| music & bands |

| recent major events/festivals (2007-present) |

July 7, 2010 -- Los Angeles, CA
Richard Bona Group at the Hollywood Bowl

July 5 & 6, 2010 -- San Francisco and Oakland, CA
Richard Bona Group at Yoshi's Jazz Club

July 4, 2010 -- Ottawa, Canada
Richard Bona Group at the Ottawa Jazz Festival

July 2, 2010 -- Montreal, Canada
Richard Bona Group at the Montreal Jazz Festival

June 25, 2010 -- Syracuse, NY
Richard Bona Group at the Syracuse Jazz Festival

June 21, 2010 -- Jersey City, NJ
Mingus Dynasty high school clinic and performance in Jersey City

June 18-20, 2010 -- New York, NY
Richard Bona Group residency at the Jazz Standard

June 18, 2010 -- New York, NY
Andy Hunter Sextet records its album at Systems Two in Brooklyn, feat. Alex Sipiagin, Dave Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, Jason Marshall and Danny Fischer

May 24, 2010 -- Accra, Ghana
Richard Bona Group festival concert in Accra, Ghana

May 22, 2010 -- Rabat, Morocco
Richard Bona Group festival concert in Rabat, Morocco

May 4, 2010 -- Chicago, IL
guest artist for Clinic and concert with Conant HS Jazz Bands

April 28, 2010 -- Bogota, Colombia
Richard Bona Group concert in Colombia

April 9, 2010 -- New York City
Richard Bona Group concert at Town Hall, NY

March 29-April 4, 2010 -- Lima, Peru
Teaching and performing in Peru Low Brass Festival at the National Conservatory, Lima

February 26, 2010 -- Portland, OR
Mingus Big Band at the Portland Jazz Festival

February 18-21 and 27, 2010 -- Dallas TX, St. Paul MN and Brookfield WI
Nnenna Freelon Dreaming the Duke tour

February 1-11, 2010 -- Mumbai, India and Tokyo/Osaka Japan
Richard Bona Group tourin India and Japan

January 22, 2010 -- Gainsville, FL
Nnenna Freelon Dreaming the Duke at University of Florida

October 29-30, 2009 -- Presque Isle, Maine
Master classes and performances at the University of Maine

September 17-20, 2009 -- New York City
Richard Bona at the Jazz Standard

September 7, 2009 -- Detroit, MI
T.S. Monk at the Detroit Jazz Festival

September 5, 2009 -- Tanglewood, MA
Nnena Freelon at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

July 13-19, 2009 -- Campinas, Brazil
Teaching and performing in Brazil's largest ever brass festival

June 14, 2009 -- Hollywood, CA
Dave Holland Big Band at the Playboy Jazz Festival

May 23, 2009 -- Seattle, WA
Mingus Big Band at the Bellevue Jazz Festival

April 24, 2009 -- Denver, CO
Mingus Big Band at the Greeley Jazz Festival

April 6-12, 2009 -- Lima, Peru
Teaching and performing in Peru Low Brass Festival at the National Conservatory, Lima

April 2-5, 2009 -- Florida and Georgia
Mingus Big Band southern US tour

March 5, 2009 -- Wellington, New Zealand
Mingus Big Band at the Wellington Jazz Festival, New Zealand

March 3, 2009 -- Macao, China
Mingus Big Band theater performance in Macao

March 1, 2009 -- Sydney, Australia
Mingus Big Band at the Sydney Opera House

December 5, 2008 -- New York City
End of year banquet party for NASCAR

November 1, 2008 -- Las Vegas, NV
Featured jazz soloist at UNLV's annual 76 trombones conference

October 4, 2008 -- Seoul, Korea
the Bjorkestra at Jarasum International Jazz Festival

September 19-22, 2008 -- Shanghai, China
bilingual festival host, performer in 3 different bands, and filming as TV host documenting Shanghai Jazz Festival

September 10-12, 2008 -- Presque Isle, Maine
Master classes and performances at the University of Maine

September 2, 2008 -- New York City
Guest Lecturer at the Jazz Museum in Harlem

August 3-10, 2008 -- Santa Fe, Argentina
Teaching and performing in Trombonanza Low Brass Festival

July 11, 2008 -- Tokyo, Japan
Monday Michiru at the Liquid Room, Ebisu Tokyo

July 7 and 10, 2008 -- Yokohama, Japan
Performances with Yokohama Artists Association

July 9, 2008 -- Tokyo, Japan
Alex Sipiagin at Body and Soul

July 4, 2008 -- Rome, Italy
Riccardo Fassi Quintet at Villacellomontana Jazz Festival, Rome

June 25, 26, 2008 -- Kumamoto, Japan
Class lecture and gig in Kumamoto, Japan

May 30-June 1, 2008 -- Panama City, Panama
Teaching at Arts Festival and performing with Dino Nugent, Panama

April 22-27, 2008 -- San Francisco, CA
Mingus Big Band at Yoshi's Jazz Club

March 1, 2008 -- New York City
Saturday Night Live house band, great show featuring Hillary Clinton and Rudy Guiliani

February 23, 2008 -- Chicago, IL
Mingus Big Band at Elmhurst Jazz Festival

February 22, 2008 -- Philadelphia, PA
Mingus Big Band at the Kimmel Center

January 26, 2008 -- Boston, MA
Ochun at Harvard

October 25, 2007 -- Salisbury, MD
Harlem Renaissance Orchestra at Salisbury University

September 19 - October 7, 2007 -- Russia, Poland, Germany, Italy
Mingus Dynasty tour in Russia (Moscow, Arhangelsk, Solovki Island, and Yaroslavl) Poland (Glokow), Germany (Hannover, Potsdam, Gutersloh, Kassel) and Italy (Milan - Blue Note Jazz Club)

September 2, 2007 -- Chicago, IL
Mingus Big Band at the Chicago Jazz Festival

August 11, 2007 -- Newport, RI
Mingus Orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival

August 4, 2007 -- Litchfield, CT
Mingus Big Band at the Litchfield Jazz Festival

July 21, 2007 -- New York City
Harlem Renaissance Orchestra at Lincoln Center

June 27, 2007 -- New York City
Mingus Dynasty at Madison Square Park

May 28-30, 2007 -- Beijing, China
Andy Hunter Septet and Lawrence Ku Septet, Beijing Nine Gates Jazz Festival concerts and clinics

April 26-28, 2007 -- Hainan Island, China
performing and bilingual hosting at the Sanya Yalong bay jazz festival

April 21, 2007 -- Montreal, Canada
Wayne Gorbea y Salsa Picante at Montreal Salsa Exchange

March 9-11, 2007 -- Oberlin, OH
Guest speaker at China convention at Oberlin College

February 24, 25, 2007 -- Shanghai, China
Lawrence Ku Septet at Shanghai City Jazz Festival

January-February, 2007 -- HangZhou, China
Launch of Soulfire radio, new jazz radio station. Live performance and prerecording of lots of shows for the station

(and of course this listing does not include the regular deluge of local gigs in New York City... please check the schedule page for details about those!)