Jason Robinson (born September 20, 1975) is an American jazz saxophonist and academic.

Early life and education

Born in

Northern California Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, its main population centers incl ...

, Robinson was raised in the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

region. He attended the University of Southern California for one year before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in jazz studies and philosophy from Sonoma State University. Robinson later earned a Master of Arts and PhD in music from the University of California, San Diego.

Career

Robinson was mentored by the bassist Mel Graves, who also recorded on ''From the Sun'', Robinson's first album as a leader. He was a member of the groups Cannonball and Groundation, and founded Circumvention Music. In San Diego, he worked extensively with a trio that featured bassist Rob Thorsen and drummer Brett Sanders. Robinson has developed long-term collaborative groups, including Cosmologic and

Trummerflora The Trummerflora Collective is an independent group of music makers that embrace the pluralistic nature of creative music and provides an atmosphere that nurtures the creative development of its members. "Trummerflora, or rubble plants and tree ...

. In 2002, Robinson's album ''Tandem'', a series of duos, was released. He has music at

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

; the University of California, San Diego; the University of California, Irvine;

Southwestern College Southwestern College may refer to the following colleges in the United States: * Southwestern College (California) * Southwestern College (Kansas) * Southwestern College (New Mexico) *Southwestern College of Business and New England Technical Insti ...

; Cuyamaca College; and San Diego City College.

Discography

As leader

* ''From the Sun'' (Circumvention, 1998) * ''No Stars Please'' with Trummerflora (Accretions, 2001) * ''Tandem'' (Accretions, 2002) * ''Fingerprint'' (Circumvention, 2007) * ''Eyes in the Back of My Head'' with Cosmologic (Cuneiform, 2008) * ''Cerberus Rising'' (Circumvention, 2009) * ''The Two Faces of Janus'' (Cuneiform, 2010) * ''Cerulean Landscape'' with Anthony Davis (Clean Feed, 2010) * ''Cerberus Reigning'' (Accretions, 2010) * ''Tiresian Symmetry'' with JD Parran, Marcus Rojas, Liberty Ellman (Cuneiform, 2012) * ''Resonant Geographies'' (pfMENTUM, 2018)

As sideman

With Groundation * ''Each One Teach One'' (Young Tree, 2001) * ''Hebron Gate'' (Young Tree, 2002) * ''Dub Wars'' (Young Tree, 2005) * ''Upon the Bridge'' (Young Tree, 2006) * ''Here I Am'' (Naive, 2009) * ''A Miracle'' (Soulbeats, 2014) With others * B-Side Players, ''Radio Afro-Mexica'' (Global Noize, 2009) *

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, ''Tania'' (Koch, 2001) * Marty Ehrlich, ''A Trumpet in the Morning'' (New World, 2013) * Hans Fjellestad, ''Dual Resonance'' (Circumvention, 2003)

References

External links

Jason Robinson
official website
"Amherst College visiting professor Jason Robinson offers a multi-site, real-time collaborative concert"
Valley Advocate, April 2, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Jason American jazz tenor saxophonists American male saxophonists Free jazz saxophonists American jazz composers American male jazz composers Free jazz composers American electronic musicians 1975 births Living people Avant-garde jazz composers Avant-garde jazz saxophonists 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians Sonoma State University alumni University of California, San Diego alumni University of California, San Diego faculty University of California, Irvine faculty Amherst College faculty