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Select Performances

New York City Area Engagements:

Arthur’s Tavern
Birdland
Clemente Soto Valez Cultural Center
Cleopatra’s Needle
Danny’s Skylight Room
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Enzo’s Jazz in the Whaler Bar (Jolly Madison Towers Hotel)
Feinstein’s at Lowes Regency
Gracie Mansion
La Guardia Performing Arts Center, Long Island City, NY
Lenox Lounge
North Square Lounge (Washington Square Hotel)
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY
Sweet Rhythm
Tavern on the Green
The 55 Bar
The Blue Note
The Iridium
The Kitano
The Oak Room (The Algonquin Hotel)
The Zinc Bar

USA Engagements: Clubs:

Carney’s Main Room, Cape May, NJ
Carney’s Other Room, Cape May, NJ
Chris’ Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA
Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus, Philadelphia, PA
Paula Jean’s Supper Club, East Setauket, NY
Priory Restaurant & Jazz Club, Newark, NJ
Randolph County Community Arts Center, Elkins, WV
Robert Treat Hotel, Top Brass, Newark, NJ
Shanghai Jazz, Madison, NJ
The Playboy Club, Columbus, OH
Trattoria Grasso, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Trumpets, Montclair, NJ
Twins, Washington, D.C.

NYC and USA Concert Venues:

Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center), NY, NY
Cobi’s Place, NY, NY
Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Gossman’s Dock, Montauk, NY
Hempstead Town Hall, Hempstead, NY
International Art of Jazz
Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY
Jazz Mobile
Jazz on the Green, New Rochelle, NY
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx, NY
Louis Armstrong House Museum, Corona, NY
Merkin Concert Hall, NY, NY
National Academy of Design, NY, NY
New York Historical Society, NY, NY
New York University
Pace University
Saint Peter’s Church, NY NY
Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
SUNY Plattsburgh, NY
SUNY Rockland Cultural Arts Center, NY
The Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
Tishman Auditorium, New School, NY NY
Weill Recital Hall (at Carnegie Hall)

Selected Engagements Abroad:

Achteckiges Haus, Darmstadt, Germany
Bessunger Knabenschule, Darmstadt, Germany
Cafe Extra, Büttelborn, Germany
Cafe Grössenwahn, Franfurt, Germany
Cafe K u K, Darmstadt, Germany
Cafe K, Kelsterbach, Germany
Gruberhof, Gross Umstadt, Germany
Havanna, Darmstadt, Germany
Havanna, Wiesbaden, Germany
Hochschule für Musik and Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hofgarten, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Hotel Eden, Arosa, Switzerland
Jagdhofkeller, Darmstadt, Germany
Keller-Kunst-Keller, Ingelheim, Germany
Kultur Cafe, Gross-Gerau, Germany
Medicus, Gross Umstadt, Germany
Oktave Jazzclub, Darmstadt, Germany
Stadthalle Jazzlounge, Gross-Umstadt, Germany
The Don Shop, Osaka, Japan
The Half Note, Athens, Greece
TUFA, Trier, Germany
Where Else New York, Osaka, Japan

Festivals:

NYC & USA
Black Tie Jazz Festival, NY, NY
Brotherhood Wine & Jazz Fest, Washingtonville, NY
Cape May Jazz Festival, Cape May, NJ
Goshen Willie “the Lion” Smith Jazz Fest, Goshen, NY
Long Beach Jazz Festival, Long Beach, NY
NY Solar Fest, Brentwood, NY
Newport Jazz Festival in NY, NYC, NY
North Fork Jazz Festival, Southold, NY
Warwick Valley Jazz Festival, Warwick, NY
International
Heinerfest, Darmstadt, Germany
Hessen Jazz Tage Festival, Idstein, Germany
Hochzeitsturm Festival, Darmstadt, Germany
Jazzfest Mörfelden/Walldorf, Germany
Mainz Arts and Crafts Festival, Mainz, Germany
Mini Jazz Fest, Kavaliershaus, Darmstadt, Germany

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Media Appearances

Network Television:

PBS: Burt Wolf Tastes of Freedom: Kwanzaa
Fox News: Fox and Friends

Access Cable Television Shows:

Denton Harewood/Jazz Bytes
Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks
Harold Ousley
Jackie Rowe Adams
Lennie Matthews
Brown Sugar
Heather Odom
Brazilians in New York

Radio:

WKCR “Som do Brasil” hosted by Jassvan DeLima,
WBAI “Stolen Moments in Jazz” hosted by Mahmoud Ibrahim
WBAI “The Dred Scott Keyes Show”
WTBQ “The John Moultrie Show”
WTBQ “Takin’ Care of Business” hosted by Michael Sweeton
WVNJ “The Jim Lowe Show”
RocklandWorldRadio.com: “John Richmond Jazz”
RocklandWorldRadio.com: “Connections with Deborah Turner”

