Education
He graduated from Towson State University in 1975 and obtained a masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1992.
He graduated from Towson State University in 1975 and obtained a masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1992.
He largely works as a studio session bass trombonist, and is not known for improvising. He settled in New York City in 1977, playing a variety of commercial and jazz trombone jobs, and eventually claiming a chair in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He appears as an incidental player on hundreds of recordings, notably on Grammy-nominated efforts with Joe Henderson, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, but also in many other groups.
He was also a charter member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and has toured extensively with Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Dizzy Gillespie, and the Mingus Big Band, among others