Jazz Education:

1955    First & only Elementary Jazz Ensemble in USA. Average age 9 1/2 yrs. old

1957-60  Middle School & Jr. High Jazz Ensembles -- Jr. High Ensemble featured at Great South Bay Jazz Festival w/Rex Stewart & Buddy Tate

1961-62   Gretsch Award for number one High school Jazz Ensemble in US

1961      New York State Teacher of the year

1962-65   High School Jazz Ensemble performed on the Johnny Carson Show, Newport Jazz Festival, Voice of America, Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, & Kennedy Center

1968-72-74-75      High School Jazz Ensemble performed on the Merv Griffin Show

Founder/Conductor of the McDonald's HS Jazz Ens.

Co-Founder & original faculty member of the Stan Kenton Clinics

Co-founder & Past President of IAJE

Inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame 1990

Honorary doctorate Five Towns College

President of American Jazz Venues 2003-present

Manhattan School of Music alumni award for outstanding achievements in Jazz Education 2008

Teaching & Master Classes:

Director of Music-South Huntington Schools 1955-1966

Supervisor of Music Cold spring Harbor Schools 1966-1980

Teacher's College Columbia University - evening classes

University of Vermont - summer classes

Peabody Conservatory

Manhattan School of Music

Paris Conservatory, Paris

Harvard University

Hofstra University

Indiana University

Berklee College Of Music

Juilliard School of Music

North Texas University

Cal State University, Northridge, Ca

Performed and/or recorded with the following Artists:

Jimmy Dorsey-Vaughn Monroe-Claude Thornhill-Kenyon Hopkins-Charlie Mingus Ben Webster-John LaPorta-Sandole Brothers-Teo Macero-Thad Jones-Anna Sokolow Jazz Ballet-Clark Terry-Phil Woods-Marian & Jimmy McPartland

Conductor - Educational Performances:

NYS All State Jazz Ens-NJ All State Jazz Ensemble, Louisiana All State Jazz Ensemble,

Vermont All State Jazz Ensemble, International Youth Jazz Ensemble(Paris), South Carolina

Music Teacher's Jazz Ensemble, McDonald's HS Jazz Ensemble at Newport Jazz Festivals with guest soloists: Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich & Benny Goodman, MENC Film for Music Education, Huntington Thunderers Musical Corp - Rose Bowl Pasadena,Ca

Conductor for Professional Artists:

Vic Damone, Tony Bennett, Toni Tennille, Earl Wrightson, Roberta Peters,

Eartha Kitt, Frankie Avalon, Dakota Staton, Leslie Gore, Patti LaBelle, Pat Cooper,

Clint Holmes, Jackie Mason, Paul Sorvino, The Temptations, The Four Tops

Conductor of Professional Orchestras:

Copacabana Orch, NYC

Glenn Miller Orch

Jimmy Dorsey Orch

Bert Kaemfert Orch

Tribute to Benny Goodman Orch

Am Jazz Repertory Orch

Conductor and/or Contractor for Corporate Events:

Automobile Show, NYC

Banfi Vintagers

General Electric

General Motors

Goombay Jazz Festival-Nassau

Honda

IBM

International Cosmetic Chemists

J. C. Penny

Johnson & Johnson

Lipton Tea

Mutual of Am

Reebok-Munich Germany

Publications:

Method Books:

It's Time for the Big Band Drummer w/Mel Lewis

It's Time for Piano Changes w/Dick Hyman

String Bass Book w/Michael Moore

Show Drumming w/Ed Shaughnessy

DVD-- The 4 T'S of Big Band Drumming w/Ed Shaughnessy

Teaching Rhythm Through Words

Periodicals:

Jazz-The Necessary Supplement of Jazz in Music Education, Guest speaker at North American Bandmasters Convention

MENC Journal

The Instrumentalist

Downbeat

The New York Times

Daily News

Newsday

NYS School Music News

Published Charts:

Straight Ahead, Walkin Waltz, Down the Middle, Smile, Bye Bye Blues, Black Magic Woman, Gone With the Wind, Double Trumpet, Our Pryce Is Right, Salute to the Big Bands, I Wish You Love, Without One, I Should Care, Jazz Suite: And Then There Were None

Performances Outside USA:

Germany, Italy, South America, Belgium, Holland, Bermunda, Austria, Bahamas, Switzerland, Canada, France, England