Art Resnick

[5] In 1973, he recorded Jungleopolis, with Paul Lagos (drums), Willard Peterson (bass), and Bob Rockwell (clarinet, saxophone, flute).

[9] The same year saxophonist Irv Williams produced an album for singer Roberta Davis, featuring Resnick on piano.

[10] Resnick helped start, and wrote some of the music for the quartet "Expedition" with Bob Rockwell, Rufus Reid and Victor Lewis.

About Expedition, Rufus Reid wrote, "Art was an excellent jazz pianist, but in addition, his fantastic compositions gave us our identity.

"[11] Expedition co-founder Bob Rockwell called Resnick "a visionary", after listening to Jungleopolis 50 years after the recording was made.

In 1980, Resnick met saxophonist and flutist Peter Ponzol, who recalls: "Our recording, Conversations, is one of the most incredible pieces of music I have ever been part of."

Ponzol goes on to tell how they met.A friend invited me to her loft in NYC for a party, "Bring a horn; there is going to be a great pianist there" We played a few standards and I sensed that we had the right connections.

For the release of 1, 2, 3 in 1988, the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble wrote, "Internationally renowned pianist Art Resnick has put together a new trio with a burning young rhythm section.

[16] Owen Husney's memoir about discovering and managing the musician Prince, "Famous People Who've Met Me",[17] mentions the influence of Art and his brother Randy Resnick.

For a few years, Resnick played in the Los Angeles area with bassist Jeff Johnson, intrepid drummer Billy Mintz and influential saxophonist, John Gross.