grew up in st. louis, went to college in ohio, but the san francisco bay area will always be home. gained a reputation there as an innovative and eclectic pianist and multi-instrumentalist. recorded seven self-produced cd’s as a leader and have performed on over 35 others. co-founder of the ground breaking hip-hop jazz group, alphabet soup. also recorded with anthony braxton, cecil mcbee, andrew cyrille, joe morello, charlie hunter, bob mintzer, dave samuels, don byron, paul mccandless, marshall crenshaw and have performed with zigaboo modeliste, steve smith, mike clark, the paul dresher ensemble, pete seager, arlo guthrie, levon helm, norah jones, moby, bob weir, joe henderson, the berkeley symphony (kent nagano), ricky lee jones, dave garibaldi, larry schneider, nina hagen and peter apfelbaum. currently based in new york city and regularly perform with richard julian, jay collins, rene risque, carol lipnik, sasha dobson, the bari koral family band and the dred scott trio.