Rob Schneiderman

Rob Schneiderman is a bebop-rooted jazz pianist who has led ten recordings for the Reservoir label, beginning with New Outlook in 1988. Born in Boston and raised in California, he launched his professional career in San Diego, accompanying visiting soloists such as Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Harold Land, and Charles McPherson. After moving to New York in 1982, he performed and toured with J.J. Johnson, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, James Moody, and Zoot Sims. His Reservoir dates gather more than twenty original compositions alongside sidemen including Billy Higgins, Rufus Reid, Brian Lynch, Peter Washington, and Lewis Nash. Schneiderman is also a mathematician, earning a Ph.D. in geometric topology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 and teaching at Lehman College of the City University of New York.