Bob Baldwin

Bob Baldwin – The Stay at Home Series, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:50 minutes | 686 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CSI

Bob (Robert) Baldwin (born December 9, 1960) is an American, New York-born contemporary jazz pianist, music composer, music producer, author, inventor, radio host, and creator of the NewUrbanJazz Lounge. His views on owning his own recorded masters have been referred to as ‘the Ray Charles of contemporary jazz and soul music’ among his peers. As of January 1, 2023, he owns all but 7 of his 33+ studio projects.

His album “The Stay At Home Series, Vol. 1” was selected in 2022 as the best contemporary jazz album by the inaugural Jazz Music Awards program. From 2018-current, he has charted on 8 Billboard Smooth Jazz Top-10 hit records as either producer/arranger or composer for Flutist Ragan Whiteside (Randis Records)

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Bob Baldwin – Newurbanjazz 3 / an Urbansmooth Suite (Full Length) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:56 minutes | 928 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Bob Baldwin’s 32nd studio offering is a musically unplanned birth that was caused by a simple procedure…Stay-at-home orders.

This latest Bob Baldwin recordings is a blend of Urban Music through a Jazz lens, this time featuring his touch as a vocal producer. Tracks by Lori Williams, LaRita Gaskins, Toni Redd, Monica Mason, GiGi Welling, Regina Trouxpe (all on vocals), also Ragan Whiteside, J-Fly, Tres Gilbert, Melvin Baldwin, Barry Danielian, Phil Hamilton, and more! Turn your bass up and get right with this groove.
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Bob Baldwin – Newurbanjazz 3 / An Urbansmooth Suite (Radio Edits) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:58 minutes | 423 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Bob Baldwin’s 32nd studio offering is a musically unplanned birth that was caused by a simple procedure…Stay-at-home orders.

This latest Bob Baldwin recordings is a blend of Urban Music through a Jazz lens, this time featuring his touch as a vocal producer. Tracks by Lori Williams, LaRita Gaskins, Toni Redd, Monica Mason, GiGi Welling, Regina Trouxpe (all on vocals), also Ragan Whiteside, J-Fly, Tres Gilbert, Melvin Baldwin, Barry Danielian, Phil Hamilton, and more! Turn your bass up and get right with this groove.
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Bob Baldwin – Newurbanjazz (Remixed and Remastered) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:13 minutes | 923 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Since more than 20 years Bob Baldwin is fostering music market with his premium performance. Collaborating with music stars of high caliber like Roberta Flack, Grover Washington, Tom Browne, Pieces of A Dream, Roy Ayers, George Benson, Marion Meadows, Chuck Loeb, Will Downing, Chieli Minucci, and Kim Waters, just to name a few, he has achieved the status of fame since a long time.
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Bob Baldwin – Never Can Say Goodbye – A Tribute to Michael Jackson (Remixed and Remastered) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:40 minutes | 813 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © City Sketches Inc

The connection between Michael Jackson and jazz seems tentative to non-existent until it’s factored in he reached his greatest heights as an artist when collaborating with producer/arranger extraordinaire Quincy Jones. The unlikely pairing of Jackson and Jones brought out a degree of professionalism, maturity and poise in the late King of Pop that did not fully emerge when he was the precocious young boy performing with his brothers in the Jackson Five. Had the Jackson Five worked with Jones, Jackson might never have gone mushy with ballads such as “Ben,” where he lovingly crooned to a rat.
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Bob Baldwin – Music with a Message (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:09 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © City Sketches Inc

Pianist/Arranger Bob Baldwin delivers timely music in the spirit of the classic “What’s Goin’ On” vibe as some tracks speak to the current conditions of the US and the world. The sampler features the powerful vocals of Lori Williams on the heart-wrenching “Where’s That Smile” and the popular Pandora recurrent smash “Stand Tall”, now edited for radio, a heartfelt composition penned following the historic 9/11 tragedy.
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Bob Baldwin – Bob Baldwin Presents Abbey Road And The Beatles (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:45 minutes | 747 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Bob Baldwin continues to unload catalog in continuance of his 30-year artist anniversary with his latest Beatles Tribute release “Bob Baldwin Presents Abbey Road and the Beatles”, while the single “Club Life” features a record 10 soloists on one track.
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