Al McKenzie's Resume

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Al's Resume

BORN:
AUGUST 20, 1961

OCCUPATION:
Musician, Band Leader, Composer, Educator, Producer, Arranger

MUSICIANS UNION:
Local NO. 5

AWARDS:
1992 Hennessey Jazz Competition winner with Crock Pot, 1991 Hennessey Jazz Competition winner with Gwen Lassiter, High School Outstanding Soloist, High School Outstanding Jazz Band, RecordTime Awards Best Band 1993 with Millie Scott.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR:
Columbus, Buffalo, and Nevada Symphony Orchestras, The Temptations, Freda Payne, Martha Reeves, Kim Weston, Bloomfield Michigan Symphony, 100 Year Celebration of the Car (Detroit)

PERFORMANCES WITH:
The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Spinners, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, Jennifer Holiday, Etta James, Wolfman Jack, Crystals, Kim Weston, The Shirelles, Gary U.S. Bonds, Freda Payne, Freddy Cannon, Marv Johnson, The Angels, Marcus Belgrave, Perry Hughes, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, O.C. Smith, Marlena Shaw, Ester Phillips, Spanky Willson, Gene Dunlap, and Frankie Gaye, Anita Baker

DISCOGRAPHY:
Oleta Adams, Randy Scott, B.B. Queen, Fellowship Chapel Gospel Chorus, Steve Michael Newby, Larry Crockett, The Temptations

PRODUCER:
100 Year Celebration of the Car (Detroit), The Temptations

TELEVISION:
CNN, HBO, VH1, Good Morning America, The Today Show, BBC1 (London), Motown Live, PBS, Canadian Idol TV show, Motown Christmas

THEATRE:
The Wiz featuring Stephanie Mills, The Devil Made Me Do It

TEACHERS:
Arthur Lebrew, Teddy Harris, Charles Coleman, Ernie Rodgers, Edward Gooch, Earl Van Dyke

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Private piano lessons and teacher and mentor working with Detroit youth for Kim Westons' Festival for the Performing Arts Youth Program

TOURS:
All of the United States, London, All of England, Germany, Berlin, paris, Belgium, Canada, British Columbia, South America, Bernuda, United Arab Emmerites, Australia, Hong Kong, St Thomas VI, Puerto Rico, Brazil

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BORN:	AUGUST 20, 1961
OCCUPATION:	Musician, Band Leader, Composer, Educator, Producer, Arranger
MUSICIANS UNION:	Local NO. 5
AWARDS:	1992 Hennessey Jazz Competition winner with Crock Pot, 1991 Hennessey Jazz Competition winner with Gwen Lassiter, High School Outstanding Soloist, High School Outstanding Jazz Band, RecordTime Awards Best Band 1993 with Millie Scott.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR:	Columbus, Buffalo, and Nevada Symphony Orchestras, The Temptations, Freda Payne, Martha Reeves, Kim Weston, Bloomfield Michigan Symphony, 100 Year Celebration of the Car (Detroit)
PERFORMANCES WITH:	The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Spinners, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, Jennifer Holiday, Etta James, Wolfman Jack, Crystals, Kim Weston, The Shirelles, Gary U.S. Bonds, Freda Payne, Freddy Cannon, Marv Johnson, The Angels, Marcus Belgrave, Perry Hughes, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, O.C. Smith, Marlena Shaw, Ester Phillips, Spanky Willson, Gene Dunlap, and Frankie Gaye, Anita Baker
DISCOGRAPHY:	Oleta Adams, Randy Scott, B.B. Queen, Fellowship Chapel Gospel Chorus, Steve Michael Newby, Larry Crockett, The Temptations
PRODUCER:	100 Year Celebration of the Car (Detroit), The Temptations
TELEVISION:	CNN, HBO, VH1, Good Morning America, The Today Show, BBC1 (London), Motown Live, PBS, Canadian Idol TV show, Motown Christmas
THEATRE:	The Wiz featuring Stephanie Mills, The Devil Made Me Do It
TEACHERS:	Arthur Lebrew, Teddy Harris, Charles Coleman, Ernie Rodgers, Edward Gooch, Earl Van Dyke
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:	Private piano lessons and teacher and mentor working with Detroit youth for Kim Westons' Festival for the Performing Arts Youth Program
TOURS:	All of the United States, London, All of England, Germany, Berlin, paris, Belgium, Canada, British Columbia, South America, Bernuda, United Arab Emmerites, Australia, Hong Kong, St Thomas VI, Puerto Rico, Brazil