Education

• Florida State University
• Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Favorite saying

• "“Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.” -- John Coltrane "Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own." -- Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." -- Louis Armstrong "It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play." -- Dizzie Gillespie"