Notable Appearances
Lead Performer At
Guinness Jazz Festival
Cork, Ireland
Recipient of Rising Star Award
Madajazzcar Festival
Madagascar
Cultural Envoy for the US Department of State
and Africa Regional Services
Budapest Jazz Fest
Hungary
Burkhart Hopper Rising Star Tour
Germany
Caja Espana Otono Jazz
Spain
Friehoffer’s Jazz Festival
USA
Awarded Top 10 Performers for 20th Anniversary
Jazzarella Festival
Croatia
Liege Jazz Festival
Belgium
Marciac Jazz Festival
Nancy Jazz Pulsations
France
Newport Jazz Festival
Madarao, Japan
Newport Jazz Festival
Newport, Rhode Island
Nice Jazz Festival
Paris JVC Jazz Festival
Philips Dubai Jazz Festival
Dubai
Strasbourg Music Festival
The Kennedy Center Jazz Series
The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival
Opened For
Chick Corea
Ray Barretto
Kenny Garrett
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Diane Schuur
Performed With
Cyndi Lauper
Pop star and world renowned vocalist
Sheila Jordan
Vocalist / NEA Jazz Master
Randy Brecker
Grammy winning trumpeter
Jane Bunnett
Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican Jazz Trombone /
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Jacky Terrasson
Award winning pianist
Scott Amendola
Drums
Afro Semitic Experience
Ricky Ford Big Band
Kirk Lightsey
Piano
Spirit of Life Ensemble
Pierre Boussaguet
Bass
Hank Marr
Organ
Bobby Floyd
Organ
Denys Baptiste
Saxophone
John Betsch
Drums
Houston Persons
Saxophone
Lynne Arialle
Pianist
Annie Whitehead
Trombone
The Columbus Jazz Orchestra
Dick Hyman
Piano
Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet / NEA Jazz Master