He is widely recognized for his versatile skills as performer and teacher of double bass and is active as a musician with the RPO, Eastman Jazz Quartet and Trio East. He has performed with Marian McPartland, Gene Bertoncini, Rich Perry and Harold Danko and released a new CD, West End Avenue, featuring John Hollenbeck. He is jazz editor for Bass World and serves as Jazz Program Director for Birch Creek Music Center in Door County, WI. News and Notes