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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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Pete Robbins
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Pete Robbins (age 35) moved to New York in September, 2002, and immediately became “a welcome presence on the creative music scene” (Time Out New York). He has since performed or recorded with Vijay Iyer, John Hollenbeck, John Zorn, Craig Taborn, Mark Dresser, Ben Monder, Mario Pavone, Kenny Wollesen, Tyshawn Sorey, Dan Weiss, Thomas Morgan, and countless others, and has performed at festivals and clubs in nine different countries. Robbins’ leads “an ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock” (New York Times), and has been called a "style master" (AllAboutJazz.com), "fiercely creative" (Time Out New York), and "a real force" in jazz (pianist Paul Bley)
Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed
by Dave Wayne
So many jazz piano trios, so little time! With Wide Eyed, the Danny Fox Trio proves very definitively that they are worthy of your attention. Fox' wickedly humorous, tightly-conceived, multi- stylistic compositions and his trio's remarkably sensitive interplay are completely attention-grabbing. One listen was enough to make me a believer. Like a lot of the more ...
Pete Robbins Quartet: Pyramid
by Stefano Merighi
Avevamo lasciato Pete Robbins come protagonista del notevole album con il Transatlantic Quartet (Live in Basel) ed eccolo di nuovo, nel frattempo impegnato in diversi progetti, con un quartetto newyorkese da sogno, composto da Vijay Iyer, Eivind Opsvik e Tyshawn Sorey. Pyramid è un album un po' particolare, che assembla materiale originale a riletture di classici ...
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All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Pete Robbins - Pyramid giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 16th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Pete Robbins at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Pete Robbins on Pyramid Pyramid represents a ...
Pete Robbins: Pyramid
by Glenn Astarita
New York-based saxophonist, composer Pete Robbins has been on a fast- track, surging to the upper echelon of global jazz talent. And Pyramid rekindles impressions of drummer, composer John Hollenbeck's early 2013 release Songs I Like A Lot, where specific pop and rock songs from yesteryear, inspire the artists to execute a personal reinterpretation or refresh ...
Live In Basel
By Pete Robbins
Label: Hate Laugh Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Eliotsong; There There; Inkhead; The Quiet Space Left Behind; Hoi Polloi;
Introductions; Hope Tober.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins
All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today! “I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New York in September, 2002, and immediately became “a welcome presence on the creative ...
Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet: Live in Basel
by AAJ Italy Staff
Pete Robbins, sassofonista e compositore di Brooklyn, non trova ancora alcun riscontro in Italia, a dispetto delle numerose tournèe europee effettuate. Leader di differenti formazioni, in grado di proporre sguardi antitetici al jazz odierno, Robbins con il Transatlantic Quartet sviscera una musica carica di ricchezza armonica, ritmicamente leggera e tonica, brillante per qualità solistica, bene espressa ...
Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet: Live In Basel
by Mark Corroto
Like most modern jazz players, alto saxophonist Pete Robbins works in multiple bands, playing varying styles and disciplines of this thing called jazz. Sounds reasonable, yes? But, thirty years ago this wasn't possible. Musicians, listeners, and jazz critics (let's not leave them out) had to take sides, choose categories and labels to classify and compartmentalize their ...