Teatro Sucre Nacional
Quito, Ecuador, S.A.
Conductor / Composer / Solist
2010 -
Edison Ballroom Theater
“Sleighbells Swing”
Composer / Arranger / Conductor / Soloist
2008
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