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Bob Reynolds was born in Morristown, New Jersey on September 29, 1977. His family moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he started playing saxophone at age 13. Attending high school at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts he became part of the well-known jazz band. After graduating, he attended Berklee College of Music where he studied with George Garzone and Hal Crook.

He played with John Mayer’s band for five years, then worked with Brian Blade, Aaron Goldberg, Gregory Hutchinson, and Tom Harrell. A solo recording artist since the turn of the century, his 2006 album Can’t Wait for Perfect was voted Best Debut in the Village Voice jazz poll.

As a member of the popular genre-bending instrumental group Snarky Puppy since 2014, he has won Grammy Awards with the band for the albums Culcha Vulcha and Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

Tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds has received four ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards, and Berklee’s Billboard Magazine Endowed Scholarship, and continues to performa and record.

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