Andre, moved to LA from Cleveland OH, in 1985 and immediately enrolled in the Los Angeles City College Music program that fall. He stayed there 4 years taking all the available music classes, and playing in all the jazz bands under the direction of Doc Simpson & Woody James, until he landed his first real road gig with the "Busboys" of Eddie Murphy's "48hours" fame in 1989. From there he went on to join A&M records recording act "Total Eclipse". His first Smooth Jazz tour was with Rick Braun in 1995 and from there he has continued on to tour/record/perform with the following: Dave Koz, Mindi Abair, TLC, David Benoit, Wayman Tisdale, Jeffrey Osborne, Jody Watley, Sophie B Hawkins and Tiny Tim… just to name a few.