He is a drummer
born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He studied at the Berklee
College of Music and the University of Miami. He was a member of the Ross-Levine
band in the 1980s and the Randy Bernsen's
Ocean Sound Band during the 1980s and '90s.He has performed with many artists
including Paquito D'Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis
and the Bee Gees.Working with
Ben Vereen he has appeared with the Atlanta
Symphony and the Dallas Symphony.He now works at MiamiUniversity's Frost School of Music as a Director
of the Drumset Program and has published the
bookThe Advancing Jazz-Pop-Rock
Drummer.