Bio
Amsterdam, the summer of ‘05
I’m a native of Escondido, California, a city just North of San Diego. I started playing music in my middle school band, eventually attending the Coronado School for the Arts, or CoSA, headed up by Dr. Carl Hammond. It was there I began playing piano. After high school, I enrolled at San Diego State University as a jazz major, graduating in 2009. While attending SDSU, I studied with pianist Rick Helzer. I play almost nightly with many talented San Diego players and bands, including Chris Klich and his jazz quintet, blues-rock band Maddox Revolution, swanky crooner Dave Patrone, jazz vocalist Karla Irish, as well as many other fine players. I also write music, and lead my own trio with bassist Mack Leighton and drummer Isaac Crow.