| So,
I'm a bass player, composer,
and producer
Born
in Utrecht, Holland,
raised in Honolulu,
Hawaii / Composition student at the University
of Hawaii / Played bass with Richie Cole,
Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, Bill
Mays, Bud Shank, Makoto Ozone
and others / Also did a short tour with The
Crusaders, and played regularly with Gabe Baltazar,
an alumnus of the Stan Kenton Orchestra
Relocated
to San Francisco in 1983 / Played
with Ray Obiedo, Andy Narell, Pete
Escovedo, Linda Tillery and others
Joined
Sheila E in 1984 / Recorded and
toured with her for two years (once as the opening act for Prince)
/ Appeared with her in the rather silly but seminal rap
film Krush Groove
In
1986 toured, recorded and co-wrote some material with singer/songwriter
Bonnie Hayes
Joined
Miles Davis' band in 1988 / Toured
throughout most of the world, appeared in the Warner Bros. video Miles
In Paris, at the 1990 Grammy Awards, and other
stuff / Appear on Dingo (soundtrack
album with Michel Legrand) and on Miles Around
The World, a live album
Joined
Santana in 1990 / Played and authored
some material on Spirits Dancing In The Flesh and Milagro
/ Recorded Supernatural in 2000, won 8
Grammy Awards / Played on the 2002 Grammy
winner Game Of Love with Michelle Branch
Also
recorded with John Lee Hooker, Zucchero,
Booker T. Jones, Keola Beamer, and others
Other
production projects include Edi Xol, Gregory
James, and Chuscales / Wrote multimedia
music for ComputerLife, Computer Gaming World,
Sprint and others
Released
my first solo CD, Mystery Of Faith in 2002, featuring
performances by Carlos Santana, Tom Coster
and Barbara Higbie
Completed
my first film score in 2005 for Brooklyn Rules, starring
Alec Baldwin, Mena Suvari, and Freddie
Prinze Jr., released in 2007
Currently
working on a second film, another solo release, doing some mixing for
the next Santana release, and a bass instructional video, more like an epic movie /
Perform semi-regularly in the East Village area
of New York City / Okay, maybe
other places as well
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