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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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Kevin Robinson
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Kevin Robinson, is a performer/composer /educator multi- woodwind instrumentalist, and practitioner who explores various interdisciplinary approaches to composition and improvisation. He is a native of Baltimore, MD and is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA in Jazz Reeds from California Institute of the Arts where he studied composition with Wadada Leo Smith and Vinny Golia. Robinson is the leader of the band The Kevin Robinson Ensemble (KREation) which was established in 2003. The group has recorded ten studio albums. He has performed at various festivals and venues throughout the United States such as the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York City, The Made in LA 2012 Biennial in Los Angeles and at The Outsound Festival in San Francisco
Najee: Savoir Faire
by La-Faithia White
American smooth jazz saxophonist and flautist Najee here confirms his status as one of the most talented performers of his genre. On Savoir Faire fans can delight in Najee's assured playing and his general savoir faire when it comes to delivering a polished product. The album is appropriately titled. Dr. Dolittle" is a swanky, ...
Grand Union Orchestra: Made By Human Hands
by Chris May
Grand Union Orchestra, which has mentored many young London jazz musicians over four decades, is approximately aligned with the grassroots organisations Tomorrow's Warriors and Kinetika Bloco. The longest established of the trio, Grand Union took wing in 1982, Tomorrow's Warriors in 1991, Kinetika Bloco in 2000. Made By Human Hands is a greatest hits compilation celebrating ...
The Grand Union Orchestra at Shoreditch Town Hall on December 9th at 8pm
Uncharted Crossings- The Backstory of the Windrush Generation Uncharted Crossings may well be Grand Union Orchestra’s most powerful and politically committed show in its thirty-year history. The music traces the contribution to British culture of the people who came to these shores from the Caribbean from the late forties onwards. In many ways, theirs was just ...
Take Five With James Brandon Lewis
by James Brandon Lewis
Meet James Brandon Lewis: Saxophonist/composer James Brandon Lewis was exposed to jazz, gospel, and R&B and at an early age began his journey into the realm of music. He attended Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts located in Buffalo NY. Upon graduating, James would continue his musical pursuit At Howard University, where ...
Grand Union Orchestra: If Paradise
by Chris May
Grand Union OrchestraIf ParadiseRed Gold2011 If Paradise, the biggest jewel in British composer, keyboardist and trombonist Tony Haynes' recording career to date, joins a handful of orchestral albums which have not so much crossed genre and cultural boundaries as rendered them meaningless. Off-piste singularities may exclude these ...