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Bob Crawford
I am a 30-year veteran songwriter/composer, producer, arranger, guitarist, vocalist, recording engineer, Stage Manager/Live Sound Engineer (currently with Grammy Award winner/Latin Music Hall of Fame member Larry Harlow, and Aurora Flores' Zon del Barrio
About Me
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,
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_Ja
zz_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
GooglePlay:
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Bob_Crawford_Contemporary_Ja
zz_Crossover_Instrumen?id=Bl3hokernx6zoykptvgznq2h6k4
i-Tunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/contemporary-jazz-
crossover/id661737695
