Tagline: I'm a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, guitar, acoustic/electric bass, and drums) mainly playing jazz.

Introduction: I started learning to play the organ when I was 7 years old. Upon entering junior high, I switched to classical guitar, and played in a classical guitar orchestra, mainly Baroque music (Bach, Vivaldi, ...). Around the same time, I also got interested in rock (Beatles, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, ...). Finally, in college, I started listening, playing, and composing jazz, and also started playing drums. More recently, I learned how to play both upright bass and fretless electric bass. Currently, I am spending more time to play tenor and soprano saxophones as well as bass clarinet and flute. I also regularly play in our band Mercurial Mind consisting of David Kyle (keyboards), Bart Wise (bass), Bart van der Zeeuw (drums), and myself (miscellaneous instruments).

My musical heroes (in alphabetical order):

Burt Bacharach

Jeff Beck

Larry Carlton

John Coltrane

The Crusaders

Miles Davis

Eric Dolphy

Earth, Wind & Fire

Jay Graydon

Herbie Hancock

Donny Hathaway

Allan Holdsworth

Bill LaBounty

Michael McDonald

Mike Mainieri

Jaco Pastorius

Chris Potter

Jeff Porcaro

Dianne Reeves

Boz Scaggs

Maria Schneider

Wayne Shorter

Steely Dan

David T. Walker

Weather Report

Stevie Wonder