Jazz Composer/Trumpeter Rob Walker Announces New CD Release -- Pickin On Stix"

Rob Walker, a leading mp3.com jazz trumpeter and composer, has just released his latest CD entitled, Pickin On Stix". This CD demonstrates the wide range of compositional styles Walker employs. Walker writes for his jazz sextet in a variety of genres including everything from Hard Bop to a 12 Tone Serial Piece. The new CD gives the listener a wide variety of jazz styles to enjoy", explains Walker. The CD is available online at www.mp3.com/robwalker.

HEADLINE: Jazz Composer/Trumpeter Rob Walker Announces New CD Release -- Pickin On Stix"
Rob Walker, a leading mp3.com jazz trumpeter and composer, has just released his latest CD entitled, Pickin On Stix". This CD demonstrates the wide range of compositional styles Walker employs. Walker writes for his jazz sextet in a variety of genres including everything from Hard Bop to a 12 Tone Serial Piece. The new CD gives the listener a wide variety of jazz styles to enjoy", explains Walker. The CD is available online at www.mp3.com/robwalker.

Walker will be touring this summer to support the new CD release. He has been selected to perform at one of the worlds most prestigious jazz festivals, the Park City International Jazz Festival on August 16, 2002. He and his group will be performing on the mainstage venue along with some of the most revered names in jazz including Ray Brown, Nicholas Payton, Al Jarreau, Phil Woods, Regina Carter, Rick Braun, and Natalie Cole. This is a major jazz international festival and I am thrilled to be a part of something of this magnitude", says Walker.

Rob and his group are again atop the Bebop Jazz Charts at mp3.com with another #1 hit marking the fourth time for such an honor. Robs group also has a live track on a top-selling jazz compilation CD whose contributors include jazz giants David Benoit and Clark Terry. This CD is receiving airplay internationally and has sold around the world. Rob will be busy this summer performing at such events as the Boise River Festival as well as a planned East Coast tour. The East Coast tour will include dates in New York and Pittsburgh. Saxophonist Brent Jensen will be joining Walker on the 2002 tour as well as at the Park City Festival performance.

For more information, contact Rob at 867-5085 or via email at allegrojazz@cs.com.