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PERFORMANCES
In the days before Smart Phones and Palm Pilots – we used to keep a little calendar book in our pockets to keep track of our gig schedules. In late 1994 I played my 10,000th Las Vegas show and stopped counting. When I quit the business in 1995 I decided to chronicle my Vegas showroom history since I wasn’t sure if I would ever come back to the music business.
Worked with as trombonist – shows and performers (partial listing)
*** = more than 20 performances

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Andra Day
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Andy Williams
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Ann Margret ***
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Anne Murray ***
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Anthony Newley ***
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Aretha Franklin
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B.B. King
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Barbara Mandrell
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Barry Manilow
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Bernadette Peters ***
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Bette Midler
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Bob Anderson ***
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Bob Hope
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Bob Newhart ***
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Bobbie Gentry
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Bobby Rydell
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Bobby Vinton ***
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Buck Trent
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Buddy Greco
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Buddy Hackett ***
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Carrie Underwood
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Celine Dion
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Charlie Callas
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Charo ***
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Cher
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Chris Botti
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Clint Holmes
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Connie Stevens
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Connie Francis
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Crystal Gayle ***
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Dave Barry
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David Brenner ***
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David Copperfield
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David Foster
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Dean Martin ***
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Debbie Reynolds ***
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Doc Severinsen
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Dionne Warwick ***
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Dolly Parton
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Donna Summer
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Don Rickles ***
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Donny and Marie Osmond ***
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Dottie West
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Englebert Humperdinck ***
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Flip Wilson
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Florence Henderson
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Foster Brooks ***
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Frank Avalon
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Frank Gorshin
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Frankie Valli
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Frank Sinatra (Sr.)
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Frank Sinatra (Jr.)
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Fred Travalena (as musical director and also as player) ***
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George Burns ***
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Ginger Rogers
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Gladys Knight
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Glen Campbell ***
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Gloria Estefan
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Harry Belafonte
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Helen Reddy
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Herbie Hancock
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Jack Jones
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Jerry Lewis (including Jerry’s telethons) ***
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Jerry Vale
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Jimmie Walker
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Joan Rivers ***
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Joe Williams
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Joey Heatherton
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John Legend
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Johnny Mathis ***
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Jordin Sparks
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Journey
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Juliet Prowse ***
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Julio Iglesias
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Kenny Rogers ***
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Lady Gaga ***
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Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers Band
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Lena Horne
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Liberace ***
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Lionel Richie
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Lola Falana
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Lou Rawls ***
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Marilyn McCoo
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Maureen McGovern
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Mel Tillis
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Mel Tormé ***
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Michel Legrand
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Mickey Gilley
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Milton Berle ***
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Natalie Cole ***
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Neil Sedaka ***
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Nick Jonas
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Nipsey Russell ***
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Norm Crosby
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Olivia Newton-John
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Pat Cooper
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Paul Anka
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Peggy Lee
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Phyllis Diller
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Pia Zadora
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Ray Charles
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Ray Price
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Redd Foxx
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Rich Little ***
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Rita Rudner
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Robert Goulet ***
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Rod Stewart
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Ronnie Milsap
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Rowan & Martin
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Roy Clarke
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Sammy Davis Jr. ***
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Sergio Franchi
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Shecky Greene ***
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Shields & Yarnell
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Shirley Maclaine ***
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Sigfried and Roy ***
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Smokey Robinson
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Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme ***
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Steve Martin
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Steven Tyler
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Susan Anton
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Suzanne Sommers ***
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Tammy Wynette
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The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Mercer Ellington)
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The Fifth Dimension ***
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The Four Tops
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The Mills Brothers ***
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The Maguire Sisters
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The Oak Ridge Boys ***
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The Pointer Sisters ***
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The Smothers Brothers ***
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The Temptations
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The WHO (The Who Hits Back tour)
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Tina Turner
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Tom Jones
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Tommy Deering
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Tom Scott
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Tony Bennett ***
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Tony Orlando
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Vic Damone & Diahann Carroll ***
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Village People
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Wayne Newton ***
Broadway Shows
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Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies with Paula Kelley, Freda Payne and Harold Nicholas (300 shows)
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A Chorus Line (300 shows)
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Hello Dolly
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Pajama Game
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Mary Poppins
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Chicago
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Oklahoma
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The Music Man
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42nd Street
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Company
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Anything Goes
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La Cage
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Grease
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Dream Street
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