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Robert C. Ford
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Robert C. Ford, known as the Wall $treet Poet, is a globe-trotting poet, lyricist and spoken word artist based in New York City. His performances span Europe and the Americas, and he is recognized for blending poetry with music; collaborating with world-class performers across genres including pop, rock, jazz and opera. His words are delivered both in his own voice and interpreted by acclaimed vocalists.
He has released two albums of poetry set to music: The Music Between Us (2021) and Footprints of Steel (2025). These works feature collaborations with notable composers such as Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra), Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson), Mark Kostabi (Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, Ornette Coleman), Carli Muñoz (Beach Boys, Wilson Pickett), Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) and Jay Rodriguez Sierra (Groove Collective, Wu-Tang Clan).
Ford has also performed alongside other celebrated musicians including: Gerry Brown (drums--Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder), John Clark (horn--Gil Evans), Jane Getter (guitar--SNL Band), Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Paul Nowinski (bass--Les Paul, Keith Richards), Harvie S (bass), Dave Soldier (violin--Bo Diddley, John Cale) and David Taylor (bass trombone--Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones).
He has graced the stages of prominent New York City venues such as Birdland Jazz Club, The Bitter End, Joe's Pub, Pianos, Le Poisson Rouge, Chelsea Table + Stage, Nublu, The Stonewall Inn and Theatre 80. Beyond NYC, he has performed at Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY), Jazz Club ZWE (Vienna, Austria), Centro Mexicana para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico), NWEAMO Festival (San Diego, CA) and University of Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica). In September 2022, he was featured with Grammy-winner Suzanne Vega at the Players Theatre as part of The Village Trip Festival.
Ford is also the host and curator of Sky Vault, an intimate concert and performance venue in New York City.
Elegy
Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2025
Track listing: [1] Source (Gene Pritsker); [2] Dealin’ With It (Gene Pritsker); [3] Elegy (Gene Pritsker); [4] The Cauldron (Music: Gene Pritsker, Words: Robert C. Ford); [5]
Petrichor (Oliver Marec); [6] Strive (Music: Gene Pritsker, Words: David Gotay, Paul Mack); [7] Jocose Flows (Gene Pritsker); [8] Alpha (Oliver Marec); [9]
unCharted Deconstructed III (Gene Pritsker); [10] TMI (Gene Pritsker); [11] Brahms Infinity (Live - Music Gene Pritsker, Words: Imelda O'Reilly)
Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Featuring Amira B. & Dick Griffin At Joe's Pub Saturday, August 23, 2025
On Saturday, August 23, 2025, Sound Liberation, the audacious musical collective led by visionary composer, guitarist, and rapper Gene Pritsker, storms the stage at the vibrant Joe's Pub in NYC. Armed with the philosophy of “ending the segregation of sound vibration,” Pritsker and his ensemble obliterate genre boundaries, fusing classical elegance, jazz improvisation, rock intensity, hip-hop ...
Mark Kostabi To Host Exclusive Salon Concert At His Rome Villa On Friday, July 18, 2025
On Friday, July 18, 2025, internationally renowned artist and musician Mark Kostabi, famed for painting the iconic Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion album cover, will open the doors of his luxury villa in Rome, Italy, for an intimate salon concert. In addition to his celebrated visual art, Kostabi is an accomplished composer and pianist whose ...
Harlem Jazz Series Featuring In4mation On May 16, 2025
On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7pm EST, Harlem Jazz Series presents In4Mation, a quartet dedicated to improvisation and compositions that encourage exploration of groove and ensemble interplay. The music evolves from original scores and charts through the musicians' personal interpretation and the merging of the quartet's distinct voices. The band features Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night ...
CompCord@40
Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good Times (Joseph Pehrson); Debussy's Lounge (Gene Pritsker); Song of
Light (John Clark); Money, Part II: Need (Gene Pritsker); Coffee Achiever (Adam
Holzman); Zvrk (Milica Paranosic); Breaking Butterflies Upon a Wheel (Patrick
Grant, Borislav Strulev); The Music Between Us (Charles Coleman music, Robert
C. Ford words), All You Shining Stars: II. Arrows (Shanan Estreicher); On Motion: I. The Atom
Smasher (Seth Boustead); Snow (Debra Kaye music, Roger Aplon words).
Footprints of Steel
Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2025
Track listing: [1] Puzzle Complete (The You of Me); [2] Ascending Volumes; [3] The Difference
Unhappiness; [4] Not All Apples Are Blue Color; [5] 9-Months Earlier; [6] Suicide Barbie (Live); [7] Why
Didn't You Tag Me?; [8] Blissful Surrender; [9] Footprints of Steel (Live); [10] Gross Domestic Happiness
(GDH); [11] The Color of the Number 3; [12] The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings; [13] May the Great Ark Save
the Drones (Live); [14] Dream Big (Live).
Keyboardist Adam Holzman's 'Schizo' Concert On December 6, 2024
On Friday, December 6th, 2024 at 7pm EST, acclaimed keyboardist Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) will perform with Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night Live Band, Jack McDuff), and Gene Pritsker (Di.J—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) at an intimate concert at the Chelsea townhouse of renowned artist and pianist Mark Kostabi (Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion, Ramones ...
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