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Rob Reddy (born December 26, 1968) is an American New Music composer and arranger,[1] who has worked and recorded with many contemporary Jazz and Classical musicians. He currently lives in the Astoria section of Queens in New York City.

Early Years

Rob Reddy grew up on the north shore of Long Island, New York. He began studying piano and composing at an early age under the tutelage of a local jazz pianist and composer, Ranny Reeve. Soon after, he began playing saxophone and went on to study with trumpeter Dave Burns, and saxophonists Makanda Ken McIntyre and Dave Liebman. He continued his studies at the New School, earning a BFA through the Jazz and Contemporary Music program.

Musical Works

Since forming his first band in 1989, a trio featuring legendary bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Pheeroan akLaff, Reddy has worked almost exclusively as a leader, with the exception of brief stints with Workman's ensemble and Ronald Shannon Jackson Decoding Society in the early 1990s. For the rest of that decade, Reddy would helm a sextet called Rob Reddy's Honor System, documented on his first two recordings, Post-War Euphoria (Songlines Recordings) and Songs That You Can Trust (Koch Jazz).

Two other CDs, However Humble (Koch Jazz) and Seeing by the Light of My Own Candle (Knitting Factory Records), would follow early in the new millennium, demonstrating Reddy's expanding palette, as well as a growing roster of notable collaborators, including bassist Dom Richards, drummer Guillermo E. Brown, violinist Charlie Burnham, cellist Rufus Cappadocia, and trumpeter John Carlson, among others.

In October 2006, he founded the Reddy Music label, and released A Hundred Jumping Devils, featuring a new sextet called Rob Reddy's Gift Horse, featuring Burnham, Richards, French hornist Mark Taylor, guitarist Brandon Ross, and percussionist Mino Cinelu. The CD received critical praise and earned Reddy a commission from Chamber Music America to write new music for the ensemble.

His second Reddy Music release, The Book of the Storm, featured an all-star,19-piece ensemble, Rob Reddy's Small Town, performing the hour-long title piece live at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. This impressive large-scale work was commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Jerome Foundation.

Reddy has also been awarded commissions and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, Meet the Composer, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and the American Music Center. He has received two artist residencies at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York.

RECORDINGS

2007 The Book of the Storm (Reddy Music) – Rob Reddy’s Small Town 2006 A Hundred Jumping Devils (Reddy Music) – Rob Reddy’s Gift Horse 2005 Thisness (Nocturne) – Jef Lee Johnson 2001 Seeing by the Light of My Own Candle (Knitting Factory) – Rob Reddy’s Sleeping Dogs 2000 However Humble (Koch Jazz) – Rob Reddy’s Quttah 1999 Songs that You Can Trust (Koch Jazz) – Rob Reddy’s Honor System 1996 Post-War Euphoria (Songlines) – Rob Reddy’s Honor System