# Bob Rockwell

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{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist}}
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thumb|Bob Rockwell, Aarhus Jazz Festival, Denmark

'''Bob Rockwell''' (born May 1945 in [Miami, Oklahoma](/source/Miami%2C_Oklahoma)) is a [jazz](/source/jazz) saxophonist. He was born in the U.S. but emigrated to [Denmark](/source/Denmark) in 1983.<ref>[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bobs-wilder-bob-rockwell-stunt-records-sundance-music-review-by-jack-bowers Bob's Wilder], Allaboutjazz.com.</ref>

==Biography==
Rockwell was raised in Minneapolis, and in his early career he toured the U.S. in rock and rhythm and blues bands.<ref>Thomas Conrad, [http://www.catalystproduction.net/bobrockwell/ Bob Rockwell]. ''[Jazz Times](/source/Jazz_Times)'', 2007, mirror at catalystproductions.net</ref> He worked in Las Vegas in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then moved to New York City, where he played with [The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra](/source/The_Thad_Jones%2FMel_Lewis_Orchestra), [Tito Puente](/source/Tito_Puente), [Ben Sidran](/source/Ben_Sidran), [Freddie Hubbard](/source/Freddie_Hubbard), [Ray Drummond](/source/Ray_Drummond), [Billy Hart](/source/Billy_Hart), [Rufus Reid](/source/Rufus_Reid), [Victor Lewis](/source/Victor_Lewis), [Ron McClure](/source/Ron_McClure), [Tom Harrell](/source/Tom_Harrell), [Chuck Israels](/source/Chuck_Israels), [John Hicks](/source/John_Hicks), [Al Foster](/source/Al_Foster), [Anthony Cox](/source/Anthony_Cox_(musician)), [Bill Dobbins](/source/Bill_Dobbins_(musician)), [Keith Copeland](/source/Keith_Copeland), [Clint Houston](/source/Clint_Houston), and [Richie Beirach](/source/Richie_Beirach). After settling in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Rockwell recorded for [SteepleChase Records](/source/SteepleChase_Records). He has worked in Europe with [Ernie Wilkins](/source/Ernie_Wilkins), [Kenny Drew](/source/Kenny_Drew), [Alex Riel](/source/Alex_Riel), [Marilyn Mazur](/source/Marilyn_Mazur), [Kenny Wheeler](/source/Kenny_Wheeler), [Jan Kaspersen](/source/Jan_Kaspersen), and [Jesper Lundgaard](/source/Jesper_Lundgaard).

==Awards and honors==
* [2003 Ben Webster Prize](/source/Ben_Webster_Prize)

==Discography==
* ''Androids'' (Celebration, 1974)
* ''Jungleopolis'' (with Art Resnick, 1974)
* ''No Rush'' ([SteepleChase](/source/SteepleChase_Records), 1985)
* ''On the Natch'' (SteepleChase, 1985)
* ''The Bob Rockwell Trio'' (SteepleChase, 1989)
* ''Reconstruction'' (SteepleChase, 1990)
* ''Born to Be Blue'' (SteepleChase, 1993 [1994])
* ''Light Blue'' (SteepleChase, 1995)
* ''Shades of Blue'' (SteepleChase, 1996)
* ''After Hours'' (Go Jazz, 1999)
* ''It's All Right With Me'' ([Pony Canyon](/source/Pony_Canyon), 2001)
* ''Love Eyes'' (Pony Canyon, 2001)
* ''Bob's Wilder: Music of Alec Wilder'' <!-- Danish jazz label, not the American record company -->(Stunt, 2003)
* ''Bob's Ben: A Salute to Ben Webster'' (Stunt, 2005)

==References==
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