PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES SINCE THE MILLENNIUM Teaching • Currently one of three electric bass instructors at The New School in Manhattan. • On call Bass instructor for Guitar Center, Sam Ash, Rudy's, Guitar & Bass Boutique and First Flight Music Stores in Manhattan. • Be on the lookout for a comprehensive Buddy Booker bass book and DVD! Recordings • Two commercials for Oprah Winfrey's cable channel Oxygen, with saxophonist Barry Lynn Stemley (of Larry Graham and Prince fame.) • A world beat CD with Ari Ben Moses. Gigs • Frankie Wilmont (number one Reggae artist in Canada.) • The Buddy Booker Band (Soul, Jazz, Funk, and Gospel) for a return engagement at Mary Mount College. • Peter Spink (Folk Rock) at Hartford Cultural Center, and a private wedding in Vermont. • Taiwanese pop music revue at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ. • Don't Tell Mamma cabaret for triple threat Bobby Kravus. • Ari Ben Moses at Baby Jupiter's. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE MILLENNIUM • Score for the independent film, Unsavory Characters. • Donna Kelly’s annual tuxedo holiday band "New City Trio." • Musical Director for the La Familla Theater Company, featuring Salsa music. • Extensive work with The Buddy Booker Band. • Various projects for S.C. Entertainment • Recording sessions with "1156" and "The Good Foot" R&B band (featuring the great singer Herb Rawlings) • First call bass player for "Ear Shot Music" (Matt Hathaway and Mike Pestalozzi); including record dates playing hip-hop with "KRS1", and reggae with "Willy One Blood." •Yearlong weekly gig with CD-101.9's recording artist Joe Taylor at the Velvet Room •Contributing writer and player in fusion band "Emissary" •Substitute bass player for heavy weight session player Gene Torres for the jazz-fusion artist "Hannis" • Exclusive bass teacher at Sam Ash's Manhattan location for 3 years. Also backed up many, many more artists throughout NYC and the world, including shows
at Town Hall with Wally Gator, Phyllis Hyman, and Doug E.Fresh. |