BIO
Rob Walker has performed with many of music's most notable acts including Wayne Newton, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles,
The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Moody Blues. He was recognized by Downbeat magazine as a "Musician
Deserving Wider Recognition". As a jazz soloist, Walker appeared at the 2002 Park City International Jazz Festival and at
the San Miguel International Jazz Festival in Mexico in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, he appeared with Brent Jensen along with
the Lewis Nash Quintet at the Living Legends Jazz Festival. He has also shared bebop licks with such jazz masters as
David "Fathead" Newman, John Heard, Gene Ludwig, Ray Santisi, Gary Foster, Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Jeff Hamilton,
Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, and Mike Vax. Walker has also played in the pit for two Broadway national tours, "Chicago"
and "Spamalot" as well as a two year stint at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA.
Walker is quite active as a composer/arranger. Walker's music can be heard in the new Disney major motion picture
release "College Road Trip". His music can currently be heard on NBC's Friday Night Lights and FOX's The O.C.
Walker's music is also heard on two Animal Planet shows, Divine Canine and Ms. Adventure as well as the CBS's
Shark and Fox's Talk Show With Spike Feresten. His music has been included in a new DVD release of the Nancy Drew
/ Hardy Boys Mysteries. He has written for Stan Kenton Alumni Band and for drummer Harvey Mason for his South Africa
Big Band tour. His big band arranging was featured on an upcoming Time-Life Holiday Music CD. He is a composer in
residence with Five Alarm Music, a leading film/TV production company in Los Angeles. He begin his film writing career as
a guest composer with Mike Post Productions. Rob also is a jingle writer and recently penned radio and TV commercials for
Honda. Walker is completing an epic work for Concert Band entitled "Sounds of Lincoln". This work is being submitted for
Pulitzer Prize consideration in early 2008.
Rob Walker frequently appears as a clinician, jazz festival adjudicator, and jazz educator. He has served as Artistic Director
for the Pasadena Jazz Institute’s Summer Jazz Program and was a founding faculty member of the Jazz Saturdays Series at
Boise State University, and the co-founder of the Gene Harris Jazz Camp. He created and conducted the Idaho All State All
Star Jazz Ensemble for three years. He also directed the Sacred Heart Elementary School Jazz Band who performed as a
warm-up act for Dave Brubeck at the 2004 Gene Harris Jazz Festival. He is a frequent jazz festival adjudicator and clinician
and a member of the International Jazz Educators (IAJE) Artist Outreach Network.
He has adjudicated various high school and college jazz festivals including BYU Jazz Festival, Park City Jazz Festival, Gene
Harris Jazz Festival, College of Southern Idaho Jazz Festival, and countless high school festivals. He also appears as a
clinician at various music educator conferences including the IAJE Conference in New York City. His clinics discuss jazz
improvisation, jazz composition, and jazz theory.
Rob Walker studied jazz composition with trumpeter Herb Pomeroy at the Berklee College of Music. He holds a B.A. from
New York University in Film and Music Composition and did additional compositional studies at The Juilliard School. While
in high school, he also studied jazz arranging with Ray Ricker, Ray Wright, and Bill Dobbins at the Eastman School of
Music Summer Jazz Program. He has studied trumpet with Bobby Shew, Clay Jenkins, Vince DiMartino,and Mike Metheny.
As one of the pioneers of music on the Internet, Walker amassed over 200,000 downloads of his original music in 2002
and was named “Best Jazz Artist/Group” at mp3.com. Walker can also be heard at
www.pandora.com, where he is a
featured artist. Walker is a member of the International Trumpet Guild, ASCAP, and the IAJE.