While attending St. Mary Center for Learning High School, he took lessons in bass guitar and jazz theory from Kestutis Stanciauskas.

It became his primary instrument in 1985 when he was asked to join the NRG Ensemble, which toured Europe and recorded for ECM under the leadership of Hal Russell until his death in 1992.

[2] In 1991 he worked with Zerang and guitarist Chris DeChiara [de]; in need of a hornist, they called Ken Vandermark, who had been considering leaving Chicago.

[1] In the 1990s and afterwards he worked with Hamid Drake, Fred Anderson, and Joe McPhee and with Peter Brötzmann, Mats Gustafsson, Misha Mengelberg, and Luc Houtkamp.

[4][5][6][7] [8] With Boneshaker (Mars Williams, Paal Nilssen-Love, Kent Kessler) With Peter Brötzmann With DKV Trio With NRG Ensemble With Hal Russell With Territory Band With Ken Vandermark With others