Born 2-19-1950 in Detroit, I have been involved with the arts for most of my life. I began studying the alto sax at the age of 14 in middle school and have been playing/studying in varying capacities since. After periodic explorations of drama, poetry, architecture, visual art, a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. and a stint in Europe, I arrived in NYC in 1989 with my family and an alto sax. In the past 12 years I have been actively involved with the Downtown Scene: Amica Bunker, the Improviser's Collective and most recently the C.O.M.A. series at ABC No-Rio.

As a composer I have incorporated traditional musical scoring techniques with visual/graphical and performance oriented presentations. My philosophy being Sound/Vision/Concept are inter-related in life/art/creating and is communication.

Although primarily an alto saxophonist I play a number of reed, flute, percussion and string instruments at varying degrees of competency per composition requirements.

I have been honored to work with musicians and composers such as - Cecil Taylor, Tan Dun, Borah Bergman, Peter Kowald, William Parker, Joseph Daly, Lee Renaldo, Donald Miller, Dom Minasi, Evan Gallagher and David First as a performer or co-composer and as an improvising musician have found the line between composer and performer to be gray at best.

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