Jazz Articles about Joe Robinson

Rodney Crowell: Triage

by Doug Collette
August 29, 2021

Even if the listener isn't aware of Rodney Crowell's personal history in recent years, the veteran songwriter and recording artist may still sound a bit defensive during his metaphysical rumination that closes Triage. In the end, however, “This Body Isn't All There Is To Who I Am" is a logical, perhaps even inevitable, culmination of the reflections and observations that precede it. As such, it is a perfectly fitting conclusion to an album with a title that refers to the ...

Joe Robinson: While I'm Waiting

by Dennis Hollingsworth
March 16, 2005

Joe Robinson hails from the seaside town of Brighton, England. The rest of his bandmates are Englishmen as well, but you will be hard pressed to determine their home base when listening to While I'm Waiting. If you enjoy mainstream tunes, well crafted solos, and playing that remains primarily inside the changes, you will find this recording right up your alley. Four of Robinson's original compositions are on hand to help set the tone on the date.

There is no ...

Joe Robinson Quartet: While I'm Waiting

by Mark Corroto
September 1, 2002

Sitting on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, I won’t begin to expound on the politics of British jazz. All but ignored by Ken Burns’ Jazz series, you have to wonder if they have the equivalent of our Stanley Crouch and Wynton Marsalis show? Nonetheless, let us take this disc by the Joe Robinson Quartet free from US trends and fashion.

This six-track, forty-minute disc is a refreshing slice of post Dexter Gordon music making. Saxophonist Joe ...