Overview
- His career spanned five decades and produced more than 30 albums across jazz and popular music
- He earned two Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Composition in 1977 and Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1979, among 14 nominations
- His 1977 instrumental “Feels So Good” reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains a smooth-jazz staple
- He composed “Chase The Clouds Away” for the 1976 Montreal Olympics and “Give It All You Got” as the theme for the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games
- He introduced his music to new audiences through a recurring voice-acting role as himself on Fox’s King of the Hill