Bobby Martin (music)

Robert "Bobby" Martin, the son of two opera singers from Philadelphia, is a conservatory-trained french horn player, a gifted athlete, and he sports a genius IQ. Bobby taught himself to play piano and all the brass instruments in elementary school; he learned all the reed instruments shortly thereafter. Although he had attracted the attention of professional baseball scouts as an all-star shortstop, he decided to pursue a career in music.

In the late 1970's, he came to the attention of the group "Orleans," based out of Woodstock, New York. After a few years of recording and touring with that successful group, he auditioned for Frank Zappa and would perform on all of Frank's tours and live albums from that time on. In between tours with Zappa, he toured as MusicAL Director for Bette Midler, and toured or performed with Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks, Boz Scaggs, Etta James, and many others. In 1983, he recorded a solo album for MCA Records, featuring all of his vocal, instrumental, and writing talents. He has recorded with Prince, the Moody Blues, Lyle Lovett, Gladys Knight, Glenn Frey, Bobby Caldwell, The Stylistics, The O'Jays, Sheila E, and a long list of other artists. For Wilson Pickett, Robert played keyboards and horns, did all the arrangements and backing vocals And Co-produced Pickette's Grammy nominated album. Since 1986, he has owned and operated his own studio and branched out into programming, producing, and music for film and television.before joining Zappa's band in the summer of 1981. He recorded and toured with Zappa until December 1984. Robert was also a member of Zappa's last rock ensemble, which toured the U.S. and Europe during the first half of 1988.

Then he worked as music director for T.V Series