US keyboardist/pianist, arranger, composer, conductor, session musician, band leader, teacher, owner of a San Rafael Recording Studio,
Governor for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), adjunct Faculty member in the Jazz Dept. of the University of California at Berkeley, and on staff at the Berkeley Jazz School. He has collaborated with a vast array of artists, from
Stevie Wonder,
Narada Michael Walden,
John McLaughlin,
Larry Coryell to
Lady Gaga,
Madonna and
Jennifer Hudson.
For the classical composer, see Frank Martin.