Rob Schneiderman (mathematician)

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Rob Schneiderman
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Schneiderman at Oberwolfach 2014
Background information
Birth nameRobert Roland Schneiderman
Born (1957-06-21) June 21, 1957 (age 66)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Jazz, bebop, hard bop, post-bop
Occupation(s)Musician, educator, composer, mathematician
Instrument(s)piano
Years active1973–present
Website Official website
Alma mater City College of New York (B.A.)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
Fields Geometric topology
Thesis "4-Dimensional Intersection Numbers of Knots and Links in 3-Manifolds"  (2001)
Doctoral advisor Robion Kirby

Robert Roland "Rob" Schneiderman (born June 21, 1957) is an American jazz pianist who also works as a professor of mathematics at Lehman College of the City University of New York, where he specializes in geometric topology. [1]

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Music career

Schneiderman's professional jazz career began in San Diego from about age 16, when he played piano for visiting soloists such as Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Harold Land, Charles McPherson and Peter Sprague. [2] He continued to collaborate intermittently with Harris, until the latter's death in 1996, and with McPherson. In 1982, Schneiderman moved to New York, where he performed and toured with such musicians as J.J. Johnson, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, James Moody and Zoot Sims. A performance fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 featured Schneiderman with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, and Slide Hampton. [3] The collaboration with Slide Hampton resulted in his debut album New Outlook , the first of ten recordings to date as a leader for the Reservoir music label. [4] [5]

His most recent release, entitled Tone Twister , is a collaboration with Brian Lynch on trumpet and Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone. The album features Gerald L. Cannon on bass and Pete Van Nostrand on drums. [6] Schneiderman has also played as sidemen for Billy Higgins, Rufus Reid, Brian Lynch, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash, Akira Tana, Billy Hart, Gary Smulyan and Ben Riley.

As a jazz educator, he has been in residence at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. [7] He was previously an adjunct professor in the jazz departments of the William Paterson University (with Rufus Reid) and Queens College (with Jimmy Heath). He has also been on the faculty of the Jazzschool in Berkeley, California. [2]

Education and academic career

Schneiderman graduated with a B.A. in mathematics from City College of New York in 1994. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 2001 under the supervision of Robion Kirby. [8] In 2006, Schneiderman became an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics Lehman College after stints at the University of California, San Diego, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, and at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2013, he has been an associate professor at Lehman College. [9] He has also served as chair of the Mathematics Department since 2019. [1]

Schneiderman also actively works at the interface of music and mathematics. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Discography

As Leader

YearTitleLabelCD release(s)Credit (if not Rob Schneiderman)
1988 New Outlook Reservoir Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 106, 2008Composers: Cole Porter, Bud Powell, Alec Wilder
1990 Smooth Sailing Reservoir Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 114, 1994Composers: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Ernesto Lecuona, Forman Brown, Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown, Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
1991 Radio Waves Reservoir (8 tracks)Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 120, 2008Composers: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
1992 Standards Reservoir (10 tracks)Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 126, 1993Composers: Edward Heyman, Victor Young, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans, Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Bart Howard, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Leigh Harline, Don Redman
1994 Dark Blue Reservoir (8 tracks)Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 132, 1994Composers: Ray Noble, Brian Lynch, Henry W. Sanicola, Jr., Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
1996 Keepin' in the Groove Reservoir (9 tracks)Reservoir (City Hall), RSR CD 144, 1994Composers: Clifford Brown, Tadd Dameron, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Harris, Irving Mills, Wayne Shorter, Juan Tizol
1998 Dancing in the Dark Reservoir (8 tracks)Composers: Jack Baker, Howard Dietz, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Arthur Schwartz
2001 Edgewise Reservoir (10 tracks)Composers: Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford, Cole Porter, Bud Powell, Don Raye
2004 Back in Town Reservoir (9 tracks)Composers: Eden Ahbez, Johnny Burke, John Coltrane, Ray Evans, James Van Heusen, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jay Livingston, Cole Porter, Sonny Rollins
2008 Glass Enclosure Reservoir (10 tracks)Composers: Bud Powell, Cole Porter, Kay Swift, Paul James, Charlie Parker, Gigi Gryce, Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
2017 Tone Twister Hollistic MusicWorks HMW 16 (9 tracks)Holistic Music Works, Digital Album (11 tracks)Composers: Irving Gordon

As Sideman

with Eddie Harris

with J.J. Johnson

with Brian Lynch

with Rufus Reid and Harold Land

with Akira Tana and Rufus Reid

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lehman College Mathematics Department Faculty" . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Gary W. Kennedy (2003). "Schneiderman, Rob(ert Roland)". Schneiderman, Rob(ert Roland). Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J687500.
  3. ↑ "Rob Schneiderman, Piano". SmallsLive Foundation. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Rob Schneiderman: New Outlook at AllMusic . Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Rob Schneiderman". Reservoir Music. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ Rob Schneiderman: Tone Twister at AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Rob Schneiderman Quartet Featuring Tootie Heath". Stanford University. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ Rob Schneiderman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  9. ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (June 25, 2018). "The Return of Rob Schneiderman". Oakland Magazine. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ Reid, Geannine (December 19, 2017). "Rob Schneiderman: Tone Twister". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (June 27, 2018). "The Musical Mathematics of Rob Schneiderman". California Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "American Mathematical Society" . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "American Mathematical Society" . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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