Bob Baldwin (musician)
| Bob Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 9, 1960 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, urban |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Atlantic, 215, Shanachie, Malaco, CSI, Narada, Nu Groove, Peak, Trippin' N' Rhythm |
| Website | www |
Bob Baldwin is a New York-born contemporary jazz pianist, music composer, author, and producer, who learned music from his father, Robert Baldwin, Sr. Baldwin's recording career started in 1983. He has earned five SESAC Music awards, initially for his 2002–2003 airplay of "The Way She Looked at Me," followed by one for his 2008 airplay on NewUrbanJazz.com, one in 2010 for his Never Can Say Goodbye: A Tribute to Michael Jackson, and one in 2011 for NewUrbanJazz.com2 / Re-Vibe, and one for his album Twenty. His 2015 release, "MelloWonder: Songs in the Key of Stevie", which honors Stevie Wonder, debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard Overall Jazz Chart.
In 1987, Sony founded the Sony Innovator's Awards, an annual ceremony to award aspiring Afro-American artists who have shown outstanding talent in music and the visual arts. In his opening speech at the first ceremony held in 1988, music producer Quincy Jones stated that it was encouraging that a large firm like Sony was providing Afro-American artists a chance to be introduced to the entire nation. Baldwin was awarded the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 selected by Roberta Flack.
Prior to launching his first album in 1988 ("I've Got a Long Way To Go") on Malaco Jazz Records, Baldwin's dabbled with a radio career in 1979 and 1980 when he broadcast as a student DJ for the Geneva College station, WGEV.
In 1981, he secured an internship at Inner City Broadcasting (WLIB/WBLS), where he learned news reporting and honed other broadcasting skills under the tutelage of Pat Prescott.
In 1984, he briefly covered the Jesse Jackson Presidential campaign in Westchester County for WVIP in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Between 1998 and 2004 he wrote the CD101.9 jingle up to when they changed their format to "New York Chill".
In 2004, he was hired to be the Music Director at WJSJ (Jacksonville, Fl.), and after that tenure, he helped to launch the first smooth jazz station in Bermuda (KJAZ - Trott Communications) from 2005 to 2006.
He then worked as the Music Director in 2007 at WCLK (Clark University), later that fall at WJZZ (Atlanta, Ga.), a Radio-One company, before they folded their smooth jazz format in first quarter 2009.
In October, 2008, Baldwin launched NewUrbanJazz Radio, which programs "The NewUrbanJazz Lounge", a 2-hour program that is affiliated on over 30 stations in the U.S. WJAB (Huntsville, Al), WFSK (Nashville, Tn), WNAA (Greensboro, NC), WVAS (Montgomery, Al) and WVSU (Birmingham) were their initial affiliate base. NewUrbanJazz is a fusion of contemporary Jazz, fused with Urban and Brazilian flavors, but also plays a lot of new independent projects. Baldwin launched NewUrbanJazz Radio Format following the closure of CD101.9.
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