Scott Robinson (jazz musician)

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Scott Robinson
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Robinson at the 2013 Aarhus Jazz Festival
Background information
Born (1959-04-27) April 27, 1959 (age 64)
Pompton Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, sarrusophone, ophicleide, theremin
Labels Arbors, ScienSonic
Website ScienSonic Laboratories
Robinson performing at the International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este in 2015 19deg International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este - 150111-1043-jikatu (16077477399).jpg
Robinson performing at the International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este in 2015

Scott Robinson (born April 27, 1959) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Robinson is best known for his work on multiple saxophones, but he has also performed on clarinet, alto clarinet, flute, trumpet, sarrusophone, and other, more obscure instruments.

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Music career

The son of a piano teacher and National Geographic book editor, [1] Robinson graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1981. The next year, he joined the college's staff, becoming its youngest faculty member. [2]

Robinson has appeared on more than 275 LP and CD releases, including 20 under his leadership, [3] with musicians Frank Wess, [2] Roscoe Mitchell, Ruby Braff, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Paquito D'Rivera, David Bowie, Maria Schneider, Rufus Reid, [3] Buck Clayton, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. [1] Four of these recordings won a Grammy Award. [3] He has received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. [1]

In 2000, the U.S. State Department named him a jazz ambassador for the year 2001, [1] funding a tour of West Africa in which he played the early works of Louis Armstrong. [2] Material from these appearances was released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbors Records.

Throughout his career, Robinson has worked to keep unusual and obscure instruments in the public view. For example, he has recorded an album featuring the C-melody saxophone and performs with the ophicleide. He also owns and records with a vintage contrabass saxophone so rare that fewer than twenty in playable condition are known to exist. [3]

Since 2009, he has operated his record label, ScienSonic Laboratories.

He is not to be confused with the percussionist N. Scott Robinson.

Select discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman or guest

With Ruby Braff

With John Fedchock

With Marty Grosz

With Keith Ingham

With Frank Kimbrough

With Frank Mantooth

With Bob Mintzer

With John Pizzarelli

With the Joe Roccisano Orchestra

With Randy Sandke

With Maria Schneider

With John Sheridan

With others

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Torreano, Bradley. "Scott Robinson". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Levine, Bill. "Our Critics Picks Archived 2005-12-29 at the Wayback Machine ", the Nashville Scene, published October 6, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Small, Mark. "Scott Robinson '81: Unusual Voices, Berklee Today. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Scott Robinson | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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