Jazz publicist and music industry professional. Founder of Ride Symbol.
Former jazz director at Koch Entertainment (1993-2002). Also worked as a jazz publicist at Telarc International Corporation (1989-1993) and PolyGram (1984-1989).
ALBUMS
Dan Rose
Last Night...
2021, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol
Billy Cobham
A Funky Thide Of Sings
2021, 
,
, Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Fusion
The Claire Daly Band
Rah! Rah!
2020
Vito Dieterle, Joel Forrester
StatusSphere
2019, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol
Paul Winter (2) / Bola Sete And Vince Guaraldi
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual (Two Original Shows On One)
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, Koch Jazz, 
,
, Bossa Nova/Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Interview
Jimmy Witherspoon / Jimmy Rushing
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual (Two Original Shows On One CD!)
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, Koch Jazz
Cannonball Adderley / Charles Lloyd
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, ,
, Interview/Bop/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Hard Bop
The Sextet Of Orchestra U.S.A. Under The Direction Of Michael Zwerin*
Mack The Knife And Other Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill
2001, ,
, Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Peggy Stern
[Actual Size]
2000, CD, Album, Koch Jazz,
Chris Dahlgren
Best Intentions
2000
Freddie Hubbard
The Black Angel
2000
The Jazz Modes
The Jazz Modes
1999
The Piano Of Roland Hanna*
Easy To Love
1999
The Duke Pearson Nonet
Honeybuns
1998
Milt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins
Bean Bags
1998
The Microscopic Septet*
Take The Z Train
1998
The Jazz Modes
The Jazz Modes Play Excerpts From The Frank Loesser Musical The Most Happy Fella
1998,
Joel Forrester
Stop The Music
1997, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Marie McAuliffe's ARk Sextet*
Marie McAuliffe's ARk Sextet
1997, CD, Album, Koch Jazz, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
1989, ,
, Holiday
Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson
At The Opera House
1986
Ella Fitzgerald
The Irving Berlin Songbook Volume 2
1986
Ella Fitzgerald
The Irving Berlin Songbook Volume 1
1986
Oscar Peterson - The Trio*
The Trio : Live From Chicago
1985
Joel Forrester
About Time
CD, Album, Ride Symbol Records
APPEARANCES +
Dan Rose (3), Claudine Francois*
New Leaves
2021, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol
Vito Dieterle
Anemone
2020, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol
Mike Richmond Trio
Bill's Hit Tunes
2019, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol Records, ,
, Bop/Cool Jazz
Kirk Nurock
Nurock
2019
Kendra Shank & Geoffrey Keezer*
Half Moon: Live In New York
2016, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol, ,
, Bop/Post Bop
Russell Malone
All About Melody
2016
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring
Friendly Fire: Live At Smoke
2012,
"Papa" John DeFrancesco
Big Shot
2009, CD, Album, Savant
George Cables
Morning Song
2008, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc.,
Bobby Hutcherson
Head On
2008, CD, ,
, Post Bop/Fusion
Stanley Turrentine
Return Of The Prodigal Son
2008, ,
, Hard Bop/Smooth Jazz
Louis Hayes And The Cannonball Legacy Band*
Maximum Firepower
2006, CD, Album, Savant, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
John Hicks
Sweet Love Of Mine
2006, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc., ,
, Bop/Latin Jazz
George Shearing
The Very Best Of
2005, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Capitol Jazz,
Harold Land
Take Aim
2005
Sonny Rollins
The Very Best
2005, ,
, Bop
Lou Rawls
The Very Best
2005, ,
, Rhythm & Blues
Horace Silver
The Very Best
2005, 
John McLaughlin
Belo Horizonte
2004
Gato Barbieri
Bolivia and Under Fire
2003
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler On The Roof (Selections From The Hit Broadway Show)
2003
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner's Finest Hour
2003
Dinah Washington
Dinah '62
2003, CD,
Chico Hamilton
Thoughts Of ...
