Organ
Nation
Composer / Soloist
2008 —
J.C. Heard Orchestra
(under Walt’s continued direction)
Music Director / Composer /
Arranger / Soloist
1989 —
Ms
Jo Thompson & the J.C. Heard Orchestra
Music Director / Conductor / Composer
1997 —
U.S.
Dept of State & the Kennedy Center
Jazz
Ambassador — Trio WAG
2001 —
Billy
Strayhorn Project
Principal Trumpet
2002 —
Gotham
Brass Quintet
Principal Trumpet
2001 —
Jambalya
Brass Band
Lead Trumpet
1999 —
Metropolitan Brass Quintet
Principal Trumpet
1995 — 2000
Jimmy Madison & Friends
Music Director / Composer / Soloist
1995 — 1999
Ray Santo's Caribbean
Afro Music Experience
Featured Soloist
1993 —
Ms Jo Thompson
Quartet
Music Director / Soloist
1993 —
Emergence
(Jazz Quartet)
Soloist / Composer
1993 — 1995
Grupo
Greg Ribot
Soloist
2006 —
George
Gee & the Jump Jive and Wailers
Music Director / Arranger / Soloist
1998 — 2009
Jimmy Stefanson Latin Jazz Combine
Soloist / Instrumentalist
1990 — 1992
Detroit Concert Choir
Composer in Residence
1988 — 1992
Acoustic Arts Ensemble
Composer in Residence / Soloist
1988 — 1992
Detroit
Dance Collective
Composer in Residence
1984 — 1985
The Motor City Jazz Quintet
Music Director / Co-Leader
1983 — 1996
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Pops
Lead Trumpet
1983 — 1984
J.C. Heard Orchestra
Music Director / Composer
/Arranger / Soloist
1982 — 1989
The
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Instrumentalist
1979 — 1979
The
Grand Hotel Orchestra
Soloist / Arranger / Composer
1979 — 1982
Paradise
Jazz Orchestra
Lead Trumpet / Soloist
1976 — 1984
IMPACT
(Jazz Quintet)
Co Leader / Musical Director / Composer
1974 — 1982
Professional
Associations:
Pistol Allen, Barry
Altschul, Ralph Armstrong, Burt Bacharach, Johnnie Bassett,
Eddie Bert, Ravi Best, Don Braden, Cecil Bridgewater, Ray
Brown, Roy Brooks, Lance Bryant, Joey Calderazzo, Gene
Calderazzo, the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Steve Campos, James
Carter, Regina Carter, Doc Cheatham, Mike Clark, Rosemary
Clooney, Carla Cook, Stanley Cowell, Kenny Cox, Buddy
DeFranco, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Kenny Drew Jr, Bruce
Dunlop, Willard Dyson, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jon
Faddis, Joe Fiedler, Frank Foster, Don Friedman, Kenny
Garret, John Dizzy Gillespie, Mark Gross, Alex Harding,
Dawn Hampton, Slide Hampton, Alex Harding, Eddie Hendersen,
Milt Hinton, Marv "Doc" Holladay, Roger Ingram, Chip
Jackson, Duffy Jackson, Howard Johnson, Kurt Joseph, Paul
Keller, Brad Leali, Mark Levine, Jed Levy, Victor Lewis,
Kirk Lightsey, Jimmy Madison, Cecil McBee, Mills Brothers,
the Mingus Big Band, Sherman Mitchell, Joe Morello, Eddie
Palmieri, Scott Petersen. Nat Pierce, Charlie Persip, Oscar
Peterson, Valery Ponomarov, Tito Puente, Vivian Reed, David
Schnitter, Gary Schunk, Danny Spencer, Bob Summers, Buddy
Tate, Charles Tolliver, Walter White, Gary Wittner, Mike
Wolff, John Worley, Earl VanDyke, Earl Van Riper, Mike Vax,
Pete Yellin, Wild Cherry, Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops,
Eddie Kendricks, the O'Jays, Martha Reeves, David Ruffin,
Temptations, Johnnie Taylor, the Brides of Funkenstein,
BMI, Local 802 AFM, Harry Fox.
Selected
Discography:
Lengua Sin Palabras
— Greg
Ribot Music
— Greg Ribot / 2009
If Dreams Come True
— GJazz
Records
— George Gee & the Jump Jivin’
Wailers / 2007
Fun
At The Factory — Duct Tape
Music
— Trio WAG / 2006
Concrete Jungles — Soundbite
Records
— Greg Utech / 2006
Spank — Soundbite
Records
— Greg Utech / 2005
Settin' The Pace — GJazz
Records
— Frank Foster / Walt Szymanski / George
Gee / 2004
Forever
Fabulous — Jazz Jewels
Records
— Jo Thompson/Walt Szymanski / 2003
Slender,
Tender & Tall — Panda
Digital
— Jo Thompson/Walt Szymanski / 2000
Swingin'
Away — Swing
46
— George Gee & MBBO / 1999
Buddha
Boogie — Swing
46
— George Gee & the Jump Jivin’
Wailers / 1999
Swingin'
Live — Swing
46
— George Gee & MBBO / 1998
90º With 100% Humidity
— Blue Chip
— Jimmy Madison & Friends / 1996
Take It
or Leave It — Stella
— Rick DellaRatta / 1995
All
In A Dreams Work — Schoolkids'
— Kathy Kosins / 1995
Johnnie
Bassett & Blues Insurgents — No Cover
— Johnnie Bassett / 1995
Jazz
Is — HT
— Harvey Thompson / 1994
A
Whole Lot Of Thunder — Mijawa
— Shawn “Thunder” Wallace / 1991
Open
The Doors — Eastlawn
— Sun Sounds Orchestra / 1990
Boys
Out Late — Audio
Visions
— The Suspects / 1989
Some
Of This / Some Of That — Hiroko
— J.C. Heard Orchestra / 1988
Blues
On The Road — Corona
— Bill Heid / 1987
Dedicacion
— Corridor
— Lyman Woodard / 1985
Bigger
— Omni
Arts
— Kamau Kenyatta / 1984
