 He supported himself as a session singer, backing Barbara Tucker and Inaya Day, and working with Linda Hopkins on the world tour of the Harlem Gospel Show.His debut album was "Reasons" (2002), a collection of R&B-infused, pop-jazz originals that led to comparisons to such disparate headliners as George Michael and Maxwell.He has worked with Jane Monheit, Stefon Harris and Jason Moran and has appeared at Birdland, The Jazz Standard, B.B.