I was born in San Francisco, lived in New York from 2007-2012, and currently reside in the SF Bay.
Philosophy: I play music that excites me and that the audience can connect with and enjoy. Otherwise, what's the point? I continue to study music, learn my craft, and share it with others in any way I can. I am deeply influenced by the historical masters of jazz drumming who have led the way: Art Blakey, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Billy Higgins and Jimmy Cobb.
Education: I have taught privately and at clinics at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and CSU Summer Arts. My goal is to help students overcome musical stumbling blocks while refining their unique voices. I earned a BM from San Francisco State University in 2007.
Where I've played: Comstock Saloon, The Burritt Room, Jazz At Pearls, Club Deluxe, Fat Cat Billiards, Tomi Jazz, Smalls, Stanford Jazz Festival, Cipriani Wall Street.
Who I've played with: Charles McPherson, Andrew Speight, Patrick Wolff, Steven Lugerner, Erik Jekabson, Larry Vuckovich, Dena DeRose, Matthew Clark, Jeb Patton, Dan Nimmer, Joe Gilman and many others.
In 2011, I helped found Hard Bop Collective, a band devoted to making exciting, swinging music with a strong sense of tradition accessible and fun for the modern audience.
Philosophy: I play music that excites me and that the audience can connect with and enjoy. Otherwise, what's the point? I continue to study music, learn my craft, and share it with others in any way I can. I am deeply influenced by the historical masters of jazz drumming who have led the way: Art Blakey, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Billy Higgins and Jimmy Cobb.
Education: I have taught privately and at clinics at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and CSU Summer Arts. My goal is to help students overcome musical stumbling blocks while refining their unique voices. I earned a BM from San Francisco State University in 2007.
Where I've played: Comstock Saloon, The Burritt Room, Jazz At Pearls, Club Deluxe, Fat Cat Billiards, Tomi Jazz, Smalls, Stanford Jazz Festival, Cipriani Wall Street.
Who I've played with: Charles McPherson, Andrew Speight, Patrick Wolff, Steven Lugerner, Erik Jekabson, Larry Vuckovich, Dena DeRose, Matthew Clark, Jeb Patton, Dan Nimmer, Joe Gilman and many others.
In 2011, I helped found Hard Bop Collective, a band devoted to making exciting, swinging music with a strong sense of tradition accessible and fun for the modern audience.
