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Robert C. Ford

Born: August 5

Robert C. Ford, aka Wall $treet Poet, is an American poet and spoken word artist based in New York City. He frequently collaborates with Composers Concordance, a contemporary music organization, and other world class performers for both recorded and live music featuring his words self-narrated or brought to life by accomplished jazz and opera singers.

In 2021 Ford released The Music Between Us, an album of his poetry reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic, cancel culture and other then-current events, set to music by Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra), Mark Kostabi (Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, Ramones Adios Amigos, Ornette Coleman) and Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul), on Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution. A follow-up album Footprints of Steel, a collaboration with composers/musicians Carli Muñoz (Beach Boys, Eddie Gómez), Gene Pritsker and Jay Rodriguez (Groove Collective, Miles Davis) is expected to be released in the summer of 2024. He also wrote lyrics for Not All Apples Are Blue Color, a 2021 anti-Barbie anthem and video by Take a Pick (Brian DuFord, Milica Paranosic) encouraging people to overcome negative body image, and The Difference Unhappiness, a lyrically solemn but musically upbeat jazz tune on Sound Liberation's 2023 album Better Now, featuring the powerhouse soprano vocals of Adriana Valdés accompanied by Gene Pritsker (guitar), Franz Hackl (trumpet--Outreach Music Festival), and Gerry Brown (drums--Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Clarke, Return to Forever).

Ascending Volumes

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Amuse
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ascending Volumes

Footprints of Steel

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2024
Track listing: [1] 9-Months Earlier; [2] Why Didn't You Tag Me?; [3] The Difference Unhappiness; [4] The Day Saturn Lost It's Rings; [5] Suicide Barbie (Live); [6] Not All Apples Are Blue Color; [7] Dream Big; [8] Blissful Surrender; [9] Footprints of Steel; [10] Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH); [11] Ascending Volumes; [12] Puzzle Complete (The You of Me).

Puzzle Complete

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Amuse
Released: 2024
Track listing: Puzzle Complete.

CompCord@40

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good Times (Joseph Pehrson); Debussy's Lounge (Gene Pritsker); Song of Light (John Clark); Money, Part II: Need (Gene Pritsker); Coffee Achiever (Adam Holzman); Zvrk (Milica Paranosic); Breaking Butterflies Upon a Wheel (Patrick Grant, Borislav Strulev); The Music Between Us (Charles Coleman music, Robert C. Ford words), All You Shining Stars: II. Arrows (Shanan Estreicher); On Motion: I. The Atom Smasher (Seth Boustead); Snow (Debra Kaye music, Roger Aplon words).

Keyboardist Adam Holzman's 'Schizo' Concert On December 6, 2024

November 26, 2024

On Friday, December 6th, 2024 at 7pm EST, acclaimed keyboardist Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) will perform with Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night Live Band, Jack McDuff), and Gene Pritsker (Di.J—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) at an intimate concert at the Chelsea townhouse of renowned artist and pianist Mark Kostabi (Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion, Ramones ...

Anthony Arya (NBC's The Voice) Performs Intimate Concert At Sky Vault On September 29

September 10, 2024

On Sunday, September 29th, 2024, at 4:00pm EST, singer-songwriter Anthony Arya will perform an intimate salon concert at Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. Arya catapulted to national prominence following his performance on NBC's The Voice Season 15 (Team Adam Levine). Subsequently, he has released 4 albums, including his latest, As It ...

Chuck Connelly's Art Interpreted By Music And Poetry on September 22, 2024

August 26, 2024

On Sunday, September 22nd, 2024, world-class musicians and poets will gather at the home studio of renowned artist Chuck Connelly to interpret his paintings through music and words. Connelly rose to fame in the 1980's and was immortalized by Martin Scorsese in the film New York Stories. However, he shunned the commercial art world, and for ...

Composers Concordance's 'Compcord@40' Compilation Album Release May 3, 2024

April 30, 2024

CompCord@40 is a 22-track digital-only compilation album featuring a variety of eclectic cross-over new music curated from Composers Concordance Records (CCR) extensive catalogue. CCR has released 88 albums by well-known artists including jazz luminaries, Adam Holzman, John Clark and David Taylor; Hip-Hop artist Keith LeBlanc; percussionists Glen Velez and Peter Jarvis; conductor Kristjan Jarvi and The ...

John S. Hall Of King Missile Strikes Sky Vault + Mike Visceglia, Gene Pritsker, Wayne Dumaine, Charles Coleman, Robert C. Ford & Carlinius M On March 29, 2024

March 20, 2024

On Friday March 29, 2024, at 7:30pm EST an intimate salon concert will be held at Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. Featured performers include poets Robert C. Ford, John S. Hall (King Missile) and Carli Munoz aka Carlinius M (Beach Boys, Eddie Gomez), accompanied by baritone Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, London ...