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1 Early life and education  





2 Career  





3 Personal life  





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4.2  As sideman  







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Perry Robinson






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Perry Morris Robinson (September 17, 1938 – December 2, 2018)[1] was an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He was the son of composer Earl Robinson.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Robinson was born and grew up in New York City.[1] He attended the Lenox School of Jazz in Massachusetts in mid-1959.[1]

Career[edit]

Robinson served in a U.S. military band in the early-1960s. His first record, Funk Dumpling (with Kenny Barron, Henry Grimes, and Paul Motian) was recorded by Savoy in 1962.[2] He also appeared with Grimes on The Call in 1965, on the ESP-Disk label (ESP 1026). Although the album is credited to "Henry Grimes Trio" the album liner notes, written by ESP-Disk label head Bernard Stollman, stated: "[Grimes] chose Perry Robinson, a virtuoso who merits far wider recognition, to pair with, and this recording reflects both of their contributions, in equal measure. A more accurate title for the album would be Henry Grimes/Perry Robinson." Two of the album's six songs are credited to Robinson, including the title track.

From 1973, Robinson worked with Jeanne Lee and Gunter Hampel's Galaxie Dream Band.[1] He contributed to Dave Brubeck' s Two Generations of Brubeck,[1] and played with Burton Greene' s Dutch klezmer band, Klezmokum. He was the featured clarinetist on Archie Shepp's LP Mama Too Tight on the Impulse! label.[1] He led his own groups in performances and on record, with albums on the Chiaroscuro, WestWind, and Timescraper labels. More recently, he worked with William Parker and Walter PerkinsonBob's Pink Cadillac and several discs on the CIMP label.

From 1975 until 1977, Robinson was a member of the Clarinet Contrast group, which featured German clarinet players Theo Jörgensmann and Bernd Konrad. He recorded with Lou Grassi as a member of his PoBand since the late Nineties, and with Lou Grassi, Wayne Lopes and Luke Faust in The Jug Jam, an improvisational jug band. He plays in a free jazz and world music trio along with tabla player Badal Roy and bassist Ed Schuller, with whom he recorded the CD Raga Roni. He played with Darius Brubeck and Muruga Booker in the MBR jazz trio. Robinson also played an integral part in the formation of Cosmic Legends, an improvisational music/performance group led by composer/pianist Sylvie Degiez which included musicians Rashied Ali, Wayne Lopes, Hayes Greenfield, and Michael Hashim. In 2005 he was featured on his cousin Jeffrey Lewis' album City and Eastern SongsonRough Trade Records, produced by Kramer. A later release was OrthoFunkOlogy in 2008 with the band Free Funk, also featuring Muruga Booker, Badal Roy, Richie Shakin' Nagan and Shakti Ma Booker.

His autobiography, Perry Robinson: The Traveler (co-authored by Florence F. Wetzel), was published in 2002.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Robinson died in Jersey City, New Jersey, in December 2018, at the age of 80.[1]

Discography[edit]

As leader or co-leader[edit]

Source:[4]

As sideman[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Perry Robinson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  • ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 338. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  • ^ Perry Robinson; Florence F. Wetzel (2002). Perry Robinson: The Traveler. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595215386.
  • ^ "Perry Robinson | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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