Born: 20th December 1956 New Windsor, Maryland, USA

Died: 2nd September 2009 Los Angeles, California, USA

American keyboardist and composer. Started as a session musician working for the likes of [[artist:Iron Butterfly]] and [[artist:Tavares]]. He then moved into commercial composition before joining [[artist:Elton John]]'s band in 1988 moving into arranging several projects for John.