Ed is a native of New Haven, Connecticut and a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Class of 1969. In 1965, he founded Bands Unlimited which later morphed into Miriam Cohen Productions with his wife as his business partner. The business soon became the largest independent music management/booking agency in New England: managing five bands and booking 100. Simultaneously, he was playing 2nd sax, percussion and was backup singer for “The Gravy Train”. Throughout his involvement in the East Coast music scene, he worked with: Jerry Greenberg (later President of Atlantic Records and MJJ Music for Michael Jackson at Sony); Craig McGregor (Foghat); Bobby Torello (Edgar Winter); Fred Parris and the 5 Satins (of “In the Still of the Night Fame”); and Michael Bolton (formerly known as Michael Bolotin); and many others. In 1974, Ed encountered Dave Biro and his invention, The Birotron- widely recognized as the rarest instrument in rock music history. Ed arranged a meeting with Rick Wakeman, keyboardist of YES, while in search of an endorsement to raise funds to build the instrument. Wakeman instead suggested a partnership with manufacturing being carried out at his factory in High Wickham, UK. However,only 17 units were produced. Even so, the Birotron was used on recordings by YES, Wakeman, Tangerine Dream and extensively on the road. In 1980, Ed left the music scene with the emergence of disco. No one could pay him enough to play or even listen to THAT! When Ed moved to Southern California in 2008, he started hearing the music that he loved –ROCK! At a chance meeting poolside at a Palm Springs resort he met Robin McAuley, the lead singer of Survivor (now with the Michael Schenker Group). After a two-hour conversation, Robin said something that gave Ed pause for thought. Robin said,”You know what I’m most grateful about life? That, at my age, I’m still privileged to perform and entertain audiences.“ Ed is currently managing world famous Italian composer/conductor/arranger/producer/multi-instrumentalist/track engineer/mix engineer/mastering engineer, Max Di Carlo who has 2 films he has recently scored going into the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, and another film recently acquired for worldwide distribution. Max is also in negotiations on an unsolicited major contract with one of the biggest film studios in the world, produced singer-songwriter-guitarist DIRT MILLER (result-artist signed to WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR and set to support JOHN MAYER world tour).