Rob Mounsey
| Rob Mounsey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 2, 1952 Berea, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, producer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 1976 – present |
| Associated acts | Steely Dan, James Taylor, Donald Fagen, Paul Simon, Idina Menzel, Joe Cool, Chromeo, Gregory Porter, Billy Porter |
| Website | robmounsey |
Rob Mounsey (born December 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, and arranger.
Mounsey was born in Berea, Ohio, and grew up in Seattle, Washington, spending a few years each in Findlay and Granville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he was awarded a 1970 BMI Student Composer Award for his orchestral work Ilium, New York, Is Divided into Three Parts. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1971 to 1975.
In 1976, he moved to New York City to become a studio musician, arranger, and producer for a wide range of well-known artists, including Aaron Neville, Aztec Camera, Brian Wilson, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, Chromeo, Diana Krall, Diana Ross, Donald Fagen, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Karen Carpenter Madonna, Michael Franks, Natalie Cole, Paul Simon, Rihanna, Steely Dan, and others. He performed on keyboards in 1981 for Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in the Park.
In 1985, he played keyboards in a New-York-based group called Joe Cool with Will Lee, Jeff Mironov and Christopher Parker. They released one album, Party Animals, on the Pony Canyon label in Japan, followed by a Japanese tour.
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