Reginald R. Robinson (born October 19, 1972) is an American jazz and ragtime pianist.
[Yanow, Scott. [ Reginald Robinson] at Allmusic][''Contemporary Black Biography, Profiles from the international black community, Volume 53,'' Detroit: Thomson Gale (2006) (biography contains portrait) ] In 2004, he received a MacArthur Genius Grant.
[''All Music Guide to Jazz. The experts' guide to the best jazz recordings. Second edition,'' edited by Michael Erlewine, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, Inc., Miller Freeman Books (1996)][''All Music Guide to Jazz. The definitive guide to jazz music, Fourth edition,'' edited by Vladimir Bogdanov (editor), Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, & Stephen Thomas Erlewine, San Francisco: Backbeat Books (2002) ]
Biography
Robinson was raised in Chicago. A self-taught musician, Robinson's love for ragtime began in the 7th grade His mother purchased a piano and he spent the next three years submerged in the self study of music. In 1988 Robinson took lessons with Theodore Bargman at the American Conservatory of Music in downtown Chicago.
[''Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 30: September 2004 — August 2005,'' New York: H. W. Wilson Co. (2005) ] He also studied sight-reading and began to compose music in various styles including ragtime piano.
In 1992 he was introduced to pianist Jon Weber (musician), Jon Weber; who helped him make a professional demo of his compositions and arranged for his first public performance at The Green Mill. In 2004 Robinson won the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "genius award". In December 1993, Robinson was a guest on "Piano Jazz" with Marian McPartland.
"Reginald Robinson performs his "Sounds in Silhouette". "Piano Jazz" with Marian McPartland. December 1993.
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Discography
* ''Man Out of Time'' (self-released, 2007)
References
External links
WMFT Radio: "Reginald R. Robinson, piano [Encore Broadcast] July 3, 2020""River Raisin Ragtime Review: Music of Reginald R. Robinson, Live in Concert" Scott Yanow. The Syncopated Times. December 1, 2017
*[https://www.macfound.org/fellows/745/news/ MacArthur Foundation. "Reginald R. Robinson News"]
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1972 births
African-American jazz musicians
African-American jazz pianists
Living people
MacArthur Fellows
Musicians from Chicago
Ragtime composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Jazz musicians from Illinois
American male pianists
American male jazz musicians
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people