Mr. Wilensky has toured and recorded with hundreds of artists including Ray Charles, Joan Baez, Santana, Steve Winwood, Donna Summer, Debby Harry, Manhattan Transfer, David Bowie, and Madonna. He also has played on numerous commercial jingles, film soundtracks and TV themes, including The Nanny, Hollywood Squares, Sex in the City, The Montel Williams Show, A Chorus Line, and Hairspray, and can be heard in over 250 records. In 1986, Wilensky won a National Endowment for the Arts Award for jazz performance and composition. He has led or been a member of dozens of bands, notably the Slickaphonics, Jack McDuff, Who It Is! And Rick Derringer’s house band for the Joy Behar’s Way Off Broadway. Currently Mr. Wilensky is featured on the music for the Emmy winning PBS children’s show Between the Lions. He teaches in and performs around New York City.