Trio:
Bob Sneider - guitar // Mike Melito - drums // Phil Flanigan - bass
Duo:
Bob Sneider - guitar // Paul Hofmann - piano
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke Film Noir Project:
septet featuring Joe Locke - vibes // Grant Stewart - sax // John Sneider - trumpet
www.filmnoirproject.com
Influences
Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, Stan Getz, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans
Sounds Like
Swingin' music that you'd like to hear, purchase(early and often) and have playing in your ipod/car stereo/whatever.
Guitarist/composer/educator Bob Sneider is the jazz guitar teacher at the world-renowned Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School. Before joining the Eastman faculty in late 1997, Bob Sneider won Downbeat Awards at the high school and collegiate levels. Sneider toured for several years with two-time Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione. Other notable performers with whom Sneider has performed, toured or recorded include: Nat Adderley, Joe Locke, Don Menza, Nick Brignola, Houston Person, Etta Jones, Nnenna Freelon, Steve Gadd, Gerry Niewood, Chris Potter, Roy McCurdy, David Hazeltine, Jon Faddis, Keeter Betts and frequent appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Pops(guitar/banjo). Sneider has performed in major festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs throughout South America, Central America, North America and Europe.
Sneider has several solo or co-led cd projects that have received rave reviews and international airplay: Introducing Bob Sneider(self produced), Out of the Darkness(Sonsofsound), duo projects - Interconnection(Sonsofsound) and Escapade(Sonsofsound), The Bob Sneider/Joe Locke Film Noir Project - Fallen Angel(Sonsofsound). In 2007, upcoming releases include: All Through The Night(RIJF) - a trio cd with special guests Vincent Herring, John Sneider, Daid Hazeltine and John Nugent, and a sequel to The Film Noir Project - Nocturne For Ava Gardner.
In addition, Sneider is a graduate of the University of Rochester where he studied with Bill Dobbins, Ramon Ricker and Fred Sturm. Growing up in Brockton, MA, Sneider’s mentor and teacher was Chet Kruley - a veteran of the Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford and Nat Pierce bands. Other influential teachers include Gene Bertoncini and the late Ted Dunbar.
Bob's regular trio-mates are Mike Melito(drums) and Phil Flanigan(bass). Bob Sneider / Paul Hofmann = Bob on guitar and Paul on piano. Bob Sneider / Joe Locke Film Noir Project is a septet.
www.bobsneider.com
www.sonsofsound.com (record label)
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Make sure to check out Kermit Ruffins performing his new album, Living
the Treme Life, live at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing on
Tuesday, July 7th at 6:30.
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Bob, my condolences about Coleman. I read that some of Chuck Mangione's musicians had died on that flight, and ran to my computer to check out who, because I thought you'd been playing with him... then figured that you must have been tight with whomever it was. I've played a bit w/Adam Niewood as well, and my thoughts go out to their family as well.
Hope other things are good though, w/you, your family, your brother... I got married, still living in Boston, teaching at berklee and all over, playin'... Keep in touch, and much love to you in this difficult time...
Thanks for the acceptance to your ad. You are a great Talent (guitar) and instructor. More singers need to attend your classes to receive this valued education you offer, especially if they want to scat. Thanks for your support as well of my talents and achievements.
