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Gigs of note:

2003 ‘E-Town, a nationally syndicated radio show recorded in Boulder, CO.  Scheduled artists that evening included Susanna Bacca , and Guy Clark.  Sunday, September 29, 2003

2003 Recorded and toured with Pete Martinez.  At large rodeos (3,000+ in attendance) we headlined shows and opened for Chris Ledoux, Asleep At The Wheel, and others.  Played on the single “I Hear You Knocking”, which was released to wide airplay in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, & New Mexico.

2001 and 2002 Represented Surine guitars at the California NAMM shows demo-ing basses for Scott Surine.  At these events I played with many musicians including Kim Stone, Jacquo, and Bijoux.

1998 Played with Sherry Keagy at the Denver M.O.P.S. convention to a crowd of 2000+.

1997 Toured Europe with Sydney Ellis, a popular blues artist in Europe.  We shared billing in Germany with Michel Petrucciani, among others.

1996 Played at the Breckenridge Jazz Festival in Al Vizutti’s quartet along with the wonderful National Repertory Orchestra.

1994 Played with the Xavier Cugat orchestra under the direction of Bob Kascha, with Ada Cavallo.  The band included members of Miami Sound Machine.

Performed, toured or recorded with:

Petula Clark               Melanie                       Pete Martinez             Al Martino

Charo                          The Platters                Little Anthony            Bowser (Shanana)

Vic Damone               Fred Travellina           Phyllis Diller               5th Dimension

Al Vizutti                    Tony Furtado             Red Buttons                Xavier Cugat Orchestra

Scott Record               The Spinners              Jim Stafford                Guy Clark

Sheilds & Yarnell       Matt Cattangoup       Shirley Jones               Firefall

Played with members of:

String Cheese Incident                       Miami Sound Machine          Robert Walters 20th Congress

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band             Greyboy Allstars                                Jeff Healy Band

The Boss Brass                                    Leftover Salmon                                 The Motet


RECORDINGS

Select recordings I’m particularly proud to have been involved with include:

Mpora Mpora ‘Sifa Sifa Africa’

Featuring African rhythms with traditional African instruments.  This was a very fun project creating a cd to bring about missionary aid to needy communities in Africa.

Melanie ‘Greatest Hits Package’

Their concept was to record each song on the cd in different major city with a popular band from that area.  They used the band ‘Firefall’ while in Denver, and I was called in to play bass with Firefall on the song ‘Long Train Running’.

A Stone’s Throw  ‘as yet unreleased’

One of Denver’s favorite bands features a crowd-pleasing mix of folk/Celtic/pop; this cd was a pleasure to record.

NO WAY OUT

First solo cd from Southern California-based jazz trumpeter Dr. Steve Roach.

PETE MARTINEZ

Played on the first release from Pete’s 2nd cd, which spent time on the top-10 country charts in the corner states.

SHOWS/REVUES

’42nd Street’, ‘My Fair Lady’, ‘Grease’, ‘Forever Plaid’, ‘Man of La Mancha’, ‘Cats’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘Sweeny Todd’, ‘Hair’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Annie’, ‘Oklahoma!’ (performing songs with Shirley Jones), ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’, ‘Evita’, ‘Annie Get Your Gun’, ‘The King and I’, ‘Sophisticated Ladies’, ‘Showboat’, ‘South Pacific’, ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Grease’, ‘Forever Plaid’, and many more over the span of 20+ years.

EDUCATION

Bachelors degree in music from Humber College, through an agreement with Thompson Rivers University.

1997 – I was fortunate enough to study bass with John Pattitucci  at the Bass Collective in New York City.

Attended Cegep de Ste Laurent in Montreal, Quebec Canada.

1985 – 1989 I graduated from the prestigious Humber College music school in Toronto, Ontario, where

I studied electric and upright bass with Lenny Boyd and Mike Farqhuarson.  Musical combo leaders I was fortunate to learn from included Brian Harris, Will Jarvis, and Pat Labarberra.

Doubles include upright bass, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar