Dr. Prof. Leonard King, "Drum Fun & Vocals, Too", Four Seasons Elementary School, St. Paul, MN.
James Carter Organ Trio, Nui's International Jazz Festival, Bangkok, Thailand.
2008
The Great Detroit Hammond B3 Tradition Festival featuring the Dr. Prof Leonard King/Gerard Gibbs Duo/Orchestra, Oopapada featuring Chris Codish, Robert Tye, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King, and Lyman Woodard & Friends with Ron English, Dwight Adams, Cornelious 'JuJu' Johnson, Steve Hunter, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Cliff Bell's, Detroit, MN.
Detroit Homecoming Weekend: Paul Abler Quartet with Sven Anderson, Patrick Prouty, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King; Oopapada with Chris Codish, Robert Tye, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King.
Gibson/Baldwin Whole Foods Jazz Festival with The Spirit of Life Ensemble & The Paul Abler Quartet, Whole Foods(Bowery), New York, N.Y.
Dr. Prof. Leonard King & The Washingtons (Faye, Donald, & Kevin), Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis, MN.
Southpaw Isle Steelband CD release party, Cliff Bell's, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Quintet, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
James Carter Quintet, Summer European Tour '08:
Jazz Fest Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Music Hall Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany.
Fabrik-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany.
North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jazzclub Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden.
New Morning Club, Paris, France.
Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia, Italy.
Bix Jazzclub, Stuttgart, Germany.
San Javier Jazz Festival, San Javier, Spain.
James Carter Quintet, Japanese Tour '08:
J-Zbrat, Tokyo, Japan.
Lifetime Club, Shizuoka, Japan.
Brick Block, Oita, Japan.
Granvia Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
Mr. Kelly's, Osaka, Japan.
STB139, Tokyo, Japan.
Someday, Tokyo, Japan.
Yamagata Jazz Festival, Yamagata, Japan.
James Carter Quintet, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Organ Trio, Debrecen Jazz Days, Debrecen, Hungary.
James Carter Quintet -- West Coast swing:
Yoshi's (Oakland, CA.) & Yoshi's (San Francisco, CA)
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
James Carter Quintet, Fall European Tour '08:
CRR Concert Hall, Istanbul, Turkey.
Chemnitzer Jazz Club, Chemnitz, Germany.
Jazzit Musik Club, Salzburg, Austria.
Jazzclub Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
CCRD Opderschmelz, Dudelange, Luxembourg.
Sunset-Sunside Jazzclub, Paris, France.
Theater Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.
Hot Jazz Club, Munster, Germany.
Jazz Club Minden, Minden, Germany.
WDR3 Festival Jazz Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England.
Reigen, Vienna, Austria.
Teatro di Cagno, Bari, Italy.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Milano, Italy.
Aalener Jazzfest, Aalen, Germany.
Ingolstadter Jazztage, Ingolstadt, Germany.
Domicile, Pforzheim, Germany.
Novosadski Jazz Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Festival de Jazz de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Lyman Woodard/Ron English/Dr. Prof. Leonard King CD party, Cliff Bell's, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Quintet, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN.
2007
Visger Road Drum Band with Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Donald Washington, & Kevin Washington, Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN
Paul Abler Quintet featuring Yusef Lateef, Gibson/Baldwin Showroom, New York, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, Riga Saxophone Festival, Riga, Latvia.
James Carter Organ Trio :
Maennerchor Club, Erie, PA.
Nighttown, Cleveland Heights, OH.
James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden & The Akua Dixon String Ensemble, Carnegie Hall
(Zankel Hall), New York, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio: May European Tour
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Tent), New Orleans, LA.
Opera House (in Pomerian Dukes Castle), Szczecin, Poland.
Club Poklad, Gdynia, Poland.
Grillo Theatreplatz, Essen, Germany.
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Oosterport, Groningnen, The Netherlands.
The Hague Jazz Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Kunsthaus Nexus, Saalfelden, Austria.
Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
Slovak television, Mynska dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Moods, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kulturzentrum Gems, Singen, Germany.
