He is a trumpeter, trombonist, cornetist and teacher who graduated with a doctorate from New York University with his dissertation having been written about the bandleader Enoch Light and his contribution to music.
Working as an ensemble member and session musician he has appeared on albums that include Close to You by The Ebonys and On the Boardwalk, That Demon Rag and The Whistler & His Dog by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
He is a Professor of Music at the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey, and is often heard performing jazz at various venues in the New Jersey area.
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra recordings
Bring Me Back My Lovin’ Honey Boy ( George Linus Cobb/ Jack Yellen)
Newport Classic NC 60069 (CD: The Whistler and His Dog)
Conductor – Rick Benjamin
Here he is performing “Look to the Sky” and “Four” in a “Random Acts” performance at the County College of Morris…
Sources:
- http://www.enochlight.com/~enochlig/index.php?title=Credits&oldid=2189
- http://www.toddcollinsmusic.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=25
- http://www.ccm.edu/academics/divdep/liberalarts/music/bio/gradone.aspx
- http://pcmorristown.org/fridaysrogs.pdf
- http://www.answers.com/topic/close-to-you-2004-album-by-the-ebonys?cat=entertainment
- http://www.answers.com/topic/the-whistler-and-his-dog?cat=entertainment
- http://music.msn.com/music/album-credits/paragon-ragtime-orchestra/that-demon-rag/
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=RICHARD|GRADONE&sql=11:3vfrxqekldfe~T4