Rodney Franklin is an American jazz pianist and composer.
At the age of six he took jazz piano lessons at Washington Elementary School. He was taught by Dr Herb Wong who was a jazz journalist, disc jockey and music teacher.
Prior to signing up with CBS Records in 1978, Franklin worked with John Handy in San Francisco, as well as Bill Summers, Freddie Hubbard and Marlena Shaw.
His debut CBS album was In The Center, a jazz fusion album featuring On the Path and I Like the Music Make It Hot. Althou...
