BIRTHDAY:
8-19-1982

FAVORITE MUSIC: 
Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Paul Desmond, Dick Oats, Dave Liebman, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Garrett, Chris Potter, Cannonball Aderley, Paul Desmond, Charles Mingus, John Zorn, Duke Ellington, Johhny Hodges, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, David Binney, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, 311, Chicago, The Beatles, Common, Jay-Z, Frank Zappa, Imogen Heap, RxBandits, Bob Marley, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, Weezer, The Roots

FAVORITE MOVIES:
Enter The Dragon, Fearless, The Matrix, Indiana Jones, Rocky, The Godfather, Fight Club, Pan's Labyrinth, Gladiator, 300, The Last Samurai, Hero, Oceans 11-13, Dune, The Fountain 

FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
South Park, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Weeds, The Simpsons, Family Guy 

FAVORITE BOOKS:
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beneath The Underdog, Animal Farm, 1984, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, The Catcher In The Rye, Call Of The Wild, Hamlet, The Sun Also Rises, Of Mice And Men, Lord Of The Flies 

GEAR:
Alto Saxophone: Selmer Mark VII
Mouthpiece: Sr. Technologies Legend 85 with Vandoren 3 1/2 Java Reeds and a Rovner Ligature.

ABOUT ME:
I'm a Music Teacher by day and Musician by night while being a Cal State Fullerton Student working on a Philosophy degree so I can figure out why its ok to play/teach music for the rest of my life.

CLOSING THOUGHTS:
"Without music life would be a mistake" -Nietzsche.