Muziekpodium, Zeeland, The Netherland.
Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany.
Jazzclub Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Jazz Cava, Terassa, Spain.
Teatro del Casino Menorca Theatre, Menorca, Spain.
James Carter Organ Trio, Birdland, New York, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA.
James Carter Organ Trio, North Sea Jazz Cruise hosted by Marcus Miller.
James Carter Quintet, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Quintet with guest Roger Glenn, Yoshi’s, Oakland, CA.
Southpaw Isle Steelband with Dr. Prof. Leonard King, “The Music Of Astor Piazzolla Plus 5
Composers (Horace Silver, Leonard King, Lyman Woodard, Benny Golson, and Larry Young),
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI. & Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI.
James Carter Organ Trio, October European Tour:
Belgrade Music Festival, Belgrade Drama Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia.
Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.
Akwarium Jazzarium, Warsaw, Poland.
Salle du Cheval Blanc, Strasbourg, France.
Jazzhaus Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.
Marenzikeller, Leibnitz, Austria.
Blue Note Jazz Club & Restaurant, Milano, Italy.
Autonme Club @ the Cour du Conseil General, Toulouse, Frane.
Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Central Library, St. Paul, MN.
Paul Abler Quartet, Gibson/Baldwin Jazz Festival, Whole Foods Market (Bowery), New York, N.Y.
Dr. Prof. Leonard King, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN.
Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Bamber Valley Elementary School, Rochester, MN.
Dr. Prof. Leonard King, “The Social Responsibility of African American Music” course,
Macalester College, St Paul. MN., Winter & Fall semesters.
2006
Union Institute & University, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Music Degree.
James Carter Organ Trio, Ford Conference and Event Center, Dearborn, MI.
Allan Harris, Roostertail, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Quartet, Orange County Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA..
James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden, Staller Center, Stony Brook, N.Y.
James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden, The Egg, Albany, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, Iridium, New York, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL.
James Carter Organ Trio, Arturo Sandoval’s Jazz Club, Miami Beach, FL.
James Carter Quartet, Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI.
James Carter Organ Trio, Spring European Tour:
Congresshalle Saal Ost, Saarbrucken, Germany.
International Jazzfestival Greizer Jazzwerk, Greiz, Germany.
Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.
Nuit du Jazz, Theatre la Colonne, Miramas, France.
New Morning Club, Paris, France.
Chasse Theatre, Breda, Netherlands.
Centre d’elevage de l’Allier, Rocles, France,
Lantarenlvensler, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
James Carter Organ Trio, Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia, PA.
James Carter Organ Trio, Bourbon Street, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
James Carter Organ Trio, Festival Rio das Ostras, Rio das Ostras, Brazil.
James Carter Organ Trio, Freihofer Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
James Carter Quartet, Fay Claassen, & The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw:
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
James Carter Organ Trio, Summer ’07 Tour :
Lehartheatre, Bad Ischul, Austria.
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Tent Chapiteau, Gouvy, Belgium.
Arena dello Stretto, Villa San Jovani (Reggio Calabria), Italy
Visger Road Drum Band with Dr. Prof. Leonard, Donald Washington, & Kevin Washington,
Freedom Jazz Festival, Minneapolis, MN.
James Carter Organ Trio, Newport/JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.
Regal Brass Band of New Orleans, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI.
James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Bakery, Culver City, CA.
James Carter Organ Trio, Birdland, New York, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco, CA.
James Carter Organ Trio, Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis, MN.
Joined the roster of Young Audiences of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Special 3-part interview feature with Gisele Caver at soundsinthekeyofgee.com
Special features with Kevin O’Connor on KBEM-FM radio, Minneapolis, MN.
Uuquipleu Records distributed by CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com).
Special feature with Pete Fallico, KSUP-FM radio, “Doodlin Lounge”.
2005
James Carter Organ Trio, Orchestra Hall, Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Knitting Factory, New York, N.Y.
Oopapada, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Mi.
James Carter Quintet Plus Strings, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
James Carter Quintet, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
James Carter Organ Trio with Hamiett Bluiett & James “Blood” Ulmer, Blue Note, NYC.
