Bob Baldwin (musician)
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Bob Baldwin is a New York
-born contemporary jazz
musician and producer.
Born December 9, 1960, Mount Vernon, NY
Bob is an American music composer, pianist, record producer, musical arranger, Pianist and compose, who learned how to play directly from his father, Robert (Bob) Baldwin, Sr. During three decades in the entertainment industry, Baldwin has humbly earned two SESAC Music awards for his 2002-2003 airplay of "the Way She Looked At Me" as well as his 2008 airplay on "NewUrbanJazz.com", 1 Grammy Award nomination (2000), and the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 selected by Roberta Flack.
In 1986, Baldwin opened up for Trumpeter Tom Browne at NY's Bottom Line and began to work with Browne on his disc "No Longer I", one of the first recorded Gospel-Jazz albums in 1987. His work caught the ear of Danny Weiss and Dave Wilkes, and they produced Baldwin's first disc, "I've Got a Long Way To Go" on Malaco records in 1988. The project was submitted to the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 and won first place over the group Straight Ahead. Roberta Flack was the finalist judge.
That award caught the attention of Sylvia Rhone, and he the produced 2 discs for Atlantic Jazz in 1990 and 1992 ("Rejoice" and "Reflections of Love"). "Reflections" charted top-20 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.
With over 14 discs released to date, his 14th and latest tributes a great artist ("Never Can Say Goodbye", a Tribute to Michael Jackson"). His latest debuted top 20 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart.
Prior to launching his music career, Baldwin's radio exploits began in 1979, when he spun records for his college station, WGEV (Geneva College/Beaver Falls, Pa.), and secured an internship at Inner City Broadcasting (WLIB/WBLS) where he learned news reporting under the tutelage of Pat Prescott. In 1984, he briefly covered the Jesse Jackson Presidential run for WVIP in Mt. Kisco, as well as WJSJ in Jacksonville, KJAZ in Bermuda, and WCLK and WJZZ in Atlanta, Baldwin launched his program, "The NewUrbanJazz Lounge" in 2008.
(Written by the staff of [City Sketches, Inc.
In the momentous Jazz of the City Atlanta portrait
(taken in April 2007), Baldwin stands tall—at the height of the stairs of the Atlanta City Hall
Atrium—with over 100 fellow jazz musicians surrounding Mayor Shirley Franklin
.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-born contemporary jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician and producer.
Born December 9, 1960, Mount Vernon, NY
Bob is an American music composer, pianist, record producer, musical arranger, Pianist and compose, who learned how to play directly from his father, Robert (Bob) Baldwin, Sr. During three decades in the entertainment industry, Baldwin has humbly earned two SESAC Music awards for his 2002-2003 airplay of "the Way She Looked At Me" as well as his 2008 airplay on "NewUrbanJazz.com", 1 Grammy Award nomination (2000), and the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 selected by Roberta Flack.
In 1986, Baldwin opened up for Trumpeter Tom Browne at NY's Bottom Line and began to work with Browne on his disc "No Longer I", one of the first recorded Gospel-Jazz albums in 1987. His work caught the ear of Danny Weiss and Dave Wilkes, and they produced Baldwin's first disc, "I've Got a Long Way To Go" on Malaco records in 1988. The project was submitted to the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 and won first place over the group Straight Ahead. Roberta Flack was the finalist judge.
That award caught the attention of Sylvia Rhone, and he the produced 2 discs for Atlantic Jazz in 1990 and 1992 ("Rejoice" and "Reflections of Love"). "Reflections" charted top-20 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.
With over 14 discs released to date, his 14th and latest tributes a great artist ("Never Can Say Goodbye", a Tribute to Michael Jackson"). His latest debuted top 20 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart.
Prior to launching his music career, Baldwin's radio exploits began in 1979, when he spun records for his college station, WGEV (Geneva College/Beaver Falls, Pa.), and secured an internship at Inner City Broadcasting (WLIB/WBLS) where he learned news reporting under the tutelage of Pat Prescott. In 1984, he briefly covered the Jesse Jackson Presidential run for WVIP in Mt. Kisco, as well as WJSJ in Jacksonville, KJAZ in Bermuda, and WCLK and WJZZ in Atlanta, Baldwin launched his program, "The NewUrbanJazz Lounge" in 2008.
(Written by the staff of [City Sketches, Inc.
In the momentous Jazz of the City Atlanta portrait
Jazz of the City Atlanta portrait
The Jazz of the City Atlanta is an historic, color portrait of over 100 jazz musicians surrounding Mayor Shirley Franklin created in the Atlanta City Hall Atrium...
(taken in April 2007), Baldwin stands tall—at the height of the stairs of the Atlanta City Hall
Atlanta City Hall
Since Atlanta was founded, there have been four official city halls of Atlanta.-Antebellum:After half a decade of makeshift meeting places for city business , in 1853 mayor of Atlanta John Mims purchased the four-acre "Peters's Reserve" from Richard Peters for $5,000...
Atrium—with over 100 fellow jazz musicians surrounding Mayor Shirley Franklin
Shirley Franklin
Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010...
.
Discography
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lookin' Back | Nu Groove Records Nu Groove The legacy label Nu Groove Records was re launched after an almost 10 year hiatus. Original founder David Chackler revitalized the legendary label, reacquiring the rights to the Nu Groove name from his prior partners who had acquired the company in 2004.... |
| 2008 | NewUrbanJazz.com | Nu Groove Records |
| 2007 | Bob Baldwin - "Memoirs From The Hudson" | Nu Groove Records |
| 2005 | All In A Day's Work | 215 Records |
| 2004 | Brazil Chill | A440 Music Group |
| 2002 | Standing Tall | Narada Narada Productions Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar... |
| 2002 | Bob Baldwin Presents the American Spirit | Shanachie Shanachie Records Shanachie Records was founded in 1976 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. According to Harvey Pekar , it is one of the largest independent record labels in the world, and is currently distributed by E1 Music. Starting as a label that specialized in fiddle music, they began releasing work by Celtic... |
| 2000 | BobBaldwin.com | CSI |
| 1997 | Cool Breeze | Shanachie |
| 1996 | Welcome to The Games | CSI |
| 1992 | Reflections of Love | Atlantic Jazz |
| 1990 | Rejoice | Atlantic Jazz |
| 1989 | I've Got A Long Way to Go/The Dream | Malaco Records Malaco Records Malaco Records is an independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of various major soul, blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, ZZ Hill, Denise LaSalle, Benny Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Marvin Sease, and the... |