Pianist and composer Bob Karty has performed with top artists in the San Francisco Bay Area jazz and world music scenes, including GRAMMY-nominated Latin jazz masters Ray Obiedo and Pete Escovedo. He has collaborated with world-renowned percussionists Karl Perazzo (Santana) and Michael Spiro on numerous projects, including the salsa band Conjunto Karabalí and, with Spiro, the world-jazz sextet Tanaóra. With Orquesta La Moderna Tradición, Bob recorded three critically-acclaimed CDs featuring the Cuban danzón, the island’s official national music and dance style, and performed at major festivals across the USA for nearly sixteen years. Bob’s current project is his first as leader and composer, an album of wide-ranging contemporary jazz compositions featuring drummer Mark Walker (Oregon, Paquito D’Rivera), bassist Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group), reed player Paul McCandless (Oregon), guitarist Dean Parks (Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, etc) and more. Bob teaches at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA and at his home studio in Oakland.