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