Rob Kohler
Rob Kohler (born October 3, 1963) is an American jazz bass player, composer, educator, and author, best known as being the bassist for the band This World and a bass instructor at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
Rob Kohler | |
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| Birth name | Robert Mahlon Kohler |
| Origin | Great Falls, Montana |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, musician |
| Instruments | bass |
| Years active | 1981– |
| Associated acts | This World, Stanford Jazz Workshop |
| Website | www |
Early life
Kohler was born in Shelby, Montana to John, a respected educator and musician, and Marjorie, a well regarded church organist. Raised in Great Falls, MT, Kohler often performed music with his parents and siblings in his youth. After graduating from Great Falls High School and briefly attending college in Boise, Idaho, Kohler moved to Bozeman, MT, where he was a founding member of the band In Flight with his older brother Lee Kohler and their friend Robi Johns.
In 1987, Rob met Jill Bergene, another Great Falls native, in Bozeman and had two daughters, Maja and Wesley. In 1995, Rob and Michelle Warner, of McMinnville, OR, were married in Bozeman and had a son, Samuel.
Music career
In Flight grew popular in Montana and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1987. After disbanding in 1990, Lee and Rob reformed the group in 1995 under the name This World. They produced an eponymous album in 1996 with Cookie Marenco, a Grammy award-winning producer. During this time, Kohler performed extensively at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Bozeman Bass Bash, and the Strawberry Festival.[1][2][3] Kohler has also recorded and performed extensively with Oregon-based Folk singer Alice Di Micele.[4] Kohler's work with his band Spirit Session was reviewed by CADENCE Magazine, a nationally renowned Jazz publication, in 2006.[5][6] Currently, Kohler is based in Los Angeles, and performs regularly with Winston Raval and the Vanishing Tribe, a band that fuses Jazz with Traditional Filipino music, and The Honorifics, a Las Vegas-based rock band. The Honorifics have won multiple Indie Music Channel Awards and have been featured in Indie Rock Magazine.[7][8]
Teaching
Kohler began teaching at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in 1991, playing with Ravi Coltrane in his first year. During his time at Stanford, Kohler has performed and taught artists such as Julian Lage, Taylor Eigsti, John Stowell, Ambrose Akinmusire, Fabian Almazan, Anton Schwartz, and Charles Altura.[9] He was education director at SJW from 2006–2007.[1][10] Kohler also taught at NOCCA in New Orleans, Louisiana, implementing a Middle School Jazz program there that lasted until 2009.[11] He has been an instructor at the annual South Delta Jazz Workshop in Ladner, BC since 2003. In 2013, Kohler wrote and published a text book on Beginner Jazz Theory, entitled Music Theory from A to G, which is published by Kohler Music Publishing, a company run by Kohler's sister Kate Kohler.[12] He is also working on a series of Bass Instructional Youtube videos.[13]
Discography
Solo
A Thousand Faces (1998)
The Real Cool Killers
Parades and Saints (2010)
The Kohler/Green Project
Harmony and Bells (2007) (with Clay Green)
This World
...Imagine a Music (1986) (as In Flight)
This World (1996)
Beyond the Beyond (2000)
Celestial Skies (2013)
With Alice Di Micele
Alice Live (2000)
By Ebb & By Flow (2007)
With Kate Kohler
Unexpected Romance (2010)[14]
Inner Limits
The Sound (2005)
With The Honorifics
¡Wow! (2014) (Winner of Best Easy Listening Producer at 2014 Indie Music Channel Awards)[7][15]
with Jared Burrows
Jared Burrows Quartet - Northern Exposure (1999)
Jared Burrows Trio - December Sessions (2001)
Jared Burrows Trio - Plan on Stan (2003)
Jared Burrows Trio - Aspects (2009)
with Len Aruliah
Len Aruliah Quartet - Full Circle (2007)
with Knotty Ensemble
Knotty Bit (2000)
References
- Rob Kohler | Kohler Music
- http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/go/article_08a985d3-6d9b-540e-b0c7-1a600e18e06d.html?mode=jqm
- The International Institute Of Bassists | Bass Events
- Eugene Weekly: Music and Clubs Listings
- Spirit Session | Spirit Session | CD Baby Music Store
- CADENCE Magazine; March Issue, 2006
- http://www.joomag.com/magazine/vegas-indie-artists-may-2014/0193698001396439418, Pgs. 6–7
- Indie Rock Magazine – The Bands
- Rob Kohler – Stanford Jazz Workshop
- Stanford jazz camp hits high notes
- http://www.laderamusicacademy.com/#!teachers/c1yfq
- Kohler Music Press | Where the Kohler's make books
- Rob Kohler lesson on how to create a walking bass line – YouTube
- Rob Kohler | Credits | AllMusic
- Indie Music Channel Award Winners, The Honorifics, Rock The Red Carpet In Hollywood!!! @ Top40-Charts.com – Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countri...
