Born: April 26, 1961
Burnaby BC
Current home: Vancouver BC

Since moving to Vancouver in 1980, Dennis has established himself as a highly respected and sought after trombonist for a wide variety of musical endeavors.
He has recorded music for cartoons, movies, jingles and soundtracks in addition to albums with many pop and rock groups. He has also been in the pit orchestras of several Broadway shows..
As a jazz musician Dennis has recorded numerous C.B.C. sessions as a featured soloist as well as being the lead trombonist with groups such as the "Vancouver Ensemble of Improvisation (VEJI)", "Orquesta Goma Dura", "Jill Townsend Big Band", "Hard Rubber Orchestra" and the "Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra". Some of the musicians he has performed with include Kenny Wheeler, Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Marvin Stamm, David Foster, Maynard Ferguson, Natalie Cole, Clark Terry, Bud Shank, and Phil Nimmons. He has appeared and performed at all of the major jazz festivals across Canada.
In 1993 Dennis was the recipient of a Canada Council of the Arts "B" grant to study jazz trombone in New York where he studied with Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Benny Powell and Slide Hampton.
Dennis is a Yamaha trombone artist and performs and records on the YSL697Z trombone.