• HOMETOWN: Antioch, California
  
  
• BIRTHPLACE: Union, South Carolina
  

• EDUCATION:
  
  
  • High School - Richmond (Indiana)
  • Northwestern University (B.A.)
  • New York University (M.B.A.)
    

• STATUS: Married, with two children and one dog
  

• TALENT: Composer, saxophonist
  

• GEAR: Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone, Otto Link mouthpiece, 2 1/2 strength reeds
  

• JAZZ INFLUENCES:
Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dave Brubeck (composers); Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond (saxophonists)

• SKETCH:
  
  
  • Credits:
    
    
    • Composed music score to friend Dave Sidley's award-winning animated video, "One Lucky Night"
      
      
    • Composed and/or arranged 7 of 12 tracks on a local Smooth Jazz CD
      
      
  • Performs periodically as soloist at Golden Hills Community Church
    
    
  • Performs with The Delta Dogs (Blues/R&B) and Camille Sobalvarro (keyboardist)
    
    
  • Studied with world-renowned classical saxophonist Fred Hemke at Northwestern
    
    
  • Played in jazz combo featuring Megan Mullally (of "Will & Grace" fame) as guest vocalist when she was a student at Northwestern
    
    

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