PROMINENT ALUMNI

Bob Florence,
Composer/Musician

Bob Florence has garnered national and international acclaim as a jazz composer, arranger, band leader, keyboardist, accompanist and educator. He has lent his formidable writing and playing skills to such diverse artists as Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Harry James, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Quincy Jones and the Tonight Show Orchestra.

Florence has received 14 Grammy Nominations and two Emmy Awards. His powerhouse big band, The Bob Florence Limited Edition, has recorded extensively, and has appeared at the Playboy and Monterey Jazz Festivals as well as at other jazz venues across the country. He also has traveled to Europe to serve as guest conductor with such esteemed ensembles as the BBC Jazz Band, the Frankfurt HR Big Band and others.

Grammy award winning “Serendipity 18,” The Bob Florence Limited Edition’s fourth CD for MAMA Records, illustrates the mastery of orchestration and arranging which has afforded Florence worldwide respect. Bob Florence and his orchestra, show no signs of slowing down.