Biography

Performances with Louis Armstrong, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Germany), Herbie Hancock, Hanover Radio Symphony Orchestra, Woody Herman, Thad Jones Danish Radio Big Band, Metropole Orchestra (the Netherlands), NDR Big Band (Hamburg, Germany), Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, and Clark Terry - Recordings for the Boston Pops, Capri, Columbia, Famous Door, Freeform, Polydor, RCA, Seaside, and SESAC - Former director of clinics at Frankfurt Conservatory, Harvard University, Kansas State University, Mellon Arts Center, Sidney Conservatorium, University of California, and Yale University - Former chair, jazz division, New England Conservatory of Music - Member, board of directors, International Trombone Association - Recent recordings include Wizard of Oz Suite and The Pal Joey Suite with NDR Big Band on Capri, and Ac-cent-tehu-ate The Positive Phil Wilson and Paul Schmeling celebrate the music of Harold Arlen on Seaside

From: International Tuba Euphonium Association Honorary Life Members