- Coached Todd Field for the piano-playing portion of his role as Nick Nightingale in Stanley Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
- Is an alumnus of Westchester High School (class of 1988), as are actress Nia Long (class of 1989), actress Regina King (class of 1988) - both of whom starred in Boyz n the Hood (1991), singer Karyn White (class of 1984), dancer Shaun Earl, producer/writer Stacey Evans, film director Tim Story (class of 1988), former NFL player Kevin Johnson (class of 1988), writer Nguyen Orange (class of 1988), actor Tim Hightower, late actress Anissa Jones (class of 1976) and the late comedian/actor Phil Hartman (class of 1966). In addition, well known civil rights attorney and Talk Radio 790 KABC host Leo Terrell was an English teacher at the school.
Appeared in a Verizon commercial playing piano duets with Jazz pianist Marian McPartland. It was originally supposed to air on September 11, 2001, but because of the terrorist attacks, it was aired two days later.
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