Jazz Sojourn Bob Baldwin

Bob Baldwin is a New York-born contemporary jazz pianist, music composer, author, and producer, who learned music from his father, Robert (Bob) Baldwin, Sr. Baldwin's career started in 1983, and has earned four SESAC Music awards,[1] initially for his 2002-2003 airplay of "The Way She Looked At Me," followed by one for his 2008 airplay on NewUrbanJazz.com, one in 2010 for his Never Can Say Goodbye: A Tribute to Michael Jackson, and one in 2011 for NewUrbanJazz.com2 / Re-Vibe. He also was awarded the Sony Innovators Award in 1989 selected by Roberta Flack. Prior to launching his first disc in 1989 ("I've Got a Long Way To Go") on Malaco Jazz Records, Baldwin's dabbled with radio career in 1979 when he broadcast as a student jock for the Geneva College station, WGEV. In 1981, he secured an internship at Inner City Broadcasting (WLIB/WBLS), where he learned news reporting and honed other skills under the tutelage of Pat Prescott. In 1984, he briefly covered the Jesse Jackson Presidential campaign in Westchester County for WVIP in Mt. Kisco, NY. In 2004, he was the Music Director WJSJ (Jacksonville, Fl.), and in 2007, he helped to launch KJAZ in Bermuda (Trott Communications). 2007 brought him to WCLK (Clark University), and later in the fall at WJZZ (Atlanta, Ga.) before they folded in early 2009. Baldwin launched NewUrbanJazz Radio in October, 2008 with WJAB, WFSK, WNAA and WVSU as their initial affiliate base