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.

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