[citation needed] His quintet has performed at Jazz Hoeilaart in Belgium and Europafest in Romania.
[citation needed] He has written three transcription books of Gilad Hekselman's Improvisations from his albums: Split-Life; Words Unspoken; and 'Hearts Wide Open' were published by Mel Bay, JazzHeaven, the NZMiC music journal.
He has also presented research papers on his transcriptions of Hekselman and John Abercrombie at music conferences in New Zealand and Australia.
[citation needed] He was the inaugural winner of the APRA Art Music Award for Excellence In Jazz in 2012.
[7] He participated in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC in 2011 and 2013.