Jazz Articles about Robert Randolph

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
July 29, 2017

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl Space at Westbury Westbury, NY July 22, 2017 Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a New Jersey-based funk and soul outfit led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph (who has sometimes been called the “Jimi Hendrix of the pedal steel guitar"). The majority of the Family Band is comprised of Randolph's blood--his cousins play drums, keyboards and bass and his sister Lenesha Randolph handles ...

Robert Randolph & The Family Band: Colorblind

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 14, 2007

In a relatively short time, Robert Randolph has become generally renowned as “the Hendrix of pedal steel guitar, expanding the instrument's vocabulary and approach beyond its familiar country/pop settings. He's in what must be a rather exclusive club of musicians who have guest-starred, upon request, with the Five Blind Boys of Alabama and with Ozzy Osbourne. “I'm trying to create a new field and a new style that'll influence some kids to go, 'Wow, I can be Black and be ...

Robert Randolph and The Family Band in Burlington Vermont

by Doug Collette
March 14, 2004

If Robert Randolph wasn't such a natural musician and performer, his effervescence on stage would come off contrived and he'd fall flat. But if that were the case, he would not have been able to pick up and shake the audience at Memorial Auditorium the way he did this mid-winter night.

Cutting his teeth as a multi-instrumentalist in the church gives Randolph both the motivation and the means to connect with his listeners. His pedal steel playing is nothing like ...

Meet Steel Sensation Robert Randolph

by David Lott
January 17, 2003

Before a performance in Birmingham, Alabama, AAJ had the opportunity to speak with pedal steel prodigy Robert Randolph about the pedal steel guitar, the church, improvising, and writing music.

As he is seated before his pedal steel guitar, the energy mounting during Robert Randolph's performance seems to increase exponentially. It is only a matter of time before he can not even contain himself; only moments before he shouts, kicks his chair from under him and joins the audience ...