Pianist Rob Schneiderman was born in Boston on June
21st 1957. At age 5 his family moved to Palo Alto, California
where his mother, a classical pianist and teacher gave him lessons
at age 8.
When he was 12 the family moved again, this time
to San Diego where Rob first heard the Miles Davis recording "Kind
of Blue".
At 16 he and a few classmates formed a group and
started gigging, and about five years later he got the chance
to play with Charles McPherson who had just moved to San Diego.
Eddie Harris came through town and that gave Rob incentive to
move to New York, which he did in 1982.
This is where he met and gained experience with Zoot
Sims, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Jimmy Heath and George Coleman.
In 1987 he toured Europe with the late Chet Baker.
Rob's playing has lyricism and great rhythmic power,
he names his influences as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, McCoy
Tyner, Errol Garner, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland and Sonny Clark.