Robert Walter

Robert Walter centers his work on instrumental jazz-funk as a skilled organ and piano player. He helped establish the Greyboy Allstars and remained with the group for five years, during which the ensemble performed widely across North America and Europe. Additional collaborations have placed him onstage and in the studio alongside jazz and funk figures Fred Wesley, Melvin Sparks, Andy Bey, and Reuben Wilson, while his contributions also appear on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Zero Effect. Walter issued his first solo recording, Spirit of '70, in 1996; the album featured sax great Gary Bartz. In 1998 he assembled Robert Walter's 20th Congress in San Diego, a lineup that features Cochemea Gastelum on alto sax and flute, Chris Stillwell on bass, George Sluppick on drums and percussion, and Chuck Padra on congas, bongos, and percussion. The ensemble maintains a steady touring schedule throughout the U.S. and Canada, presenting original compositions—including several Walter penned during his Greyboy Allstars tenure—alongside selections drawn from Grant Green, Reuben Wilson, and other artists. Prior to the July 2000 full-length Money Shot on Fog City Records, the band issued the EP Health and Fitness.