The accomplishments are too numerous to cite. Here are some highlights:
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2005 Independence Foundation Fellowship - Composition
2005 Commissioned by the University of Rochester to compose a Jazz Suite
2003 PEW Fellowships in the Arts Fellowship - Composition
2001 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship - Composition
2000 Song Of The Sun by the Tyrone Brown String Sextet selected
'CD Of The Year' by Dr. Jack Buerkle, Jazz Historian and Radio Host
1994 Outstanding Contribution to Jazz - Council Of Jazz Advocates
1994-93 Best Acoustic Bass -- Jazz Philadelphia Magazine Reader's Choice
1983 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - Composition
1978 -77 Two Gold Recordings - with Grover Washington, Jr. & Locksmith

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
2005 Recorded 125 CD's to date including 5 with Max Roach, 4 with Pat Martino, 6 with Odean Pope, 3 with Bobby Zankel, 3 with Catalyst, 2 with Rachelle Ferrell, 1 with Dave Burrell, 1 with Cecil Bridgewater, 5 with Grover Washington, Jr. and 4 with the Tyrone Brown String Sextet.

SELECTED PERFORMING COLLABORATIONS
2005 Performed to date with: Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Trudy Pitts and Mr.C, Stanley Turrentine, Lou Rawls, Kenny Barron, Johnny Hartman, Clark Terry, Sonny Fortune, Phil Woods, Sir Roland Hanna, Nat Adderly, Benny Golson, J. J. Johnson, John Blake, Donald Byrd, Jon Faddis, Steve Marcus, Sam Rivers, Jack Wilkins, Richie Cole, Jackie King, Clark Terry, Mulgrew Miller, Al Grey, Mickey Roker, Billy Paul, Archie Shepp, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Foster, Red Garland, Harold Mabern, Roy Eldredge, Johnny Coles, Jimmy Heath, Albert Tooty Heath, John Gilmore, Bobby Durham, Kenny Clark, Basso Nouveau - Jamaladeen Tacuma/Gerald Veasley/Warren Oree/Webb Thomas, Philly Joe Jones, James Carter, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Etta Jones, David Murray, Eric Nemeyer, JimmyBruno, Bob Miles, Rosella C. Washington, Susan Werner, Shirley Scott, Byard Lancaster, Trio Basso - Reggie Workman/Lee Smith, Hank Mobley, DeVonne Gardner, The Choristers of Upper Dublin, Poets: Sonia Sanchez, Pheralyn Dove, Dancers: Germaine Ingram, La Vaughn Robinson, Harpist: Gloria Galante and guest artist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCES 2005 to date include Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Camps, Master Classes/Jerusalem Israel, Barcelona, Spain.