I first remember getting turned on by the sound of the trumpet when my father took me to see Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass when I was eight years old. As a teenager I heard Herbie Hancock's recording of "Maiden Voyage" with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. That really blew me away. I began practicing, taking private trumpet lessons and going to jam sessions. I discovered Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Enrico Rava, Woody Shaw and other great jazz trumpet players along the way. I studied jazz theory privately with Linc Chamberland and graduated from the City College of New York with a B.F.A. in Music. I have studied trumpet privately with Vince Penzarella, Bob McCoy, Louis Mucci, Ray Crisara, Laurie Frink and Carmine Caruso. I have played with many of the greats of Salsa music including Tony Vega, Lalo Rodriguez, Adalberto Santiago, Maelo Ruiz, Luigi Texidor, Cano Estremera, Hector Tricoche, Ray Sepulveda, Tito Nieves, Tito Gomez, Pedro Brull, Luisito Carrion, Paquito Guzman, Roberto Lugo and many others. I've performed on three continents and in 16 countries including the Montreux Jazz Festival and Festival Latinoamericando in Milan, Italy. I toured with the national production of the hit Broadway show "Chicago" and I sometimes play weddings on Long Island. My trumpets are a Bach Stradivarius Model 43 and a Yamaha 8310Z. I play GR mouthpieces.