EDUCATION:
Temple University: Boyer College of Music Graduate
Previously Attended Berklee College of Music
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Grammy Award Nominated Songwriter:
•Get Up- Tye Tribbett (All Things New) (2022)
Contributor to other Grammy Award Winning/Nominated Albums:
- Diana Ross- Thank You
- Tye Tribbett- Victory Live, Standout, Fresh, Greater Than, All Things New & All Things New Live In Orlando
- Faith Evans- Incomparable
- Jazmine Sullivan- Reality Show & Heaux Tales Mo’ Tales
- La Santa Cecilia- Buenaventura
Touring Musician:
- 2014-Present with John Legend
- 2013-Present with Eric Roberson
- 2012-2014 with Jeff Bradshaw
- 2003-2008 with Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Musical Director:
- Lady Alma 2020-Present
- Jeff Murrell 2010-2012
Horn Section Leader For:
- John Legend 2014-Present
- Ms. Lauryn Hill’s SNL 50 performance
- FLO’s Late Show w Stephen Colbert Performance
- Tems’ 2024 Coachella Performance
- Judith Christie-McAllister’s 2008 Live Recording
- Tye Tribbett- 2003-2013
Studio Musician/Horn Arranger:
- Various artists since 2002 starting with Vivian Green’s “A Love Story” which was certified gold the following year.
Multi-Instrumentalist/Recording Artist/Bandleader
- The Chris Stevens Quartet (CSQ) 2015-Present
- Vertical Current 2009-Present
Record Producer:
- Yocontalie- Prepare Me To Be A Sanctuary (2022)/Things Will Get Better (2019) & Lord
- Mark JP Hood- Love You Right: An R&B Musical (2021)
- Keturah Duncan- I Need You (2014)
Film Composer:
- The Power Of The Collective: Sullivan Progress Plaza 2023
- Reverend Leon Sullivan Terminal 2023
- Lowest Places Lost Time 2023
- Love You Right 2021
- Walking On 2021
- Who Is Christmas Eve? 2021
- Killing Her Softly 2021
Actor:
- A League Of Their Own 2021 (performing as a trumpeter)
- La La Land 2016 (performing as a trumpeter)
**Content creator/composer for Splice’s first in-house jazz label, Signature since September 2023.
***2024-2025 Artist In Residence at The Community College of Philadelphia via “Spring Garden Records”.