Mount Vernon, NY native Bob Baldwin is unquestionably an unsung hero when it comes to the Contemporary/Smooth Jazz genre. Why, you say?

Although he has been running his production company since 1997, Baldwin has released 5 records on 5 different labels since 2000. Labels collapsing and going out of business, however, his last 4 discs charted Billboard top 10 Contemporary Jazz.

His 2008 release, "NewUrbanJazz.com" fuses jazz, funk with vocals. It's also the landscape of his radio show on WJZZ (Saturdays 6-10pm). The latest features Jocelyn Brown, Phil Perry, Freddie Jackson, Marion Meadows, Najee, Frank McComb, and Atlanta stars Joey Sommerville and Toni Redd.