Q & A

BORN IN: Okinawa, Japan (Air force kid)

LIVES IN: Brooklyn, NYC

DRUMMING SINCE: 1969

CURRENT BAND/PROJECT(S): The 13th Amendment?, The Black Rock Coalition NYC

BIGGEST INFLUENCE(S): Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Stevie Wonder

FAVORITE ALBUM YOU PLAYED ON: “911”, Bumblefoot

FAVORITE ALBUM YOU DIDN’T PLAY ON: “Zenyatta Mondatta”, The Police

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Premiering my Orchestral Jazz Suite written for 36 pieces in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia Russia last summer with a Russian orchestra and my band, The 13th Amendment?

FAVORITE SABIAN CYMBAL: 16” AAX hats