Bob Baldwin
New York - United States

Robert Baldwin (born December 9, 1960) is an American contemporary jazz pianist, composer, music producer, author, radio host, and creator of the NewUrbanJazz Lounge and City Sketches Inc. His music is distributed by Sony Music.

Baldwin's debut album, A Long Way to Go, was released in 1988. All but seven discs in his solo recording catalog are owned by his label, City Sketches. Baldwin has won five SESAC Music Awards, for his 2002–2003 airplay of "The Way She Looked at Me", his 2008 airplay on NewUrbanJazz.com, his 2010 album, Never Can Say Goodbye: A Tribute to Michael Jackson, in 2011 for NewUrbanJazz.com2/Re-Vibe, and his 2013 album Twenty. His 2015 release, MelloWonder: Songs in the Key of Stevie, which honors Stevie Wonder, debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard Overall Jazz Chart.

Since 2018, he has charted on eight Billboard Smooth Jazz Top-10 hit records as either producer/arranger or composer. Baldwin completed 11 albums in January 2026, subtitled the Urban Jazz Music Series. His radio single "HEPnotic (Hep is the new Hip/100 years of Cool)", from his album BSpoke, peaked at #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Radio Airplay chart on August 8, 2026.

Throughout his career, Baldwin has collaborated with a wide range of jazz, R&B, soul, and contemporary music artists, both on his own recordings and through his work as a pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. His recording and songwriting credits include collaborations with Azymuth, Blaque, Bob James, Brian Tarquin, Brooke Alford, Buddy Williams, Café Soul All Stars, Chieli Minucci, Chuck Loeb, Dean James, Dee Brown, Dennis Bell, Edson da Silva, Eric Essix, Euge Groove, Freddie Jackson, Freddy V., Gabriel Mark Hasselbach, Gary Palmer, Gerald Albright, Gil Parris, Grover Washington Jr., Howard Hewett, Jarrard Anthony, Joey Sommerville, John Dukich, Jon Lucien, Kim Scott, Leo Gandelman, Lynette Washington, Madoca, Marc Antoine, Maree, Marian Hill, Marion Meadows, Mel Holder, Melba Moore, Michał Urbaniak, Norman Brown, Paul Brown, Phil Perry, Pieces of a Dream, PJ Spraggins, Porter Carroll Jr., Ragan Whiteside, Regg Henny, Regina Carter, Rhonda Smith, Richard Elliot, Rohn Lawrence, Ron King, Roy Ayers, Sharon Bryant, Sol, SOS All-Stars, Soul Providers, Tene Williams, The 3 Keys, The Four Tops, Tom Browne, Toninho Horta, Torcuato Mariano, U-Nam, Whistle, Will Downing, YahZarah, and Zoiea Ohizep.

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BSpoke

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre
2 Rise Above It - Smooth Jazz Jazz
3 Love Will Find a Way - Smooth Jazz Jazz
4 Last Summer in Rio [NYC Mix] - Smooth Jazz Jazz
5 Beijo Partido/Brazilian Rhyme Medley - Smooth Jazz Jazz
6 Varadero - Smooth Jazz Jazz
7 Caribbean Breezeway (Interlude) - Smooth Jazz Jazz
8 HEPnotic (Hep is the New Hip) - 100 Years of Cool - Smooth Jazz Jazz
9 Oceanview - Smooth Jazz Jazz
10 You and Me Tonight - Smooth Jazz Jazz
11 A Secret Place - Smooth Jazz Jazz
12 Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Smooth Jazz Jazz
13 Last Summer in Rio [Rio Mix] - Smooth Jazz Jazz

HEPnotic (Hep is the New Hip) - 100 Years of Cool [Radio Single] - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Track # Song Title Style Genre
2 HEPnotic (Hep is the New Hip) - 100 Years of Cool - Smooth Jazz Jazz

Last Summer in Rio 3000 (feat. Azymuth & Cafe Da Silva) - EP

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Caribbean Breezeway (Single) [feat. Clifford Charles & Andy Narell] - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Rise Above It (CSI-2025) - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Smallmouth Bass (Bob Baldwin Remix) - Single

Label: Niayana Recordings

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Complicit - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz

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Songs My Father Would Dig

Label: BFD

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Track # Song Title Style Genre
1 Equinox - Smooth Jazz Jazz
2 Dolphin Dance - Smooth Jazz Jazz
3 Nardis - Smooth Jazz Jazz
4 Overjoyed - Smooth Jazz Jazz
5 Star Eyes - Smooth Jazz Jazz
6 The Beginning of Your Dreams - Smooth Jazz Jazz
7 Blue Soul - Smooth Jazz Jazz
8 Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Smooth Jazz Jazz
9 South Beach - Smooth Jazz Jazz
10 To Wisdom, the Prize - Smooth Jazz Jazz
11 'Till We Meet Again (Instrumental) - Smooth Jazz Jazz
12 'Till We Meet Again (Vocal) - Smooth Jazz Jazz

It's Okay to Dream

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz

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Malema (feat. Jimmy Dludlu) - Single

Label: CSI Umoja

Genres: World

Styles: Afro-beat

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I'm Good (Thanks for Asking) [Single]

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Bob Baldwin - Funky Winter Wonderland (Holiday Music) - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Get the Love (Single) [feat. Zoiea Ohizep]

Label: House My Jazz

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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Bob Baldwin - All My Life (Radio Retail) - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Rejuvenate (Radio) - Single

Label: House My Jazz Records

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Dreamin' the Dream - Single

Label: City Sketches Inc

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Let's Rewind (Radio Single) [feat. Kathy Kosins] - EP

Label: csi

Genres: R&B

Styles: Soul

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Strength (Radio) - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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B Positive

Label: csi

Genres: R&B, Jazz

Styles: Soul, Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz

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You Got This (Radio Single) [feat. Gregory Goodloe] - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

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The Stay at Home Series, Vol. 1 (Live)

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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B Positive (Radio Single) - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Newurbanjazz 3 / an Urbansmooth Suite (Radio Edits)

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Newurbanjazz 3 / an Urbansmooth Suite (Full Length)

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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Stay Above the Fray - Single

Label: csi

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Smooth Jazz

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