Author
Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era (Chronicle Books, 2006)

Assistant Editor
AlterNet/IAJ, San Francisco, CA, 1995-1997
Assistant Editor of wire service for all weekly newspapers in the USA

Contributing Editor
Juxtapoz Magazine, San Francisco, CA, 1994-1997
International arts and culture magazine

Freelance Writer
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Microsoft Sidewalk, SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA, 1990-1997

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
•Best Music Writer, San Francisco State Journalism Awards
•Finalist, Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore
Jazz Era -- Best Research and Writing in Recorded Jazz,
2007 The Association for Recorded Sound Collections
(ARSC) Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded
Sound Research.

Publisher/Editor
Wha-a-am! Magazine, San Francisco, CA, 1983-1988

Copy Editor
City of Richmond MacDonald Avenue Streetscape Project, Richmond, CA, 2008

Exhibit Curator/Writer
Harlem of the West Traveling Museum Exhibit
Performing Arts Library and Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2007; Fillmore Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco, CA, 2008-2009; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2009

Researcher/Writer
Fillmore Streetscape Project, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, San Francisco, CA, 2003-2005

Researcher/Writer
Fillmore Center Window Project, The Fillmore Center, San Francisco, CA, 2003