Bob Stoloff

Bob Stoloff

Performing in Spain
Background information
Born (1952-08-20) August 20, 1952
New York, United States
Genres
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, conductor, teacher
Instruments
Associated acts Bobby McFerrin
Website www.bobstoloffmusic.com

Bob Stoloff (20 August 1952 in New York) is an American jazz musician (vocals , drums first , composition) and teacher.

Career

Stoloff, who grew up first in Port Washington, as a teenager played numerous instruments and from 1967 to 1969, the High School of Music & Art in New York graduated, then worked as a musician. He studied 1974-1976 at the Berklee College of Music percussion, also began at this time but to sing.[1] In the next few years he worked as a studio musician and played as drummer sideman on numerous albums.

In 1983 he was appointed to the Berklee College, where he taught scat. In 1984, he was (at the time Urszula Dudziak, Jay Clayton, Jeanne Lee and partially Bobby McFerrin included) with the Vocal Summit tour in Europe.[2] In addition, he has also performed with Joey Blake and Bobby McFerrin.

He presented a number of textbooks on jazz singing and teaching continues as Associate Professor at Berklee College, where he was deputy head of the Voice Department. In addition, he also directed the vocal training at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. He can be heard on recordings with the Jazz Harp Trio and the Boston group The Ritz.

Bob Stoloff Vocal Jazz Academies

Along the years he has opened several vocal jazz academies in different parts of the world: in Rome, Italy, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and in Avilés, Spain.[3]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Bob Stoloff: Scat! at JazzTimes
  2. ↑ Images from Danish Television
  3. ↑ Bob Stoloff in Spain
  4. ↑ Books
  5. ↑ Jazz vocal workshop with Bob Stoloff

External links

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