Jazz Articles about Jim Robinson

Jim Robinson: Economy Hall Breakdown

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2008

Insieme a Louis Nelson, Jim Robinson (1892-1976) è l’alfiere dei trombonisti neworleansiani dei primi anni ‘20. Un esponente di punta del primo jazz tradizionale, in quanto componente della storica Sam Morgan Jazz Band. Oltre ad evidenziare il suo stile gioioso ed effervescente, questa gustosa ristampa del ’65 ne mette in luce anche la pratica strumentale cui rimase legato per tutta la carriera. È il New Orleans Style, ben rappresentato da celebri temi di genere quali “Put on Your Old Grey ...

Jim Robinson: Economy Hall Breakdown

by Nic Jones
December 3, 2007

At the time this music was captured for posterity in 1965, trombonist Jim Robinson had been working as a professional musician for almost forty years. That work experience in the traditional New Orleans style--Robinson had previously worked under the leadership of both Bunk Johnson and clarinetist George Lewis--comes out here in a program of music both vigorous and joyful.

To hear something like “Right Now Is The Right Time is to hear music that perhaps predated recording technology, played not ...