Rob Walker is an accomplished jazz trumpeter and composer.

Jazz Trumpet
Rob Walker has performed with many of music's most notable acts including Wayne Newton, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Moody Blues. He was recognized by Downbeat magazine as a "Musician Deserving Wider Recognition". As a jazz soloist, Walker appeared at the 2008 Gene Harris Jazz In June Series, the 2002 Park City International Jazz Festival and at the San Miguel International Jazz Festival in Mexico in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, he appeared with Brent Jensen along with the Lewis Nash Quintet at the Living Legends Jazz Festival. He has also shared bebop licks with such jazz masters as David "Fathead" Newman, John Heard, Gene Ludwig, Ray Santisi, Gary Foster,
Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Jeff Hamilton, Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, and Larry Gales. Walker has also played in the pit for two Broadway national tours, "Chicago" and "Spamalot" as well as a two year stint at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. Walker recently recorded the NBC Chimes for use on NBC Sports coverage of horse racing in 2009.

Composer
Walker is quite active as a composer/arranger. Walker's music can be heard in the new Disney major motion picture release "College Road Trip". His music was also included in the 2009 feature length film, Fired Up!. His music can currently be heard on ABC's One Life to Live, NBC's Friday Night Lights, VH1's Scott Baio is 46 and Pregnant, CBS's
Shark, Lifetime's Matched in Manhattan, and FOX's The O.C. Walker's music is also heard on two Animal Planet shows, Divine Canine and Ms. Adventure as well as Talk Show With Spike Feresten. His music has been included in a new DVD release of the Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys Mysteries. In March 2009, Walker's music played in the new ABC
show Castle.

Internationally, Walker's music can be heard in the French film, Arletty, Lady Paname. In Australia, his music is prominent in shows such as The Shak and Vet Safari. His music has also played in television shows in Canada, Finland, UK, France, Norway, and Sweden.

He has written for Mike Vax and the Stan Kenton Alumni Band and for drummer Harvey Mason for his South Africa Big Band tour. His big band arranging was featured on a 2007 Time-Life Holiday Music CD and was featured at Warner Center in New York City. He is a composer in residence with Five Alarm Music, a leading film/TV production company in Los Angeles.
He begin his film writing career as a guest composer with Mike Post Productions. Rob also is a jingle writer and recently penned radio and TV commercials for Honda.
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