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Bob received his B.A. in Music Theory from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. For over ten years, he was a member of Mongo Santamaria's band and served as musical director. Additionally, he composed songs for the band, five of which appeared on Mongo’s recordings. Two recordings Bob appeared on with Mongo were nominated for Grammy Awards: “Mongo Magic” and “Espiritu Libre”.  Bob has also performed and/or recorded with:  Dave Valentin, Willie Colon, Ray Barretto, Tommy Igoe, Angel Canales and "Jellybean" Benitez.

With John Scofield, he recorded on the Yamaha instructional video "The Drumset, A Musical Approach".  Other studio sessions include TV commercials for I.B.M. and soundtrack work for Vestron Video. Bob has also recorded a piano disk for the Yamaha "Disklavier". He appears on the "Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Celebration & Bass Day 2002" DVD and CD. Bob continues to serve as an integral member of the Ed Palermo Big Band and currently is on the faculty at The Collective in New York City.  He is also playing piano with Andrea Brachfeld and the Phoenix Rising Latin Jazz Ensemble. In his book Latin Jazz: The First of The Fusions,   John Storm Roberts described Bob’s playing as “magnificent”.

 

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