2002, CD, Album, Koch Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Cool Jazz
Randy Brecker
Score
2002
Clifford Brown
The Definitive Clifford Brown
2002, CD, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop
Thad Jones • Mel Lewis* Featuring Miss Ruth Brown*
The Big Band Sound Of Thad Jones • Mel Lewis Featuring Miss Ruth Brown
2002
Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio
Nirvana
2002
Count Basie, Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, ,
, Bop/Swing
Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spanier
Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Causal
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, ,
, Dixieland
Earl Hines / Joe Sullivan
Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Koch Jazz, Koch Jazz, ,
, Swing/Interview
Dizzy Gillespie / Art Farmer
Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Koch Jazz, Koch Jazz, ,
, Interview/Bop/Hard Bop/Latin Jazz
Gerry Mulligan Quartet / Art Pepper Quartet
Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra / Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd
Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual
2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz, Koch Jazz, ,
, Post Bop/Bop/Swing/Big Band
Pony Poindexter
Pony's Express
2001
Willie "The Lion" Smith
The Memoirs Of Willie "The Lion" Smith
2001, ,
, Stride
Joe Williams And George Shearing
The Heart And Soul Of Joe Williams And George Shearing
2001
Rob Reddy's Quttah
However Humble
2000, CD, Koch Jazz, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Garrison Fewell
Birdland Sessions
2000, CD, Album, Koch Jazz, ,
, Post Bop
Joe Mooney
The Happiness Of...The Greatness Of... Joe Mooney
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Koch Jazz, ,
, Swing/Vocal/Ballad
Various
Rare Beauty - Intimate Gems Of Duke Ellington Performed By Koch Jazz Artists
2000, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Koch Jazz
Freddie Hubbard
Backlash
2000
McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster
McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster
2000
Various
Sketches Of James: Selections From The James Taylor Songbook
2000, CD, ,
, Smooth Jazz
Frank Strozier
Cool, Calm And Collected
2000
Eddie Harris
For Bird And Bags
2000
Jackie Cain And Roy Kral*
Concerts By The Sea
2000, ,
, Bop/Vocal/Ballad
Von Freeman
Doin' It Right Now
2000, ,
, Post Bop
Shelly Manne & His Men
Boss Sounds (Live At Shelly's Manne-Hole)
2000
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Handle With Care
2000, 
,
, Big Band
Frank Strozier
Fantastic Frank Strozier
2000, ,
, Hard Bop
Rob Reddy's Honor System
Songs That You Can Trust
1999, CD, Koch Jazz, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Marco Granados
Sunflute
1999, CD, Album, KOCH International L.P.
Joel Forrester
Joel Forrester & The Illustrious Others
1999, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Gary Burton
Good Vibes
1999
The Joe Harriott Double Quintet Under The Direction Of John Mayer
Indo-Jazz Suite
1999
Billy Cobham
A Funky Thide Of Sings
1999, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
1999, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz
Ted Curson
The New Thing & The Blue Thing
1999, ,
, Modal/Post Bop
Hot Club USA Introducing Federico Britos With Frank Vignola
Django Lives
1999, ,
, Gypsy Jazz
Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
1999
The Art Farmer Quartet* Featuring Jim Hall
To Sweden With Love
1999
Max Roach
Members, Don't Git Weary
1999
Duke Pearson
Prairie Dog
1999
Don Pullen
Tomorrow's Promises
1999
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Fanfare For The Warriors
1999
Buster Smith
The Legendary Buster Smith
1999
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Here Is Phineas · The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.
1999, ,
, Bop
Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll
Ladies Of Jazz
1999, ,
, Bop
Bobby Hutcherson
Un Poco Loco
1999
Vic Dickenson & Joe Thomas
Mainstream
1999
Norma Winstone & John Taylor
... Like Song, Like Weather
1999
Randy Weston
African Cookbook
1999
John Lewis (2) & Sacha Distel
Afternoon In Paris
1999
Freddie Hubbard
High Blues Pressure
1999
Dizzy Gillespie
Triple Play
1998, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Co, Telarc Jazz, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Fred Ho And The Afro-Asian Music Ensemble*
Yes Means Yes, No Means No, Whatever She Wears, Wherever She Goes!
1998, CD, Album, Koch Jazz,
Gil Evans
Svengali
1998
Arthur Blythe
Lenox Avenue Breakdown
1998
The Gary Burton Quartet*
Country Roads & Other Places
1998
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Bap-Tizum
1998
Andy Bey
Experience And Judgment
1998,
Clifford Jordan
These Are My Roots - Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly
1998
Ray Brown Trio With Ulf Wakenius
Summertime
1998, ,
, Bop/Swing
Peggy Stern, Thomas Chapin
The Fuchsia
1997, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Christopher Rouse (2) - Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony*, Carol Wincenc
Symphony No. 2 / Flute Concerto / Phaethon
1997, CD, Telarc
Joel Forrester & People Like Us
In Heaven
1997, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Tommy Flanagan
For Bird, Monk, Trane And Thad
1997, CD, Comp, JazzFest, ,
, Hard Bop/Post Bop
Kenny Barron
And Then Again
1997, CD, Comp, JazzFest,
Kirk Nurock
Remembering Tree Friends
1997, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Ray Brown Trio
Live At Scullers
1997, ,
, Post Bop/Swing
The New John Handy Quintet With Bobby Hutcherson, Pat Martino
New View!
