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RÉSUMÉ

Chops
Guitars...
  • Electric Guitar
  • Electric Bass
  • Solid-Body
  • Hollow-Body
  • Acoustic Electric
  • Acoustic
  • Guitar Synthesizer
Related...
  • Sitar
  • Chapman Stick
  • Balalaika
  • Mandolin
  • Banjo
Other...
  • Violin
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Piano
A Few Career Highlights...
  • Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra - Guitar Chair - Special Performances
  • HAIM (Pop Band) - Guitar Instructor/Mentor 
  • Head Over Heels  - Paula Abdul - Featured Guitarist
  • Hilton Hotels & Casino - Guitar Chair          
  • Lead Jazz Band - Canter’s Nightclub (1995-2006)
  • Jerry Lewis Telethon - Big Band
  • Madonna - Session Player (1990's)
  • Tina Turner - Session Player (1990's)
  • Bell Biv DeVoe - Session Player (1990's)
Current Instruction/Teaching

Private Instructor: Guitar/bass, Music Theory, Composition, Jazz Combo (1989-Present)

Scott Henderson’s Art of Music School (2005-Present) 

Music Professor - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 

Live Performance
  • John Klemmer

  • Tony Newton 

  • Brandon Fields

  • Doc Severinson 

  • Joe Sample

  • Joe Williams

  • Chuck Findley 

  • Phil Woods

  • Louie Bellson

  • Milt Hinton

  • Art Blakely

  • Clark Terry

  • Lee Konitz

  • Maynard Ferguson

  • Ed Shaughnessy 

  • Andy Narnell

  • Don Randi & Quest 

  • Wayne Newton

  • The Wiseguys     

  • Gladys Knight

  • Frankie Avalon

  • Rich Little

  • Oui’3                              

  • Siegfried & Roy

  • Rip Taylor

  • Tom Jones

  • Marilyn McCoo

  • Charo

  • Tony Orlando  

  • Allen and Rossi

  • Jim Nabors

  • Phyllis Diller

  • Milton Berle

  • Carol Channing 

  • Harry Blackstone, Jr.

  • Don Rickles

  • Bottoms Up

  • Four Lads and a Lady 

... and more
Formal Education
  • University of Akron - Bachelor of Music/Performance Emphasis: Jazz, Classical Guitar

  • Pat Martino Jazz Clinic Modern Music School  (Cleveland, OH)

  • Phil Rizzo (Stan Kenton Clinics: Improvisation, Theory, Composition)

  • Solo Guitar Study & Clinic w/ Joe Pass (Cleveland, OH)

Professional Endorsements
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