PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Rosemary Clooney, Michael Finestein, Bob Hope, Buddy Greco, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Doc Severensen with the DSO, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Marvin Stamm, David Baker, Hal Galper, Frankie Lane, Mills Brothers, Four Lads, Larry Nozero, Richard Margitza, Sunny Wilkinson, Randy Johnston, toured 3 years with 'Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards' of the original Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Contours, Drifters, Wolfman Jack, Rodney Dangerfeld, Phyllis Diller, Duke Aces (from Japan), Bob Anderson, Gaylords, Joey Van, Jack Brokensha, Johnny Trudell, Matt Michaels, Marcus Belgrave, Dennis, and Ray Tini, annually at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, Ford-Detroit International Jazz Fest., Michigan Jazz Fest., including the Flint "King Cobra Jazz Fest., Iowa City Jazz Fest., and performing along with many of Michigans, and Detroit areas finest musicians. Performances in 14  different countries.
Discography
Terry Lower, Step by Step, 2005
Matt Michaels, The Matt Michaels Trio, 2003
Matt Michaels, The Matt Michaels Trio and Friends, 2003
Miyoko Honma Quintet, Live at Sharaku, 2001
Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards, Live in Las Vegas, 1991
Larry Nozero, Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival , 1999
Larry Nozero, Caught LIVE at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival,  1999
Larry Nozero, Warm , 1998
Motor City Beat, Detroit Down Under,  1996
Jack Brokensha & Bess Bonnier, X-MAZZ,  1994
Patti Richards, Just in Time,  1992
Larry Nozero, Grand Hotel,  1991
Larry Nozero & Jerry Sawicki, Street of Dreams,  1990
Larry Nozero, Kaleidoscopin', 1988
Katalenic-Kwek Band, Morning Sun,  1983
Worlds Oldest Living Sax Section, Still Swingin',  2000
Also numerous radio, and TV commercials including Ford Motor Co., GMC,
Mainstreet USA, Chevrolet.
Teaching
Adjunct Jazz Studies Percussion Faculty, Wayne State University  (1987-       )
Adjunct Percussion Instructor, Schoolcraft Community College (1988-        )
Drum instructor at Northville Center for Music and Art (2003-        )
Marshall Music (W. Bloomfield) (2006-     ) 
Jazz Studies Percussion Faculty, Michigan State University (1990-1993)
Adjunct Percussion Instructor, Henry Ford Comm. College (1988-1994)
Percussion Ensemble instructor, Divine Child H.S., Dearborn Hts. (1999-2000)
Over 30 years of private instructing.
High School band camps, and percussion ensembles.
Adjudicator/Clinician
Percussive Arts Society
American Guild of Music
High School jazz band competitions at Central Michigan Univ., and Jackson Comm. College.
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Biography/Discography
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