Bob Crawford, born in the Bronx,
NY, is one of those rare people combining musicality, scholarship, and business
acumen into one seamless individual. After graduating from the University of
Virginia in 1971 (Phi Beta Kappa/Magna cum laude) Bob embarked on his musical
career full time.

From being the Musical Director,
Guitarist, and Vocalist for the National Company of Paul Sills’ “Story
Theatre”(1972-3) to the publishing of his book “Symmetric Cycles” by RMCO MUSIC
in 2011, Bob has been actively involved in songwriting, arranging, producing,
and studio work as a guitarist and vocalist for the past 30 years.

In 1975, Bob founded Josandra
Rehearsal Studios in NYC which became the home of such celebrated musicians as
Pat Martino, Larry Harlow, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Mongo Santamaria,
Slide Hampton, Sam Jones, Tom Harrell, Kevin Eubanks, Larry Coryell, John
Abercrombie, Brand X, Tom Rush, John Hammond, Aztec 2 Step, Jocelyn Brown, Meat
Loaf, Loretta Devine, and Roz Ryan among many others.

In 1986 he acted as President of
Lions’ Den Recording in NYC until 1990 when he formed RMCO MUSIC, his
full-service production, recording, publishing, and consulting company.

Still active today RMCO MUSIC
boasts such varied clients as Larry Harlow, Mick Taylor, Jocelyn Brown, Maxine
Brown, Dennis Williams (O’Jays, Temptations), Ron Richardson, Vickilyn
Reynolds, Carl Hall, Beverly Crosby, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

In 1991, Larry Harlow (2008
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and Latin Music Hall of Fame Member)
recorded “My Time Is Now”(“Mi Tiempo Llego”) on the album of the same name,
co-written by Bob Crawford and A. Dennis (Doc) Williams of the O’Jays released
on Cache/Fania Records. In 2006, Maxine Brown (R&B Hall of Fame Member and
Tony Award Winner) recorded another of Bob’s compositions “I Want To Be Loved”
released on “From the Heart” (Mee Max Music, Inc.) He continues to write,
publish, and place songs with recording artists, for underscoring in film, TV,
product placement, ringtones, video games, etc. in genres such as Pop, R&B,
Rock, Contemporary Crossover Jazz, Dance, Singer-Songwriter, and Folk idioms to
this day.

On June 1, 2013, Bob released 2
Contemporary Jazz albums on RMCO MUSIC:

BOB CRAWFORD/RMCO MUSIC presents: CONTEMPORARY JAZZ CROSSOVER
INSTRUMENTALS Vol. 1 Now available at the following online stores… You can
preview/purchase individual tracks starting at $0.99 or the entire album
starting at $5.99...Prices may vary from store to store…

At AmazonMP3: http://amzn.to/1a4URvx

Bandcamp: http://bobcrawford.bandcamp.com 

i-Tunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/contemporary-jazz-crossover/id660466729
      

GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Bob_Crawford_Contemporary_Jazz_Crossover_Instrumen?id=Bs3o237bexdnvu6iambyedr2yyq

 

BOB CRAWFORD/RMCO
MUSIC presents: CONTEMPORARY JAZZ CROSSOVER INSTRUMENTALS Vol. 2 is now
available at the following online stores…You can preview/purchase individual
tracks starting at $0.99 or the entire album starting at $5.99...Prices may
vary from store to store…

At AmazonMP3: http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Jazz-Crossover-Instrumentals-Vol/dp/B00DDX5HM2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371409470&sr=301-1

Bandcamp: http://bobcrawford.bandcamp.com/album/bob-crawford-rmco-music-presents-contemporary-jazz-crossover-instrumentals-vol-2

 i-Tunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/contemporary-jazz-crossover/id661737695
 

GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Bob_Crawford_Contemporary_Jazz_Crossover_Instrumen?id=Bl3hokernx6zoykptvgznq2h6k4

Personnel:

Babycake Walk:
Bob Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Tenor Sax, Bruce Whitcomb-Keyboards, Jon
Albrink-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums

Pipsqueak: Bob
Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Soprano Sax, Frank Ferrucci-Keyboards, Lincoln
Goines-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums

Try Tones: Bob
Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Tenor Sax, Bruce Whitcomb-Keyboards, Jon
Albrink-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums

Bob & Weave:
All instruments by Bob Crawford

Bottoms Up: Bob
Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Soprano Sax, Frank Ferrucci-Keyboards, Lincoln
Goines-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums, Backing Vocals-Joseph A., Zephryn C., Bob Crawford