1997
Norma Winstone With Jimmy Rowles, George Mraz, Joe LaBarbera
Well Kept Secret
1997
Shannon Jackson*
Shannon's House
1997, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Funk
The Gary Burton Quartet*
Duster
1997
Dizzy Gillespie
Bird Songs (The Final Recordings)
1997, ,
, Bop
Ray Brown With John Clayton & Christian McBride
SuperBass (Recorded Live At Sculler's)
1997, ,
, Bop
James Blood Ulmer
Music Speaks Louder Than Words (James Blood Ulmer Plays The Music Of Ornette Coleman)
1997, ,
, Modern Electric Blues/Free Funk/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz
The John Handy Quintet*
The 2nd John Handy Album
1997, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Post Bop
Stéphane Grappelli
Live At The Blue Note
1996
Glen Hall
The Book Of The Heart
1996, ,
, Post Bop/Modal
John Handy
Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival
1996
Tim Berne
Sanctified Dreams
1996
Chris Dahlgren
Slow Commotion
1996, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Erroll Garner
Now Playing: A Night At The Movies & Up In Erroll's Room
1996, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz
Kristin Korb With The Ray Brown Trio
Introducing Kristin Korb
1996
Maria Muldaur
Fanning The Flames
1996, ,
, Vocal
Charles McPherson
Come Play With Me
1995, CD, Album, Arabesque Jazz
Owen Howard
Sojourn
1995, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Bruce Eskovitz
One For Newk
1995, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Ernie Krivda, Bill Dobbins
The Art Of The Ballad
1995, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Joe Williams
Feel The Spirit
1995, ,
, Gospel
Ray Brown . Benny Green, Ahmad Jamal, Geoff Keezer, Dado Moroni, Oscar Peterson, Lewis Nash
Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Piano Players
1995, ,
, Bop
George Shearing / Neil Swainson / Grady Tate
Walkin'
1995
Lady Bianca
Best Kept Secret
1995, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Erroll Garner
Dreamstreet & One World Concert
1995
Dusko Goykovich
Bebop City
1995
Various
Santa's Bag - An All-Star Jazz Christmas
1994
Erroll Garner
That's My Kick & Gemini
1994
Ray Brown Trio
Don't Get Sassy
1994, ,
, Post Bop/Swing
Sidney Bechet
En Concert Avec Europe 1
1993
Lionel Hampton
Vintage Hampton (Rare Recordings Of Lionel Hampton With All-Star Guests)
1993, ,
, Post Bop/Swing
Joe Pass
My Song
1993, ,
, Bop/Swing
Junior Wells
Better Off With The Blues
1993
Lionel Hampton & Friends
Rare Recordings, Volume I / Just Jazz: Live At The Blue Note
1992, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Telarchive, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz/Bop/Post Bop
Count Basie And His Orchestra*
En Concert Avec Europe 1
1992, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Bobby Short
Late Night At The Cafe Carlyle
1992, ,
, Vocal/Ballad/Swing
Lionel Hampton & Friends
Rare Recordings, Volume I
1992
The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio*
Last Call At The Blue Note
1992
Dizzy Gillespie
To Diz, With Love (Live At The Blue Note)
1992
Empire Brass*
Empire Brass On Broadway
1992
Lionel Hampton And The Golden Men Of Jazz
Just Jazz – Live At The Blue Note
1992, ,
, Swing/Bop
George Shearing
I Hear A Rhapsody - Live At The Blue Note
1992
Paul Desmond Quartet*
Like Someone In Love
1992
The Oscar Peterson Trio, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis & Ray Brown
The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Saturday Night At The Blue Note
1991, 
,
, Bop/Swing
Chuck Loeb
Balance
1991
Lionel Hampton And The Golden Men Of Jazz
Live At The Blue Note
1991
Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble
Different Strokes
1991
Sam Pilafian*
Travelin' Light
1991, CD,
Bill Mays / Ray Drummond
One To One 2
1991
The Harper Brothers
The Harper Brothers
1988,
Irving Berlin
Always
1988,
Vocal
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
1987, CD, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione
1987, ,
, Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Shannon Gibbons
Shannon Gibbons
1987
The Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet
Pres And Teddy
1986, ,
, Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz
Kenny Burrell
For Charlie Christian And Benny Goodman
1986
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
Glenn Miller In Hollywood · Music From Films
1986, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Soundtrack
Lee Konitz
Motion
1986
Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson
At The Opera House
1986, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop
Bill Evans Trio*
At Town Hall ....... Volume One
1986, ,
, Post Bop/Modal
Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Stitt - Sonny Rollins
Sonny Side Up
1986
Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie
Bird And Diz
1986, ,
, Bop
Ella Fitzgerald
The Irving Berlin Songbook
1986
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald At The Opera House
1986
Ella Fitzgerald
The Irving Berlin Songbook Volume 1
1986
George Shearing
Lullaby Of Birdland
1986, ,
, Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz
The Hot Club Of Philadelphia
Gypsy Routes
CD, Album, Jazz Manouche (2)
Ray Brown Trio Featuring Ulf Wakenius
Seven Steps To Heaven
Various
Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
André Previn, Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown
Old Friends
Junior Wells
Better Off With The Blues
1997, 
,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Ray Brown . Benny Green, Ahmad Jamal, Geoff Keezer, Dado Moroni, Oscar Peterson, Lewis Nash
Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Piano Players
Kristin Korb With The Ray Brown Trio
Introducing Kristin Korb
, Vocal/Bop/Swing/Bossa Nova
Ray Brown Trio With Ulf Wakenius
Summertime