Rob Schneiderman (mathematician)
{{short description|American jazz pianist and mathematician}}
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| background = Jazz pianist
| birth_name = Robert Roland Schneiderman
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|21}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| instrument = piano
| genre = Jazz, bebop, hard bop, post-bop
| occupation = Musician, educator, composer, mathematician
| years_active = 1973–present
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| website = {{website|https://robschneiderman.com/|Official website}}
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| fields = Geometric topology
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| alma_mater = City College of New York (B.A.)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
| thesis_title = "4-Dimensional Intersection Numbers of Knots and Links in 3-Manifolds"
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| thesis_year = 2001
| doctoral_advisor = Robion Kirby
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Robert Roland "Rob" Schneiderman (born June 21, 1957) is an American jazz pianist who also works as a professor of mathematics at Lehman College of the City University of New York, where he specializes in geometric topology.{{cite web|url=http://www.lehman.edu/mathematics/faculty.php|title=Lehman College Mathematics Department Faculty|access-date=Aug 16, 2020}}
Music career
Schneiderman's professional jazz career began in San Diego from about age 16, when he played piano for visiting soloists such as Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Harold Land, Charles McPherson and Peter Sprague.{{cite encyclopedia |entry=Schneiderman, Rob(ert Roland) |author=Gary W. Kennedy |title=Schneiderman, Rob(ert Roland) |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |year=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J687500}} He continued to collaborate intermittently with Harris, until the latter's death in 1996, and with McPherson. In 1982, Schneiderman moved to New York, where he performed and toured with such musicians as J.J. Johnson, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, James Moody and Zoot Sims. A performance fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 featured Schneiderman with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, and Slide Hampton.{{cite news|url=https://www.smallslive.com/artists/288-rob-schneiderman/|title=Rob Schneiderman, Piano |website=SmallsLive Foundation |access-date=2020-08-29}} The collaboration with Slide Hampton resulted in his debut album New Outlook, the first of ten recordings to date as a leader for the Reservoir music label.{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000794371|label=Rob Schneiderman: New Outlook |access-date=August 25, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reservoirmusic.com/artists.html#Schneiderman|title=Rob Schneiderman |website=Reservoir Music |access-date=2020-08-29}}
His most recent release, entitled Tone Twister, is a collaboration with Brian Lynch on trumpet and Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone. The album features Gerald L. Cannon on bass and Pete Van Nostrand on drums.{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0003119554|label=Rob Schneiderman: Tone Twister|access-date=August 29, 2020}} Schneiderman has also played as sidemen for Billy Higgins, Rufus Reid, Brian Lynch, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash, Akira Tana, Billy Hart, Gary Smulyan and Ben Riley.
As a jazz educator, he has been in residence at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.{{cite news|url=https://events.stanford.edu/events/87/8726/|title=Rob Schneiderman Quartet Featuring Tootie Heath |website=Stanford University |access-date=2020-08-29}} He was previously an adjunct professor in the jazz departments of the William Paterson University (with Rufus Reid) and Queens College (with Jimmy Heath). He has also been on the faculty of the Jazzschool in Berkeley, California.
Education and academic career
Schneiderman graduated with a B.A. in mathematics from City College of New York in 1994. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 2001 under the supervision of Robion Kirby.{{MathGenealogy|id=59791|title=Rob Schneiderman|accessdate=Aug 14, 2020}} In 2006, Schneiderman became an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics Lehman College after stints at the University of California, San Diego, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, and at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2013, he has been an associate professor at Lehman College.{{cite news|last=Gilbert |first=Andrew |url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/June-2018/The-Return-of-Rob-Schneiderman/|title=The Return of Rob Schneiderman|work=Oakland Magazine|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=2020-08-17}} He has also served as chair of the Mathematics Department since 2019.
Schneiderman also actively works at the interface of music and mathematics.{{cite news|last=Reid |first=Geannine|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tone-twister-rob-schneiderman-hollistic-musicworks-review-by-geannine-reid.php|title=Rob Schneiderman: Tone Twister|date=December 19, 2017|work=All About Jazz|access-date=Aug 17, 2020}}{{cite news|last=Gilbert |first=Andrew|url=https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2018-06-27/musical-mathematics-rob-schneiderman|title=The Musical Mathematics of Rob Schneiderman|date=June 27, 2018|work=California Magazine|access-date=Aug 16, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/publicoutreach/mathmoments/mm145-making-beautiful-mathematics-podcast|title=American Mathematical Society|access-date=Aug 16, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=5068|title=American Mathematical Society|access-date=Aug 16, 2020}}
Discography
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=As Sideman=
with Eddie Harris
- 1983: Tale of Two Cities (Night Records)
with J.J. Johnson
- 1992: Vivian (Concord)
with Brian Lynch
- 2011: Unsung Heroes Vol. 1 (Hollistic MusicWorks)
- 2013: Unsung Heroes, Vol. 2 (CD Baby)
with Rufus Reid and Harold Land
- 1989: Corridor to the Limits (Sunnyside)
with Akira Tana and Rufus Reid
References
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External links
- [https://robschneiderman.com/ Official website]
- [http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/schneiderman/publicationlistweb.html Publications by Rob Schneiderman]
- [http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/schneiderman/ Home page at Lehman College]
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