Hi Steppin’: Bob
Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Soprano Sax, Frank Ferrucci-Keyboards, Lincoln
Goines-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums

Babycake Walk Redux:
All instruments by Bob Crawford

Bottoms Up Redux:
Bob Crawford-Guitars, Wolfgang Lagomarsini-Bass, Phil Leone-Drums/Percussion

Full Tilt: Bob
Crawford-Guitar, Ed Palermo-Tenor Sax, Frank Ferrucci-Keyboards, Lincoln
Goines-Bass, Pat Wehl-Drums

All music written and
produced by Bob Crawford ©Bob Crawford/RMCO MUSIC/BMI

                                         

                               Musical Resume

 

                                           BOB
CRAWFORD     

                                                    
RMCO MUSIC

                                           229 West 26th St.  Suite
6A

                                               New York, NY
10001

                                                      
212-255-2161

                                           
rmco_music@hotmail.com      

                                Website: http://www.carosta.com/bob-crawford/

 

Musical
Resume

 

1972-3   
Musical Director and
Guitarist/Singer for the National Company of Paul Sills’ “Story Theatre”

1976-7 House jazz guitarist for the Jazzmania Society in NYC

1977-8 House jazz guitarist for the Terrace at the Village Gate in NYC

1978-9 House jazz guitarist for the “Jazz Jam” series at “The Brook” in NYC

1981    Composed the
score for the Off-Broadway production of “Graven
Images”

1981    Composed the
score for Playwrights’ Horizons
production of “Personals”

1982    Wrote the jazz
theory book “SYMMETRIC CYCLES”

2011    RMCO MUSIC published “SYMMETRIC CYCLES” distributed by Charles  
Colin Publications, Tappan
NY

2013    Released 2
Crossover Jazz albums on RMCO MUSIC
distributed by Catapult, Inc.

            a) BOB CRAWFORD/RMCO MUSIC presents:
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ CROSSOVER INSTRUMENTALS Vol. 1

            b) BOB CRAWFORD/RMCO MUSIC
presents: CONTEMPORARY JAZZ CROSSOVER INSTRUMENTALS Vol. 2

 

1979-Present—Guitarist, Stage Manager, and Live Sound
Engineer for Larry Harlow and the Fania
All-Stars

        

Albums include: Our Latin Feeling(1980), Yo Soy Latino
(1983), The Sweet Smell Of Success (1984), My Time Is Now (1991), Latin Jazz
Encounter(1998).

 

Production, writing and co-writing credits include:

Larry
Harlow, Jocelyn Brown, Maxine Brown, Mick Taylor, Dennis Williams (O’Jays,
Temptations), Ron Richardson, Carl Hall, Aztec 2 Step, Beverly Crosby, Loretta
Devine, and Vondie Curtis-Hall

 

Wrote “My Time Is
Now” (1991) with Dennis Williams (O’Jays, Temptations) recorded by Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
winner and Latin Music-Salsa Hall of
Fame member Larry Harlow for
Cache Records(Fania)

 

Wrote “I Want To Be
Loved” (2006) recorded by R&B
Hall of Fame member and Tony Award
winner Maxine Brown

 

Session guitarist/vocalist/writer/ producer, and arranger
for artists ranging from Phoebe
Snow to McFadden & Whitehead for
30 years.

 

      
Official Website: http://www.carosta.com/bob-crawford/

       Website 2:  http://ibosocial.com/bobcrawford1

      
LinkedIn Site: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-crawford/44/22a/305/

 

 

 

"Symmetric
Cycles",  inspired by the work of John Coltrane, Pat
Martino, and Nicholas Slonimsky offers new ways of stretching the melodic and
harmonic boundaries of Modal Jazz, Blues, Pentatonic Rock, Latin (Montunos,
etc.) Reggae, World Music, etc., creating sound colors that will open your ears
in ways you may not have experienced before. It also is extremely useful
compositionally--  connecting chords in
very unique ways, adding emotional sound colors to original musical works. As a
teaching tool, it is very valuable for advanced students as well as seasoned
players. You can preview several pages of the book on the website by clicking
on the “Look Inside” tab on my website…  
http://www.carosta.com/bob-crawford/ 

"Symmetric Cycles” can be ordered
by calling Charles Colin Publications at 845-680-6880, their website http://www.charlescolin.com/order1.htm  or through my 
website   http://www.carosta.com/bob-crawford/    

You can preview several pages of the
book by clicking on the book cover.

AND at Jamey Aebersold’s Jazzbooks
site:

http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JAJAZZ&Product_Code=SYMC&Category_Code=#.UT9KAxz_mSo