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His work caught the ear of Danny Weiss and Dave Wilkes, and they produced Baldwin's first disc, \"I've Got a Long Way To Go\" on Malaco records in 1988. The project was submitted to the Sony Innovators Award\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein 1989 and won first place over the group Straight Ahead. Roberta Flack was the finalist judge.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat award caught the attention of Sylvia Rhone, and he the produced 2 discs for Atlantic Jazz in 1990 and 1992 (\"Rejoice\" and \"Reflections of Love\"). \"Reflections\" charted top-20 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Bob+Baldwin","playStationPath":"/stations/113272010/play","stationId":113272010,"bioPath":"/music/Bob+Baldwin/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Julian+Vaughn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4a4/4a46a5d45af05115c388383d6e8db41d_md.jpg","artistName":"Julian Vaughn","artistId":312816,"station_id":382836393},{"musicPath":"/music/Adam+Hawley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ea6/ea630e5cf5864d993fa7ec58e7df0593_md.jpg","artistName":"Adam Hawley","artistId":312818,"station_id":382836114},{"musicPath":"/music/3rd+Force","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fcb/fcbe19fa1c496cd8a61da9f804c75829_md.jpg","artistName":"3rd Force","artistId":64560,"station_id":263646683},{"musicPath":"/music/Bob+James","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0fa/0fa7c0ca2f63ca4f7e77d7322ce0ea40_md.jpg","artistName":"Bob James","artistId":59286,"station_id":261392510},{"musicPath":"/music/Skinny+Hightower","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/952/952d3f5f43e8ebdfcc24a1b16d98a776_md.jpg","artistName":"Skinny Hightower","artistId":461695,"station_id":401347203},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeff+Lorber+Fusion","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/170/170000df42dfca21f5f29eb50b37c177_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeff Lorber Fusion","artistId":64600,"station_id":263635557},{"musicPath":"/music/Lin+Rountree","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/25c/25c71f25e35de9cd2e1aba691950b072_md.jpg","artistName":"Lin Rountree","artistId":100428,"station_id":280763029},{"musicPath":"/music/Tim+Bowman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8c3/8c3ee2400dcc808450d6f2c8c2c5ae75_md.jpg","artistName":"Tim Bowman","artistId":64639,"station_id":263646987},{"musicPath":"/music/Nicholas+Cole","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d5c/d5ca2e386daeeb35f5b0d3339f3a2b5b_md.jpg","artistName":"Nicholas Cole","artistId":461711,"station_id":401347518},{"musicPath":"/music/Lee+Ritenour","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f4d/f4d8f92be20a36c8b84f01740421f314_md.jpg","artistName":"Lee Ritenour","artistId":7722,"station_id":113371430},{"musicPath":"/music/Till+Bronner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/761/761ab403468029e1106cb9b39b1ce084_md.jpg","artistName":"Till Brönner","artistId":102261,"station_id":280764078},{"musicPath":"/music/Hiroshima","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1b8/1b8f50a0ab1c0f6d65d9ed43c6fa5dd4_md.jpg","artistName":"Hiroshima","artistId":10920,"station_id":113352176},{"musicPath":"/music/Dan+Siegel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/922/92242c55b0098c47bedf02b55aff3d1a_md.jpg","artistName":"Dan Siegel","artistId":64570,"station_id":263641996},{"musicPath":"/music/Mindi+Abair","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dee/dee4356a1f7f100d7bba88f658637160_md.jpg","artistName":"Mindi Abair","artistId":11384,"station_id":113780389},{"musicPath":"/music/Brendan+Rothwell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/615/6156b175f607f5dabcf1d422ac0fd3ea_md.jpg","artistName":"Brendan Rothwell","artistId":463301,"station_id":401368297},{"musicPath":"/music/Will+Downing","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a31/a31d4b9ab863303d99c7bacae1d09447_md.jpg","artistName":"Will Downing","artistId":8553,"station_id":113301957},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Crusaders","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5c4/5c43814bc09feb45fe9b376dd7d9178f_md.jpg","artistName":"The Crusaders","artistId":12255,"station_id":113384174},{"musicPath":"/music/Al+Jarreau","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/542/54242f616261ed0d8056dfc213c4fa4e_md.jpg","artistName":"Al Jarreau","artistId":11480,"station_id":113286772}]}