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Justin Robinson (musician)
Justin Robinson (born August 14, 1968) is an American alto saxophonist. He has performed with artists such as the Harper Brothers, Cecil Brooks III, Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, Little Jimmy Scott, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band and was a member of the quintet and big band of trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Life and career Robinson was born in Manhattan, and first began playing saxophone at the age of 13, while attending the High School of Music and Arts (LaGuardia High School) in New York. His first influences were Charlie Parker and Jackie McLean. He first stepped on the stage of the Village Gate in the show ''First Generations of Jazz''. From 1984 to 1986 he belonged to the ''McDonald's High School Jazz Band'' where he met Philip Harper (trumpeter), Philip Harper and at the age of 18 joined the Harper Brothers with Winard Harper. In 1988 he joined Betty Carter’s band. Starting in the early 1990s, he played with Cecil Brooks III, Abbey Lincoln, Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Saxophonist
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E, smaller than the B tenor but larger than the B soprano. It is the most common saxophone and is used in popular music, concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, pep bands, carnatic music, and jazz (such as big bands, jazz combos, swing music). The alto saxophone had a prominent role in the development of jazz. Influential jazz musicians who made significant contributions include Don Redman, Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Art Pepper, Paul Desmond, and Cannonball Adderley. Although the role of the alto saxophone in orchestral music has been limited, influential performers include Marcel Mule, Sigurd Raschèr, Jean-Marie Londeix, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Henderson (musician)
Eddie Henderson (born October 26, 1940) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, going on to lead his own electric/fusion groups through the decade. Henderson earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career as a psychiatrist and musician, turning back to acoustic jazz by the 1990s. Family influence and early music history Henderson was born in New York City on October 26, 1940. At the age of nine he was given an informal lesson by Louis Armstrong, and he continued to study the instrument as a teenager in San Francisco, where he grew up, after his family moved there in 1954, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Henderson was influenced by the jazz musician Miles Davis, who was a friend of his parents. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Male Musicians
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21st-century American Saxophonists
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1968 Births
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American Male Saxophonists
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Who Used To Dance
''Who Used to Dance'' is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln. It was recorded during April and May, 1996, at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City, and was released in 1997 by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions. On the album, Lincoln is joined by a core group of pianist Marc Cary, double bassist Michael Bowie, and drummer Aaron Walker, as well as saxophonists Riley T. Bandy III, Steve Coleman, Oliver Lake, Frank Morgan, Justin Robinson, and Julien Lourau, cornetist Graham Haynes, pianist Rodney Kendrick, double bassist John Ormond, drummers Alvester Garnett and Taru Alexander, vocalists Arthur Green and Bazzi Bartholomew Gray, and tap dancer Savion Glover. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "an interesting but not overly essential outing," and wrote: "Lincoln... still had a reasonably strong voice at this point in her career, and although she showed signs of mellowing now and then, she was still capable of performing fiery musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earfood
''Earfood'' is a jazz album by the Roy Hargrove Quintet, issued by the EmArcy record label in 2008. The album was a return to Hargrove's enduring interest in hard bop, following several albums in which he explored jazz within a hip-hop and R&B context. ''Earfood'' is notable for the inclusion of the composition, ''Strasbourg / St. Denis'', which has since emerged as a modern-day jazz standard. Reception Critical perspectives of ''Earfood'' were largely positive upon its release. Writing for ''The New York Times'', jazz critic Nate Chinen selected ''Earfood'' as his critics' choice. Chinen declared the album to "attest to a classic jazz ideal" while "rarely sound ngas if argrovestepped out of a time machine". Chinen attributed this to Hargrove's successful merging of his "hard-bop and groove-orientated sides". Hargrove's success at melding hard-bop with modern jazz was also observed in a positive ''AllAboutJazz'' review, which noted Hargrove's success was "redefining the hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangin' With Smooth
''Hangin' with Smooth'' is an album by drummer Cecil Brooks III, recorded in 1990 and released on the Muse label. Reception ''The Star-Ledger'' praised the "mix of hard-bopped standards, smooth ballads and smart, catchy originals." The ''Boston Herald'' listed ''Hangin' with Smooth'' among the 10 best jazz albums of 1992. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "this is an excellent modern mainstream set by some of the finest young lions of the 1990s." Track listing All compositions by Cecil Brooks III except where noted. # "Hangin' with Smooth" – 5:13 # "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 7:39 # "Swamp Thang" – 8:36 # "Adreena" – 5:14 # "Don't Forget the Forgotten" (Radam Schwartz) – 7:39 # "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) – 4:05 # " I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Jack Wolf, Frank Sinatra) – 3:11 # " Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:36 # "Invisible Face" (Schwartz) – 6:57 # "Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJ3 Records
WJ3 Records is an American independent jazz record label owned by WJ3 Productions, LLC, registered in New York and based in Brooklyn. The principal is Willie Jones III, a jazz drummer based in Brooklyn. WJ3 Productions was founded March 14, 2000.''Willie Jones III'', ''JazzTimes'', Volume 37, Issues 1–5, 2007 Discography * Willie Jones III, ''Vol. 1...Straight Swingin (2001) : Sherman Irby (alto sax), James Mahone (alto sax), Eric Reed (piano), Billy Childs (piano), Gerald Cannon (bass), Tony Dumas (bass), Willie Jones III (drums), Dwight Trible (vocal) * Henry Franklin, Steve Katsuyama, Tony Austin, ''Sakura'' (2002) * Willie Jones III, ''Vol. 2...Don't Knock The Swing'' (2003) : Roy Hargrove (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Greg Tardy (tenor sax), Eric Reed (piano), Gerald Cannon (bass), Willie Jones III (drums) * The Banda Brothers: Tony Banda (bass), Ramon Banda (drums), ''Acting Up!'' (2004) * Willie Jones III, ''Vol. III'' (2006) : Eric Reed (piano), Willie Jone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York (state), New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
