Robert Christopher Hollyday (born February 3, 1970) is an American jazz alto saxophonist.
[2] He has an older brother, Richard; together, they had gigs locally in Worcester, Massachusetts in their teens.
[4] He was listed among the 'young lions' of jazz, including Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis and Marcus Roberts, who were playing earlier styles of jazz and receiving a lot of media attention.
[10][11] After four albums for RCA/Novus, Hollyday "was starting to develop his own voice when he was dropped from the label.
"[4] Hollyday moved to San Diego in 1996, "and became the band director at Valley Center High School".