Oopapada, Gerard Gibbs, Bill Meyer, Ibrahim Jones, Lorenzo “Spoons” Brown, Johnny
Evans, Jerry LeDuff, Kenny Cox, & Mubarik Hakim, Bert’s Marketplace, Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Festival of the Arts, Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Prospect Park Festival, Brooklyn, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Mn.
James Carter Organ Trio, Regatta Bar in the Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Ma.
Regal Brass Band of New Orleans, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, Mi.
Lyman Woodard Appreciation Jam, Bert’s on Broadway, Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Rivoli Teatro Municipal, Porto, Portugal.
James Carter Organ Trio, Escola Superior de Musica e Artes, Porto, Portugal.
James Carter Organ Trio, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland.
James Carter Organ Trio, Blue Note, Milano, Italy.
James Carter Organ Trio, Domicil, Pforzheim, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Jazzit Musik Club, Salzburg, Austria.
James Carter Organ Trio, Medunarodni dani jazza, Zagreb, Croatia.
James Carter Organ Trio, Casa del Jazz, Rome, Italy.
James Carter Organ Trio, Porgy and Bess Music Club, Vienna, Austria.
James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Liceo, Salamanca, Spain.
James Carter Organ Trio, Ingolstadter Jazztage, Inngolstadt, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Sava Center Jazz Club, Belgrade, Serbia.
James Carter Organ Trio, Stadttheatre Hinterbuhne, Russelheim, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Wexner Center, Ohio State U., Columbus, Oh.
Oopapada & guests, Bert’s on Broadway, Detroit, Mi.
Leonard King Trio, Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, Mn.
Released “Extending the Language” with James Carter & Gerard Gibbs.
2004
James Carter Organ Trio, Vaulx Jazz Festival, Lyon, France.
James Carter Quintet, Jazz Bakery, Culver City, Ca.
James Carter Qunitet, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, Ca
James Carter Quintet, Yoshi's at Jack London Square, Oakland, Ca.
James Carter Organ Trio, CBS Morning Show, Detroit, Mi.
George Braith, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Mi.
George Braith, WDET-FM Radio broadcast, Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Burghausen Jazz Festival, Burghausen, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio with guests, Hamiett Blueitt, James "Blood" Ulmer,
The Blue Note, New York, N.Y.
James Carter Quintet, St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St Lucia, West Indies.
James Carter Organ Trio, Syracuse Jazz Festival, Syracuse, New York.
James Carter Quintet, Pati Del Institut Del Del Teatro De Vic, Vic, Spain.
James Carter Quintet, Park Jazz Festival, Courtrai, Belgium.
James Carter Quintet, New Morning Club, Paris, France.
James Carter Quintet, Fano Jazz Festival, Fano, Italy.
James Carter Quintet, Classico Village SRL, Rome, Italy.
James Carter Quintet, Jazz Fest Vienna, Austria, Vienna.
James Carter Quintet, Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.
James Carter Quintet, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands.
Leonard King Trio featuring Marian & Mical Petrescu, Pori Jazz Festival,
Pori, Finland.
James Carter Organ Trio, Mt. Hood Festival, Portland, Or.
James Carter Quintet featuring Miche Braden, Ford Detroit Jazz Festival,
Detroit, Mi.
James Carter Organ Trio, Albany Riverside Jazz Festival, Albany, N.Y.
James Carter Organ Trio, BASF Gesellschaftshaus, Heidelberg, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Tafelhalle, Nurnberg, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Fabrik, Hambourg, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Centralstation, Darmstadt, Germany
James Carter Organ Trio, Opernhaus Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Jugendzentrum, Gutersloh, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Treibhaus, Innsbruck, Austria.
James Carter Organ Trio, Burgerhaus Alte Post, Ingolstadt, Germany.
James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre De Champ Fleu, St. Denis, Reunion
Islands.
James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre de St. Gilles, St. Gilles, Reunion
Islands.
James Carter Organ Trio, Congress Hall, Warsaw, Poland.
