Bob Power
| Bob Power | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bob Power |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, engineer |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1975 – present |
| Associated acts | A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Citizen Cope, D'Angelo, De La Soul, India Arie, Jungle Brothers, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ozomatli, The Roots |
| Website | www |
Bob Power is a Grammy Award–winning and –nominated and multi-platinum producer, engineer, composer, arranger, performer, and educator.
Power was born in Chicago, moved to Rye, New York, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Webster College, where he studied music theory.
He also studied classical composition and conducting, alongside playing his own contemporary music. He subsequently attained a master's degree in jazz from Lone Mountain College, now known as Lone Mountain Campus, in San Francisco.
Power stayed in California between 1975 and 1982, scoring music for the PBS Emmy Award–winning television series Over Easy and writing music for broadcast advertising. Power contributed music for advertising campaigns for companies, including The American Cancer Society (Emmy Award winner), AT&T, Casio, Coca-Cola, Elizabeth Arden, Hardee's, Hertz, Intel, Mercedes-Benz, Purina, and The United States Postal Service.
He then moved to New York City in 1982 to further his music career by playing gigs in a variety of venues, including one performance at a wedding of a member of the Bensonhurst Mafia.
Power was asked by the owner of Calliope Studios to sit in as engineer of a music recording session by the group Stetsasonic. Stetsasonic thought so highly of Power's work that he continued to work with them, overseeing the breakthrough sessions for their album On Fire.
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