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Previous Performances Include:
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* REGIS PHILBIN:
-----w/ SUZAN LUCCI Boston Symphony Hall 10/03
-----Eastern States Exposition 9/02
* SAMMY KAYE BIG BAND:
-----Mohonk House, New Paltz, NY
-----Marblehead, MA 4/28/02
* HARRY JAMES BIG BAND:
New England Tour 8/01
----- Normandy Park (Middletown, NJ)
----- Rhodes on the Pawtuxet (Cranston, RI)
----- Mosley's (Boston, MA)
----- Foxwoods Casino (CT)
----- Christine's (Cape Cod: West Dennis, MA)
----- Messalonskee Performing Arts (Oakland, ME)
* GENEVIEVE ROSE TRIO/QUINTET:
----- MARY LOU WILLIAMS WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL; Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. (with Yoko Miwa, Dave Burdett, and Gregory Caputo) 5/10/01
----- Barnes & Noble, Holyoke, MA '00
----- Torrington Jazz Festival, CT (featuring Sheila Jordan, Byron Stripling, Peter Michelic, and Gregory Caputo) '99
----- The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA (featuring Sheila Jordan, Dave Burdett, Gary Dial, and Gregory Caputo) '98
* HORACE BOYER: "How Sweet the Sound"; Fine Arts Center Hall, UMASS Amherst 4/13/01.
* "TRIBUTE TO BENNY GOODMAN BIG BAND"
Tours of Hawaii '99 & '01
* DR. BILLY TAYLOR: "Co-Op City" NY, '00
* RICH SEGAL ORCHESTRA: St. Louis, MO '99
* CLAUDE WILLIAMSON: Brattleboro, VT '99
* SAMMY KAYE BIG BAND: Hawaii, '99
* EUGENE UMAN: Tour of Columbia, SA (featuring Sheila Jordan and Matt Wilson) '98
* BYRON STRIPLING: Utica, NY '98
* TRADEWINDS: Tour of Greece & Turkey (featuring Dr. Fred Tillis, Carlos Bermudo, Gregory Caputo, with Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer) '98
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* BENNY WATERS:
----- I.A.J.E. Convention, NYC '98
----- Duke Ellington Society, NYC (w/Cyrus Chestnut and Vinnie Johnson) '97
----- Princeton University, NJ (w/ Bucky Pizzarelli) '97
----- Sweet Basil's, NYC (featuring Howard Alden, Harold Danko, and Joe Ascione) '97
* CLAUDE 'FIDDLER' WILLIAMS:
----- Academy of Music, Northampton, MA (w/ Bucky Pizzarelli and Miri Ben-Ari) '98
----- Upstate, NY '97
----- The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA '97
SHOWS:
* Pete 'N Keeley: City Stage, Springfield, MA '00
* Forever Plaid: Simsbury, CT '98
* Five Guys Named Moe: Springfield, MA '97
* Beehive: Springfield, MA '97
* Fiddler On The Roof: Springfield, MA '95
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* Profiled in DANCING USA, "Big Band Report" by Jack Lebo p.33 (April/May '00).
* Featured in DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE, "Tradin' Fours" p.44 (July '98).
* Featured in UMASS MAGAZINE, "Arts" p. 34 (Winter '98).
* Included in SAXOPHONE JOURNAL Article on Benny Waters p.24 (March '98).
* Included in CBS SUNDAY MORNING segment clip with Benny Waters at the I.A.J.E. Jan. '98 Convention, NYC (May 3, '98).
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MOST RECENT RECORDINGS INCLUDE: * DAVID SANFORD & THE PITTSBURGH COLLECTIVE, featuring MATT HAIMOVITZ - Oxingale Records (2007) * CELIA SINGS SINATRA - Phil Celia and the Bob Merrill Trio, D'Jaz Records (2007) * ERIC BASCOM TRIO - Bascom Music Productions BMP-1 (2006)
* FRIENDS AND HEROES - JIM FRYER & the Usual Suspects (Fall 2003)
* TWO GUITARS LIVE! - Mark Levesque/Judy Handler (Fall 2003)
* MOSAICO - Daniel Salazar SCP090603-3 (Fall 2003)
* ACOUSTIC BLEND - Mark Levesque/Judy Handler JM01 (Fall 2001)
* VERMONT SONGBOOK - Richard Mayer Quartet (2001)
* NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPES II: "Muriel" -Levesque/Handler, CCGS 040 (Winter '00)
* PORTRAITS FROM GERSHWINS'S PORGY AND BESS: Dr. Fred Tillis/ Tradewinds, 4/00
* MUSIC SWEET MUSIC: Shelley Neill, Colbalt Blue Records 3/99
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AWARDS:
* 2002 UMASS Magna Cum Laude
* 1999 UMASS Citizen Scholar Award
* 1998 Hamilton College Jazz Archives Inductee
* 1997/98 National Dean's List Award
* 1997 UMASS Dr. Billy Taylor/Fletcher Henderson Award
* 1996 National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts Honorable Mention Award
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