Featured with the James Carter Quartet, 9th Festival Internacional de
Lapataia, Punta del Estes,South America.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, St Andrews Epsicopal Church,
Ann Arbor, Mi
2003
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Blue Note, Milano, Italy.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Cite de la Musique, Paris,
France.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Mondavi Center, UC Davis,
Davis, Ca.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio Spain Tour:Teatro Circo De
Albacete; Circulo De Las
Artes De Lugo; Cafe Latino Club, Ourense; Calle 54 Club, Madrid; and La
Cova del Drac Club,Barcelona.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Azores Island, Portugal.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Northwestern University,
Traverse City, Mi.
Oopapada featured on MikeyRadio.com, Internet radio.
Leonard King inducted into the Motown Historical Museum as a "Man Of
Motown", Marriott Renaissance Center, Detroit, Mi.
Featured with James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, The Egg, Albany, N.Y.. Featured with James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, N.Y.
Oopapada featured at The Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, Ca.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio and David Murray, Yoshi' s, Oakland, Ca.
Conducted percussion workshops at Ala-Keiteleen Elementary School, Aanekoski, Finland.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Grenoble Jazz Festival, Grenoble, France.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Siusse/Cully Jazz Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Guglielmi, Massa, Italy.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Giotto, Vicchio, Italy.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Communale, Casalmaggiore, Italy.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, C.C. Luchtbal, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, New Morning Club. Paris, France.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre La Colonne, Miramas, France.
Featured with the James Carter Quartet, Spivey Hall in Clayton College, Morrow, Ga.
Featured with the Brazeal Dennard Chorale and Dennis Rowland, Andiamo's Ristorante, Sterling Heights, MI.
Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Coolidge Auditorium, Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Birmingham Jazz Festival, Birmingham, MI.
2002
Featured with saxophonist James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Performed with Oopapada at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.
Featured with saxophonist James Carter's Organ Trio, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Mi
Released a two-CD set from Oopapada entitled "Big Fahrenheit In Detroit" on Uuquipleu Records.
Performed with Oopapada at the Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, California.
Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, National Arts Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Oopapada featured at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI.
Recorded with James Carter, Avatar Studios, New York, NY.
Featured with guitarist Mark Elf, Firefly Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI.
Featured with multi-instrumentalist Howard Johnson, WDET-FM Radio, Detroit, MI
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The Blue Note, New York, N.Y.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Tour of Western Canada including Winnepeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, and Montreal.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Gem Theatre, Detroit, MI.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Pori Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Dartmouth University, Hanover, N.H.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Caramoor Festival, Katona, N.Y.
Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Eureka Springs Arkansas Festival.
2001
Released two more CD's of Oopapada on his own Uuquipleu Records label.
Featured with James Carter at Baker's Keyboard Lounge for a three-day live recording session for Atlantic Records with special guests, Aretha
Franklin, Johnny Griffin, David Murray, and Franz Jackson.
Summer European tour with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band.
Featured with James Carter at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.
Oopapada CD release party at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI.
Fall European tour with James Carter's Chasin' the Gypsy Band.
Received the Presidential Scholarship Award for continued undergraduate studies at The Union Institute & University.
2000
Released two more CD's of Oopapada on his own Uuquipleu Records label.
Featured with James Carter at Baker's Keyboard Lounge for a three-day live recording session for Atlantic Records with special guests, Aretha
Franklin, Johnny Griffin, David Murray, and Franz Jackson.
Summer European tour with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band.
Featured with James Carter at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.
Oopapada CD release party at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI.
Fall European tour with James Carter's Chasin' the Gypsy Band.
Received the Presidential Scholarship Award for continued undergraduate studies at The Union Institute & University.
1999
Performed with trumpeter/educator Donald Byrd at the African World Festival, Detroit, MI.
Featured with New Orleans clarinet virtuoso Alvin Batiste on WDET-FM radio, Detroit, MI.
Elected to the Board of Directors of Art Center Music School, Detroit, MI.
