Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby (born Robert Wayne Colomby, 20 December 1944, in New York) was a founder and innovative jazz-rock fusion drummer of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. He's also the uncredited drummer on John Cale and Terry Riley's collaboration album "Church of Anthrax".

He graduated from the City College of NY with a degree in Psychology, and his elder brother Harry Colomby was the manager of Thelonious Monk.

Colomby produced jazz bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius' first solo album; The Jacksons' comeback album "Destiny"; Chris Botti's albums "December", "When I Fall In Love", "To Love Again" and "Italia"; Paula Cole's album "Courage" and Jeff Lorber's album "He Had a Hat".

For a few years in the late 1980's Bobby Colomby was a reporter for the television program Entertainment Tonight The CBS Morning Program and hosted "In Person from the Palace".

In the year 2000, Colomby and Richard Marx created Signal 21 Records. [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_/ai_65062832|title=Navarre sends out Signal 21] The label released only one album, Richard Marx's Days In Avalon before the label folded shortly thereafter.

Colomby is married to Donna Abbott, a graphic designer and native of California.

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