Studying Beethoven, Dvorak, Grieg, Mozart, Chopin, he is also deeply rooted in Soul, Jazz, Gospel, and dwells deep in Electronica. Making home between Europe and the United States. His musical journey becomes more exciting and challenging especially when working with new and exciting people in different genres. The musical versatility is due to the many artists and recordings Terry has worked on as well as his extensive worldwide travels and experiences for years. The native New Yorker learned the piano at age five and became
a church organist at Washington Temple in Brooklyn, New York by the time he was seven. He studied with Sticks Evans his musical mentor teacher in Junior High School and it was there where Terry put together his Junior High School band as a guitarist which he got quite proficient on and keyboardist that would play locally in New York including the prestigious Lincoln Center Performing Arts Center, performing jazz, soul, R&B and Broadway classics. He attended the La Guardia High School of Music And Art in New York City diving further into jazz and formal studies and absorbing the concepts of arrangement and counterpoint, he excelled so fast as a musician that by the time he was sixteen he was touring with Jean Carn, Lenny White, Michael Urbaniak, Tom Browne, Melba Moore and others all before he turned twenty. While studying at Long Island University in New York he continued on to tour with Stanley Turrentine, Phyllis Hyman. Through Phyllis Hyman, Terry also had an opportunity to perform with the great Lionel Hampton, Kenny Burrell and Ray Brown. Terry also went on to play for the one and only Miss Lena Horne. Lena Horne was a turning point because it opened up his mind even more to music, life and beyond. Being very young at the time, the school of Lena Horne was a great education in itself. The band comprised of Rodney Jones on Guitar, Ben Brown on bass, Wilby Fletcher on drums, Terry on piano and musical director, Linda Twine.
Terry continued on his musical journey to tour or/record with the likes of George Benson, Dan Hartman, Toni Braxton, Cardigans, Janet Jackson, Chaka Kahn, Ramsey Lewis, Bill Withers, Adeva, Mariah Carey, Lisa Stansfield, Michael Jackson, Swing Out Sister, Harlem Gospel Singers and a string of others. Also been musical director and keyboardist for many jazz tours with Larry Carlton, Stanley Clarke, Gato Barbieri, Ronnie Laws, Bobbi Humphrey and more.He has led groups ranging from traditional jazz to jazz fusion, from funk to Gospel to Electronica. Terry also got quite proficient on bass and guitar over the years. While in the middle of recording sessions, tours and college