Credits

Performance Credits
  • Leader/Founded group Always Something (rock/pop)
  • Leader/Founded group Ear Candy (jazz/rock, big band)
  • Co-Leader/Founding Member group Little Souls(pop/rock)
  • Performed with (partial list): Phil Wilson Big Band,Wayne Naus Big Band, Boston Jazz Conspiracy Big Band, George Smith Big Band, Roy Orbison,Drifters, Coasters, Platters, Bee Gees,Marvelettes, Mary Wells, Seekers, Bobby Rydell,Canberra Youth Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, After Five, AKA Roxx-Anne, Thin Ice,Narkissa’s Voice (Greece), Lupo’s Hot Brass Band, and many others


Recording Credits
  • Steve Bauer Orchestra, Living Dreams LP 1980, Hold Records
  • Mahrud Jazz Orchestra, Moments of Joy LP 1989, Ernie Records
  • Tonia Nestico Band, Riding the Sky EP 1982, Bella Records
  • Living Image, Dionne EP 1977, Air Records, Australia


Arranging and Composing Credits
  • Always Something
  • Ear Candy
  • Little Souls
  • Narkissa’s Voice
  • Thin Ice
  • Phil Wilson Big Band
  • Boston Jazz Conspiracy Big Band
  • Boston Metropolitan Orchestra
  • Lupo’s Hot Brass Band
  • Living Image
  • Platters
  • Air Records, and many others


Credits in Producing – CDs
  • Always Something - There Is… 1992, KOPA Records
  • Little Souls - Little Souls, 1995
  • Thin Ice - Watch Out!, 1996
  • Lisa Caruso - Lisa’s Gang, 1999
  • Suns of Soul - Suns of Soul, 2001
  • Mirek Kocandrle: Early Works for Big Band, Vol. 1, 2003, KOPA Records
  • David Kidd, Diary of a Nerd, 2003
  • Pop/Rock Live Shows – Berklee College of Music/Berklee Performance Centre, 1988-present

Credits as an Author

  • Survey of Pop/Rock Styles Workbooks, JMK Music, 1999-2002
  • History of Rock and Roll, A Selective Discography, G.K.Hall/McMillan Books, Boston, MA, 1988
  • Gene Vincent Biography – American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1991
  • History of Rock and Roll Workbook, Berklee Press, 1986
  • Pop/Rock: Sounds & Vibes of the 20th Century, JMK Music, 2003
  • Fun-da-mentals for Electric Bass, Vol. 1, Major Scales, JMK Music Publishing, 2003


Awards and Memberships
Awards:

  • Certificates of Achievement – 1989, 1990 Billboard Songwriting Competitions

Memberships:

  • ASCAP
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation


Endorsements
  • Bergantino Audio Systems
  • Citron Basses
  • Modulus Basses