Robert M. Rucker
Robert Mansfield Rucker | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Robert Mansfield Rucker II |
Also known as | Rook |
Born | November 4, 1967 Chicago, Illinois |
Origin | Florida A&M University University of North Florida Manhattan School of Music Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Genres | jazz |
Occupation(s) | Jazz Musician Music Educator/Certified Music Teacher |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Independent |
Associated acts | SwingSet Quintet, Wynton Marsalis, Dead Prez |
Website | Robert Rucker Project MIE Music Science And Technology,Inc Rookwerks - Sound design |
Robert Mansfield Rucker (born Chicago, Illinois, raised in Miami, Florida) is a jazz drummer, music teacher, and composer.
Rucker has recorded and performed with many notable artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Wes Anderson, , Herb Harris, Scotty Barnhart, Philip Harper, Eric Lewis, Stephon Harris, Eddie Henderson, Sam and Dave, Stephen Marley and Dead Prez. He has also produced music for Sony Pictures, New York University Stern School of Business and performs with a jazz band called The Robert Rucker Project.
Early life[]
After graduating from , Robert attended Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. He was a member of the notable "The Marching 100" Marching Band and Jazz Ensemble. Robert later moved to Jacksonville, Florida and transferred to the University of North Florida where he received his B.A in Music. In 1995, Robert moved New York to attend graduate School at Manhattan School of Music. After graduation, Robert began to teach music in New York and New Jersey Public Schools.
Music career[]
Robert appears on Wynton Marsalis "Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes on Blue Note Records. He also is featured on the soundtrack of the Movie "Black or White with hip-hop duo "Dead Prez". Robert released and produced his debut Cd "Make Blue" featuring Philip Harper and Todd Williams. In 2002, his latest release "Blue York" featured the world-renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Discography[]
As leader[]
- 1998: Make Blue
- 2002: Blue York
- 2014 Men Say The Dardnest Things
As sideman[]
- 2000: Movie Soundtrack "Black & White"Dem Crazy
- 2005: Amongst the People "Live at the House of Tribes(Blue Note Records)
References[]
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- ^ http://news.allaboutjazz.com/swingset-quintets-blue-york-featuring-wynton-marsalis-in-stores-now.php
- ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19842
- ^ http://www.wyntonmarsalis.org/discography/jazz/live-at-house-of-tribes/
- ^ http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/RT_120810/index.html
- ^ http://thecalaisschool.org/courier/Autumn10NEWSLETTER.pdf
- ^ http://www.sharkgirlthebunnyrabbit.com
- ^ http://www.tednash.com/3/post/2014/09/late-summer-update.html
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1901&dat=19950318&id=x4wfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ftMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2133,1376691&hl=en
- ^ Live at the House of Tribes#Personnel
- ^ New York, University. "What Are You Waitng For?". stern.nyu.edu. NYU Stern.
- Living people
- American jazz drummers
- American educators
- 1967 births
- 20th-century American drummers
- American male drummers
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians