 From 1982 to 2013 he held the baritone saxophone chair with the Junius Courtney big band in the San Francisco area.With filmmaker William Farley he produced a video documentary, "In Between the Notes", on the life and career of master Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, working closely with Pran Nath's disciples Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela.In 1992, along with Charles Amirkhanian, Newman co-founded the new music festival organization Other Minds, based in San Francisco.