Bob Stoloff (20 August 1952 in New York) is an American jazz musician (vocals , drums first , composition) and teacher.

Career

Stoloff, who grew up first in Port Washington, as a teenager played numerous instruments and from 1967 to 1969, the High School of Music & Art in

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graduated, then worked as a musician. He studied 1974-1976 at the Berklee College of Music percussion, also began at this time but to sing. In the next few years he worked as a studio musician and played as drummer sideman on numerous albums. In 1983 he was appointed to the

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, where he taught scat. In 1984, he was (at the time

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, Jay Clayton,

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and partially

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included) with the Vocal Summit tour in Europe. In addition, he has also performed with Joey Blake and

. He presented a number of textbooks on

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and teaching continues as Associate Professor at Berklee College, where he was deputy head of the Voice Department. In addition, he also directed the vocal training at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in

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. He can be heard on recordings with the Jazz Harp Trio and the

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group The Ritz.

Bob Stoloff Vocal Jazz Academies

Along the years he has opened several vocal jazz academies in different parts of the world: in

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, in

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, and in Avilés,

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Publications

* ''Scat! Vocal Improvisation Techniques'' (Gerard/Sarzin; mit CD) * ''Blues Scatitudes'' (Gerard/Sarzin) * ''Body Beats'' (Advance Music) * ''Vocal Improvisation: An Instru-Vocal Approach for Soloists, Groups, and Choirs'' (Hal Leonard/Berklee Press) * ''Rhythmania!'' (CD)Jazz vocal workshop with Bob Stoloff
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References

External links

Official website

Interview
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Bob Stoloff
in Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoloff, Bob Living people American jazz singers Berklee College of Music alumni American jazz percussionists 1952 births Singers from New York (state) Berklee College of Music faculty