Featured with the famous Cuban clarinet and alto saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera on WDET-FM.
Featured with saxophonist James Carter at the Detroit Institute of Arts/GQ Magazine/Atlantic Records special concert and fashion show.
1998
Featured with James Carter at Catalina's Bar and Grill; Los Angeles, CA; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Village Vanguard, New York
Featured with Oopapada; Frog Island Festival, Ypsilanti, MI; Ford Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
Employed as a Music Therapist at New St. Paul Head Start schools, Detroit, MI
Featured on the Unwind/Creative Healing CD: A compilation of Detroit Jazz Artists
1997
Recorded "In Carterian Fashion" with James Carter for Atlantic Records, New York.
Appointed to the music faculty of the Institute of Music and Dance at the Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Joined Wolf Trap of Michigan, Head Start Division, Rochester, MI as a music educator
1996
Joined the music faculty of Art Center Music School, Detroit, MI.
Featured at the Ford Detroit Jazz Festival with Oopapada. Also featured with The Rodney Whitaker Sextet.
1994
Seven day residency with the Storytellers, Inc., performing at the Martin Luther King Center for the Performing and Cultural Arts, Columbus, Ohio.
Joined Omni Arts in Education as a performer/educator, Detroit, MI.
1993
Honorary certificate from the University of Michigan Multicultural Programs Council.
1992
Joined Young Audiences of Michigan as a performer/educator, Detroit, MI.
1991
Joined the Children's Center of Wayne County as a Music Therapist, Detroit, MI.
Featured with famed guitarist Herb Ellis at the Michigan Inn, Southfield, MI.
1990
Founded Strata Nova Productions, Inc., Detroit, MI.
1989
Joined the Warren-Conner Development Coalition as a Music Therapist for their "Youth on the Edge of Greatness" program, Detroit, MI.
1986
Featured with the Bobby Watson-Curtis Lundy Quartet at Baker's Keyboard Lounge,Detroit, MI.
1983
Joined Roy Brooks' Aboriginal Percussion Choir, Detroit, MI.
1978
Accompanied singer Eddie Jefferson at Cobb's Corner, Detroit, MI.
1976
Toured the U.S. with singer Eddie Kendricks
Joined staff of WDET-FM Radio, Detroit, MI as an on-air radio host.
1975
Accompanied singer Walter Jackson at Watts Club Mozambique, Detroit, MI.
1973
Joined the Lyman Woodard Trio at the Hobby Bar, Detroit, MI.
1971
Accompanied the O'Jays, Local 212, David Ruffin, Phelps Lounge, Detroit, MI.
1969
Officially opened Kresge Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts with Leonard King and the Soul Messengers, Detroit, MI.
Accompanied singer Al Green, Local 876, Detroit, MI.
1965
Accompanied vocalist/guitarist T-Bone Walker, Roosevelt Hall, River Rouge, MI.
1963
Featured with The Jazz Sextet (former name of Leonard King & The Soul Messengers) Michigan State Fair, Detroit, MI.
Formal Education
Ross Technical Institute Dearborn, MI; Certificate in Electronics Technology, 1986-1987
Southwestern High School Detroit, MI; 1962-1966
Detroit Public Schools District Orchestra; 1959-1963
Grinnell Bros. Lincoln Park, MI; private lessons, 1957-1960
Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Oh. Bachelor of Arts Music Degree, 2000-2006
Teaching Experience
Art Center Music School of Detroit, MI; Aug./1996 - Feb./2000
Institute of Music & Dance/Center for Creative Studies of Detroit, MI; Sept./1997 - Jan./2000
Taught privately at home and assisted in musical development of former students -saxophonist James Carter, bassist Rodney Whitaker, violinist Regina Carter,
saxophonist Cassius Richmond and keyboardist George Rountree
Music Therapy Experience
New St. Paul Head Start Schools Detroit, MI; 1998 - 1999.
Levine Institute's "Artists Enrichment For the Aged" program Detroit, MI; 1990-1994.
Children’s Center of Wayne County, Detroit, Mi. 1990-1992.