He performed as a jazz musician with Gerry Mulligan, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini, and Barbra Streisand as well as many others.
In 1984, he served as the Organizing Chairman and first President of the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and on the Writer's Advisory Committee at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
He wrote the musical scores to made-for-TV movies such as: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), Fantasies (1982), Two of a Kind (1982), Quarterback Princess (1983), The Shell Seekers (1989), The Killing Mind (1991), Runaway Father (1991), In the Best Interest of the Children (1992), Seduction: Three Tales from the "Inner Sanctum" (1992); and television series such as: Columbo, Lou Grant, Switch, Hawaii Five-O, McClain's Law, Chicago Story, Cutter to Houston and Trauma Center.
His credits include: His "Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano" has been recorded by saxophonists such as James Houlik, Frederick Hemke and Steven Mauk, saxophone instructor at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY.