I really create everything I do from the heart.
Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.
I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.