I studied piano with Jaki Byard at the New England Conservatory of Music, and Alan Broadbent in Los Angeles. I have current writing and performing associations with saxophonist Ernie Watts, bassist / composer Jay Anderson, the Jeff Gauthier Goatette, and percussionist Luis Conte.  I've been Musical Director for George Benson since 1990, and have served as a producer for Tom Scott and Grover Washington.  Recording and performance credits include Lee Ritenour, Patti Austin, k.d. lang, Missiles of October, Chaka Khan, Jose Feliciano, Eddie Harris, Bluezeum, Charles McPherson, Joao Bosco, Larry Carlton, Maxi Priest, Chick Corea, Michael and Randy Brecker.

Since 1999 I've been producing a television show centered around music and performers called "Portable Universe" for Long Beach Community Television. The show airs every Friday at 8:30 p.m. on Channels 65 / 95 / 69 in Long Beach and Signal Hill and features artists from around the world.

The 'Witham' name is inspired by a 600 year old city in northern Poland (Wikipedia). According to legend, many ages ago there lived a dragon that devoured not only animals, but also women and children. Many knights who tried to set the town free from the disaster were killed in a struggle with the monster. At last one of the knights managed to combat the dragon.

Reminiscences of the legend are reflected in Witham's crest. The oldest image of the crest is known from the sealing wax on the document from 1388, representing a dragon biting its own tail. In the frame of the seal there is only a fragment of an inscription which says" S.BV.MDIT." However, on the seals from the 15th c., a juridical seal from the 16th c. as well as the seal of the Town Secretary from 18th c. there is the dragon coiled, lying on its own back.