In the days before Smart Phones and Palm Pilots – we used to keep a little calendar book in our pockets to keep track of our gig schedules. In late 1994 I played my 10,000th Las Vegas show and stopped counting!
Worked with as trombonist – shows and performers (partial listing)
- Andra Day
- Andy Williams
- Ann Margret
- Anne Murray
- Anthony Newley
- Aretha Franklin
- B.B. King
- Barbara Mandrell
- Barry Manilow
- Bernadette Peters
- Bette Midler
- Bob Anderson
- Bob Hope
- Bob Newhart
- Bobbie Gentry
- Bobby Rydell
- Bobby Vinton
- Buck Trent
- Buddy Greco
- Buddy Hackett
- Carrie Underwood
- Celine Dion
- Charlie Callas
- Charo
- Cher
- Chris Botti
- Clint Holmes
- Connie Stevens
- Connie Francis
- Crystal Gayle
- Dave Barry
- David Brenner
- David Copperfield
- David Foster
- Dean Martin
- Debbie Reynolds
- Doc Severinsen
- Dionne Warwick
- Dolly Parton
- Donna Summer
- Don Rickles
- Donny and Marie Osmond
- Dottie West
- Englebert Humperdinck
- Flip Wilson
- Florence Henderson
- Foster Brooks
- Frank Avalon
- Frank Gorshin
- Frankie Valli
- Frank Sinatra (Sr.)
- Frank Sinatra (Jr.)
- Fred Travalena (as musical director and also as player)
- George Burns
- Ginger Rogers
- Gladys Knight
- Glen Campbell
- Gloria Estefan
- Harry Belafonte
- Helen Reddy
- Herbie Hancock
- Jack Jones
- Jerry Lewis (including Jerry’s telethons)
- Jerry Vale
- Jimmie Walker
- Joan Rivers
- Joe Williams
- Joey Heatherton
- John Legend
- Johnny Mathis
- Jordin Sparks
- Journey
- Juliet Prowse
- Julio Iglesias
- Kenny Rogers
- Lady Gaga
- Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers Band
- Lena Horne
- Liberace
- Lionel Richie
- Lola Falana
- Lou Rawls
- Marilyn McCoo
- Maureen McGovern
- Mel Tillis
- Mel Tormé
- Michel Legrand
- Mickey Gilley
- Milton Berle
- Natalie Cole
- Neil Sedaka
- Nick Jonas
- Nipsey Russell
- Norm Crosby
- Olivia Newton-John
- Pat Cooper
- Paul Anka
- Peggy Lee
- Phyllis Diller
- Pia Zadora
- Ray Charles
- Ray Price
- Redd Foxx
- Rich Little
- Rita Rudner
- Robert Goulet
- Rod Stewart
- Ronnie Milsap
- Rowan & Martin
- Roy Clarke
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Sergio Franchi
- Shecky Greene
- Shields & Yarnell
- Shirley Maclaine
- Sigfried and Roy
- Smokey Robinson
- Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
- Steve Martin
- Steven Tyler
- Susan Anton
- Suzanne Sommers
- Tammy Wynette
- The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Mercer Ellington)
- The Fifth Dimension
- The Four Tops
- The Mills Brothers
- The Maguire Sisters
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- The Pointer Sisters
- The Smothers Brothers
- The Temptations
- The WHO (The Who Hits Back tour)
- Tina Turner
- Tom Jones
- Tommy Deering
- Tom Scott
- Tony Bennett
- Tony Orlando
- Vic Damone & Diahann Carroll
- Village People
- Wayne Newton
Broadway Shows
- Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies with Paula Kelley, Freda Payne and Harold Nicholas (300 shows)
- A Chorus Line (300 shows)
- Hello Dolly
- Pajama Game
- Mary Poppins
- Chicago
- Oklahoma
- The Music Man
- 42nd Street
- Company
- Anything Goes
- La Cage
- Grease
- Dream Street