Robert Mansfield Rucker music educator/ musician. Rucker has recorded and performed with many notable artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Wes Anderson, Wycliff Gordon, Scotty Barnhart, Philip Harper, Eric Lewis, Stephon Harris, Sam and Dave, Dead Prez. He has also produced music for Sony Pictures, New York University and performs as a leader of the The Robert Rucker Project. Robert attended Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. He was a member of the notable "The Marching 100" Marching Band . In 1995, Robert attended graduate School at Manhattan School of Music and gradauted in 1997. Robert appears on Wynton Marsalis " Live at the House of Tribes on Blue Note Records. He also is featured on the soundtrack of the Movie "Black or White with hip-hop duo "Dead Prez". Robert released and produced his debut Cd "Make Blue" featuring Philip Harper and Todd Williams. In 2002, his latest release "Blue York" featured the world-renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
