Chris Robinson

The Brian Martin Big Band: Old Home/New Home

Read "Old Home/New Home" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 23, 2025

Brian Martin, who as a working musician wears many hats--trombonist, composer, arranger, educator and band leader among them--has taken those hats from his native Iowa and given them a new mailing address in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. Which is a big deal. Big enough, at least, for Martin to have devoted much of Old Home/New Home, the Brian Martin Big Band's debut recording, to the ins and outs and ups and downs of leaving one's friendly confines to plant new ...

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Album Review

Chris Robinson: This Magnificent Distance

Read "This Magnificent Distance" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
August 21, 2004

Much like the young lion who ingratiates himself with the jazz cognoscenti, Chris Robinson, with his New Earth Mud comrades, is making a place for himself on the jam band scene by appearing at festivals such as Bonnaroo and opening shows for the Allman Brothers. If this Southern expatriate's first solo album wasn't enough to convince that there's no need for a Black Crowes reunion, This Magnificent Distance should do the trick. With an admirable variety of material and arrangement, ...

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Performance / Tour

Wavy Gravy 75th Birthday Concert Weir/Hart, Chris Robinson, Zero

Source: JamBase
March 17, 2011

THREE-FOURTHS OF A CENTURY OF GRAVY!!! Bay Area cultural icon Wavy Gravy is turning 75 years young this year—and you're invited to his party! Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert on Saturday May 14, 2011 at 7:00pm at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA's Marina District. The show will feature a legendary lineup of musicians, including Bob Weir & Mickey Hart, performing alone and together with Steve Kimock, Mark Karan, Henry Kaiser, Jeff Chimenti, John Molo, Pete Sears, Nicki ...
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