvin
Trumpet
Trumpet
-
1985 Easy Winners Max Roach
Arranger, Trumpet, Composer
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
-
1984 Scott Free Max Roach
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
Orchestration
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
-
1982 In the Light Max Roach
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
Trumpet
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1978 Mister Mysterio Mickey Tucker
Trumpet
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1978 Headin' Home Jimmy Owens
Trumpet
Trumpet
-
1977 The Loadstar Max Roach
Trumpet
Trumpet
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1977 Inner Voices McCoy Tyner
Trumpet
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1976 Prelude John Stubblefield
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer
Trumpet
-
1975 The Camel Michael Carvin
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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1974 The Git Go Klaus Weiss
Trumpet
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1974 Jon & Billy Jon Faddis / Billy Harper
Kalimba
Trumpet, Horn
Trumpet
Trumpet, Kalimba, Arranger, Lyricist
Guest Artist, Trumpet
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1973 Simba O'Donel Levy
Flugelhorn, Horn, Soloist
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Vocals, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
Guest Artist, Trumpet
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1972 Three Jackie Lomax
Trumpet
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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1972 Suite for Pops Thad Jones
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Trumpet
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1972 Awareness Buddy Terry
Trumpet, Percussion
Trumpet, Flugelhorn​
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Trumpet
Guest Artist, Brass
Trumpet
Sounds Good, Feels Good Big Beat
Arranger
Arranger
Live at the Jazz Cultural Theatre Abdul Zahir Batin
Guest Artist, Trumpet
Trumpet
Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Trumpet