Resume Bobby C. West
Pianist (all styles)​

Contact information:

 

Website:

 

Education:

 ​ Email
azzthetix@hetnet.nl
bobbywest88@yahoo.com Phone 001 213 7056828
Phone 0031 164 239064​www.westmusicworks.com

Louisiana Tech University/School of Composition (1977-1978) Grambling State University (1974-1978) Cate School/Arts Academy, Santa Barbara (1968-1970) USC Preparatory Arts Program (1968)
Private study:

 

 

 

 

Teaching experience:

 Alvin Baptiste (Southern University of Louisiana) Dr. John T. Ford (Louisiana Tech) Dr. T. Curtis Mayo (Grambling State University) Horace Tapscott (1973-1975) Walter Bishop Jr. (1971-1973)

 

The Los Angeles Unified School District
Sheenway School (Performing Arts Academy), Los Angeles
Private instruction (piano and composition) Workshops bigband
Performing Experience

stage and hotels​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Stage

Billy Higgins, Roy Hargrove, Willie Jones III, Harold Land, Ravi Coletrane, Horace Tapscott, Branford + Wynton Marsalis, Donald Byrd, Eddie Harris, Coltrane bassist Dr. Art Davis, Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath, N’dugu Chancler, Queen Latifa, Dwight Trible, Jose Feliciano, Smokey Robinson, Linda Hopkins, Sam & Dave, Dr. Hook Medicine Show, Wilson Pickett, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood, M.C. Hammer, Mick Fleetwood, Angela Basset

Hotels (includes):

Ritz Carlton: Shanghai/China
Shangri-la: Hong Kong
The Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Hyatt: Jakarta/Indonesia, Osaka/Japan, Bejing/China
Grand Hyatt & Park Hyatt Tokyo/Japan
Intercontinental: Manama/Bahrein, Muscat/Oman, Zagreb/Croatia
Jumeirah Beach hotel, Dubai
Emirates Towers, Dubai​
Desert Inn and The Flamingo in Las Vegas (NV)
Recording experience includes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Billy Higgins, jazz drummer (Blue Note Records) Branford Marsalis, jazz-saxophonist Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter

Horace Tapscott, orchestra leader Eddie Harris, jazz saxophonist

Kenneth ‘BabyFace’ Edmonds

Joe Cocker, singer Allen Toussaint, pianist Lamont Dozier, singer/producer Gladys Knight, singer Donald Byrd, trumpeter Siedah Garret, R&B singer (Quincy Jones Productions)
R. Kelly, R&B singer
Dionne Warwicke, Pop singer
Producing: Mia Samira, CD “All I know”
Publishing:

 

 

 

 original works © WestMusicWorks

Music & Lyrics for
Mia Samira, Brigitte Mitchell
© 2009    All I know
© 2009    A new you
© 2009    Femme Fatal
© 2010    Guaranteed
© 2012    Blue
© 2012    Appointment in Rio
CD: Hip Prophecy, Bobby West Trio
References:

 

 

 

 

 Chris Jones (Warner Bros. Studios)
Branford Marsalis (Marsalis Music)
Mike Schlessinger (Studio 56 Recording Lab, W.Hollywood)
Kevin Eubanks (Music-director for TheTonight Show Band, NBC-TV)
John Belmont (Belmont Agency Int., Seattle/Washington
Mrs. Patsy Paine (The Los Angeles Unified School District)