Description: composer, musician, filmmaker, author, artist, teacher...
My mom & dad bought me a piano when I was 2. A toy drum kit with a Hula dancer drum head, complete with a light bulb & blue cymbal when I was 6.
A reel-to-reel tape recorder when I was 8. An alto sax when I was 10. A Ludwig drum kit like Ringo’s when I was 12.
I started a band w my brother Bob. Started writing and recording music. I played from the heart. And it felt good. I worked at a grocery store when I was 16 so that I could buy the first Arp Odyssey synthesizer. I attended the Stan Kenton Big Band jazz camp at Drury College when I was 17, along with Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. I wrote for the SK big band! I’ve been jamming since birth.