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Bob Snyder is a musician known for playing tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, and flute. He has performed with the Airmen of Note, the Glenn Miller Air Force Dance Band, and Lionel Hampton. He also served as staff musician for Motown Records, Stax Records, and WJR radio. He made a very popular clarinet recording of the song "Amazing Grace" at the Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island) on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Dick Johnson, now in charge of the Artie Shaw Orchestra, says Snyder is the best musician playing today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bob Snyder: A Musician's Musician )〕 ==Early life== Bob Snyder was born in Danville, Indiana. Both his parents were musicians, and he played professionally for the first time when he was eight years old. While still in the third grade, he played alto sax with the high school band. When he was ten, he played with "The Hillbilly Kids", a family group. At eleven, Snyder played clarinet with the Hoosier Symphony at Canterbury College in Danville. At thirteen, Snyder appeared on ''Horace Heidt Amateur Hour'' in Terre Haute and played with the Indiana State Legion Band. While in high school, Snyder won the All State Indiana Music Contest for four years in a row.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jazz by Mail - Bob Snyder )〕 Snyder graduated from Danville High School in 1954〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Danville Community School Corporation Alumni News )〕 and, after a semester at Butler University, joined the Marines. He played in the Airmen of Note and the Air Force VIP Band. Snyder spent eight years in the military and played in the Air Force Academy Band.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Snyder (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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