RésuméOne-time-only radio and TV appearances are noted by an asterisk. Otherwise, casuals (one-nighters) are omitted. Unless noted, locations are San Francisco.
California Clubs
39 Main
Jazz, pops, and Hawaiian music (Tiburon)
Barrett's Pub Jazz in the Financial District; weekends with Denise Perrier, vocalist
Bear
Valley Lodge Jazz duo with Elephant, vocalist,
piano, vibes (Bear Valley, CA)
Blue
Light Funky neighborhood club, solo with
an occasional bass player
Caffe
Trieste A North Beach institution; six-piece
group with singers
Chez
Jacques Classic cabaret
Cloud
7 Funky neighborhood club, with vocalist
Dino's
Lounge Pops on Sunset strip, with Ralph
Mathis, vocalist
Entertainers
Swinging club on Broadway; with vocalist
Fanny's
Neighborhood hangout; solo piano
Ginsberg's
Trad jazz the Wharf; ensemble
Hustler
Montgomery St piano bar
Larry's
Lounge Pops piano with two vocalists, guitar
(Goleta, CA)
Lehr's Greenhouse
off-off-off Broadway shows
Magic
Mushroom Funky piano bar
Michael's
Pianist and clavichordist in a reggae and New Orleans
band (Berkeley, CA)
Miss
Geraldine's Great saloon on Montgomery St.;
many vocalists
Mother's
Pops at a neighborhood hangout, with vocalist
Old
Waldorf Great jazz spot (Battery St.)
Paoli's
Jazz at the body shop of the '60s, with Barry
Rich, vocals and guitar
Pier
23 Trad jazz ensemble
Purple
Onion The original; with vocalists
Sea
Witch Show tunes (many vocalists); a very
popular club for many years (Ghirardelli Square)
University
Club (11+ years) Solo jazz piano at a private
club NOW
APPEARING
Via Vai
Piano bar, occasional vocalist
Washington
Square Bar & Grill Fast-paced saloon,
duo gig (with bass)
Clubs Around the Country
Frankie
Fannelli's Rock emporium; Hammond
B-3 organist (Reno, NV)
Harolds
Club Pops in the Silver Dollar Room, with
Jodi Rae, vocalist (Reno, NV)
Michael's
Pub Popular jazz spot, with vocalist
(New York City)
Paradise
Hotel and Casino Trio with pops vocalist
(Las Vegas, NV)
Restaurants
Barrett's
Pub (5 years)A downtown institution during
the '70s
Baywinds
Music and vocalists afloat (Burlingame, CA)
Blue
Fox Jazz at a fabulous restaurant
Henrici's
Glendale House Background for Hoosier high-end
dining (Indianapolis, IN)
Hungry
Tiger Piano bar
Maltese
Grill Jazz spot downtown; solo piano
Prime
Rib Inn Piano bar (Palo Alto, CA)
Stork
Club Then the best nightclub in town, with
vocalist(St. Louis, MO)
Toraji
Japanese food and music; solo piano
Westlake
Joe's Piano bar nightly, jazz trio on weekends
(Daly City, CA)
Hotels
Fairmont
Hotel, New Orleans Room International tourist
haven; with vocalist
Holiday
Inn, Fisherman's Wharf National tourist
haven; with vocalist
Holiday
Inn Airport (Indianapolis) Piano bar popular
with pilots; solo piano
Holiday
Inn Best (maybe only) spot in town, with
Karon Christopher, vocalist (Terre Haute, IN)
Hyatt
on Union Square Jazz at the top, with Weslia
Whitfield, vocalist (Reflections Room)
Hyatt
Regency Strictly background piano
Leamington
Hotel Shows, all pops, with Laretta Lee,
vocalist (Oakland, CA)
Le
Meridien Jazz spot; solo piano, occasionally
with bass
Ramada Inn,
Fisherman's Wharf A stage, a pop singer,
the touri
Sheraton
Busy singles store, quartet with Tony Hall, vocalist
(Burlingame, CA)
Stage
Actor, Avondale
Playhouse (Indianapolis, IN)
Chorus,
Starlight Musicals (Indianapolis, IN)
Musical
Director, Mill Valley Center for the Performing Arts
(Mill Valley, CA)
Musical Director,
Old Brewery Theatre (Helena, MT)
Pianist, Fire
on Pier 32
Pianist, Red
Riot Revue (Berkeley, CA)
Pianist,
Wobbly "High Mass"
(Berkeley, CA)
Producer-Director,
The Fantasticks, DePauw University (Greencastle,
IN)
Television
Chef in Residence,
Bruce Latimer Show, Cable Ch 8 (Pacifica,
CA)
Composer, performer, theme
song, Other Voices, Mid-Peninsula Ch. 6 (Palo
Alto, CA) (1999)
Composer, performer, theme song,
Other Voices, Mid-Peninsula Ch. 27, 28 (Palo Alto,
CA) (2004)
Pianist, The Amapola
Show, KEMO-TV (Ch 20)
Pianist,
Bruce Latimer Show, Cable Ch 8 (Pacifica,
CA)*
Pianist, Easter Seal
Telethon, KTVU (Ch 2), San Francisco-Oakland*
Pianist,
Fiesta Philippina, KEMO-TV (Ch 20)
Pianist,
Midday, KRON-TV (Ch 4)
Pianist,
NHK [Japanese network], video taped in San Francisco*
Pianist,
People Are Talking, KPIX (Ch 5)*
Pianist,
Weekend A.M., KGO-TV (Ch 7)*
Producer-Host,
Versatile Kitchen, Cable Ch 8 (Pacifica,
CA)
Radio
Actor, WBAA
(West Lafayette, IN)
Pianist
(live), KBLX*
Pianist
(live), KKUP (Cupertino,
CA)*
Producer-Host, Versatile
Kitchen, Pacifica cable radio (Pacifica, CA)
Industrial Video
Composer,
Exec Producer, Keyboardist, Shiva, Shiva Multisystems
Corp (Menlo Park, CA)
Composer,
Exec Producer, The VT4 WP System, MDS Qantel,
Inc. (Hayward, CA)
Exec Producer,
CADnet; New Products, ICT Technologies, Inc.
(Redwood City, CA)
Teaching
Coach of pianists and consultant to school jazz band, Lowell High School
Comedy
Sheraton Stand-up comedian (Burlingame, CA)
Voice-Over
KGO Radio
(:60 commercial)
Presenting
Kaiser, Kaiser Engineering (Oakland, CA)
Discography
Pianist
Weslia
Whitfield: Lady Love
Myoho
Records
Weslia Whitfield, vocalist
Bill Douglass, bass
Allan Pimentel, drums
Pianist, Composer
Gail
Edwards: Easy As
Gail Edwards, flutes
Pianist,
Organist
Alex Walsh: Light Another
Candle
Education
DePauw University,
Greencastle, IN, A.B., psychology, 1964
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, graduate work in experimental psychology,
psycholinguistics, and statistics 1965–1967
College
of San Mateo, Humboldt State University, San Francisco
City College, San Francisco Community College, Skyline
College, University of California Berkeley Extension,
Vista College, computer science, aviation, and liberal
arts courses, 1981–2004
Awards, Honors, Publications
National
Merit Scholarship Finalist
Edward W. Rector Scholar
Mensa
Certified
Flight Instructor, (Single-Engine Land, Instrument) 1984–2003
Ground
Instructor, Advanced