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Clinics:

Jazz Improvisation Concepts,
West Virginia Wesleyan College,
Buckhannon, WV

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Select Stagemates

Bassists:
Gene Perla, Ron McClure, Jim Cammack, Santi Debriano, Kenny Davis, John Burr, Ratzo Harris, Victor Gaskin, Lysle Atkinson, Harvie S, Calvin Hill, Stanley Banks, Cameron Brown, Dennis Irwin, Sean Smith, Leon Lee Dorsey, Ugonna Okegwo, Dave Jackson, Yosuke Inoue,Eric Lemons, Bob Cunningham, John Dooley, Paul Gill, Andy Eulau, Noriko Ueda, Marcus Mclaurine, Pat O’Leary, Bill McCrossen, Kelly Friesen, Bim Strassberg, John Ray, Bill Mooring, Jurgen Wuchner, John Arbo, Lew Scott

Drummers:
Adam Nussbaum, Eliot Zigmund, Eric Mc Pherson, Winard Harper, Greg Bandy, Vincent Ector, Cecil Brooks III, Yoron Israel, Frank Gant, Eddie Gladden, Cindy Blackman, Bobby Sanabria, Bruce Cox, Gene Gardner, Mark Johnson, Joe Ascione, Tootsie Bean, Joe Dukes, Lou Grassi, Dave Gibson, Bernice Brooks, Bob Myer, Ron Vincent, Ronnie Williams,                      Michael D’Agostino, Taro Okamoto, Anthony Pinciotti,
Tony Jefferson, Janusz Stefanski, Max Sonnabend

Percussionists:
Renato Thoms, Steve Kroon, Roberto Quintero, Chembo Corniel

Trumpeters:
Eddie Henderson, Ray Vega, Cecil Bridgewater, Valery Ponomarev,
Ted Curson, Freddie Jacobs, Chris Persad, Rick Savage

Trombonists:
Benny Powell, Steve Turre, Slide Hampton, Fred Wesley, Eric Goletz

Saxophonists:
Jimmy Heath, James Spaulding, David “Fathead” Newman,                              Joe Lovano, Gerry Niewood, Lou Donaldson, Justin Robinson, Harold Ousley, Andy Farber, Dan Faulk, Gerald Hayes, Bobby Porcelli, Abraham Burton, Willie Williams, Bill Easly, Talib Kibwe, Bill Saxton, Ralph Williams,      Carter Jefferson, Percy France, Wayne Schuster, Carol Sudhalter,           Wilson De Oliveira, Todd Anderson,
Kenji Omae, Bob Magnuson, Peter Brainin

Flautist:
Dave Valentin

Violinists/Violists:
Tom Aalfs, Marlene Rice, Judith Insell

Guitarists:
Ron Affif, David O’Rourke, Zachary Breaux, Mark Witfield,
Ron Jackson, Marvin Horne, Ed MacEachen, Kevin Mc Neal,
Adam Rafferty, Mark Marino, Ed Cherry, Kenny Wessel

Accordionist:
Eddie Monteiro

Vibraphonists:
Bryan Carrott, Dave Ellison

Vocalists:
Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Meredith D’Ambrosio, Giacomo Gates,
Dakota Staton, Marguerite Juenemann, Johnny Colon, Melba Joyce,
Roseanna Vitro, Vanessa Rubin, Cynthia Scott, Marion Cowings,
Maxine Brown, Stella Marrs, Pucci Amanda Jhones, Betty Shirley,
Melissa Hamilton, Barbara Sfraga, Tessa Souter, Barbara Mood,
Tahna Running, Jim Malloy, Lenora Zenzali Helm, Sweet Georgia Brown,
Linda Ciofalo, Osi Lewin, Angela Harris, Raquel Lima, Rita Selby, Laura Mann, Ernie Byrd, Mary Foster Conklin, Grace Garland, Gary Brocks, Flossi Giorgini, Harry Schultz, Toby Altman, Frieda Mims, Robin Hackett, J.J.Holland, Roz Corral, Andrea Wolper, Diane Hubka, Myrna Lake, Billy C, Elli Fordyce, Salome James, Redmond Buckley, Shirl Wright, Mary LaRose, Lisa Hearns, Barbara King, Hillary Gardner, Audrey Silver,                         Elena Camerin, Judi Silvano, Gabriele Tranchina

Poets/Performance Artists:                                                                            Abiodun Oyewole (founding member of “The Last Poets”),                            ”The Medicine Woman of Jazz” Golda Solomon,                                                 ”The Mahogany Queen” Marietta Melton,                                                       Jennifer Barone (founder of TheWordParty),                                            Christine LaRubio