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Robbi Hall Kumalo

Award winner Robbi K’s beautiful voice has graced TV and radio commercials & live music venues nationwide. She sang back-up for superstars Diana Ross, Jewel, Rod Stewart, Mary J Blige, & Aretha Franklin. Robbi is a storyteller who sings in many languages.

About Me

Robbi K's honed her chops performing, recording, & touring with artists Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Owens, Ashford & Simpson, Edie Brickell, Chieli Minucci, Gino Sitson, Bakithi Kumalo, John Hiatt, Jewel, Diana Ross, Arif Mardin, Deepak Chopra, Rod Stewart, Eileen Ivers, and Harry Belafonte among others. TV appearances with these artists include Oprah, 60 Minutes, Rosie, The View, VH-1 Storytellers, The Today Show, and Late Night with David Letterman.

Robbi is a modern American singer that performs stylish contemporary repertoire that appeals to a cross section of people of all ages and backgrounds. Her concerts include classic Jazz standards and popular favorites for adults to high-energy, interactive world music for family audiences. As a storyteller and musician, Robbi is a multiple Parents' Choice Award winner and one of the few African American women to have achieved national recognition in the field of children’s music.

Robbi K's an artist with an incredible voice, beauty, topped with tons of charisma & charm to win over any audience. Singing and playing piano since a child, Robbi's been blessed to ride a smooth wave in the music business singing with a host of legendary artists. As a solo artist, Robbi brings to the stage a level of excitement coined EnerJazz; giving to her audiences boldly, freely & unselfishly. Her band members are versatile, extraordinary players who've performed with many music legends themselves. Robbi's personable demeanor is the essence of her show; first going deep into her own zone then pouring it all out in song. Robbi's larger than life stage presence and enticingly beautiful voice have given her the opportunity to perform in many settings, always with great success.

Her theater, film and TV credits include singing on numerous TV and radio commercials are way too many to list. Her early years in NYC yielded quite a bit of work as an extra on sitcoms, dramas, and films. Robbi's a proud & active member of (SAG-AFTRA) Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, (AEA) Actor's Equity Association, as well as the (AFM) American Federation of Musicians. She's a voting member of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) - the organization responsible for the Grammy Awards & she's an active voice over artist as well. As for songwriting, Robbi's a writer/publisher with (ASCAP) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers as 40/Shorty Re:Kids.

In addition to singing jazz, Robbi is very passionate about arts education and has spent the last 30 years working with schools all over the globe as Teaching Artist of Aesthetic Education. Using the arts as a tool to connect to curriculum, history, culture, and ethics, Robbi demonstrates her calling in life by her ease of performance and her love of nurturing young people as an artist. She's a Teaching Artist with New Jersey State Council for the Arts & NJPAC. As both Teaching and Performing Artist, Robbi has a lot to offer the world!

My Jazz Story

I've been singing & playing piano since a wee school age and professionally since 1985. Before the outbreak of stress, I'm mean the 'virus', I've fallen in love with the musical existences of Nina Simone, Hazel Scott, Miriam Makeba, Roberta Flack and so many Ladies of Piano including myself????????. Because I’ve caughten a case of MS, my concertizing is primary virtual, with prerecorded band tracks or with some unique or not accomodations Besides my aprartment buildings front porch or garden, i haven't played music in public since COVID19 arrived. But I did make a CD with my friends @1TribeCollective #FamilyMusicForward @weenationradio @robbikumalo TWITTER @robbihall INSTAGRAM CLUBHOUSE Half of my life, I've focused on performing music for young audiences & their families. Visit here & follow the bestest NEW MUSIC INDUSTRY GAME CHANGER aka blessing I'm a small part of. www.1TribeCOllective.com I'm inspired and musically fired up! I'd never heard such a wonderful mix of pop & world on Simon's GRACELAND album. Little did I know - but God arranged it - that I'd marry the bass player Bakithi Kumalo & create two amazingly gifted daughters whose music astounds me. Like on my 3 album, Set It Free, Keep The Beat, and Music Makes Me Happy. A family project indeed, plus celebrity beloveds who graced Music Makes Me Happy. Being a momma changed my life towards heaven on earth! The music we made together - PRICELESS! Although divorced in our 29th year of marriage I enjoy exploring how easily music flows between human being's chakras, moods, vibrations, rhythms & tones. and like sound never stops and neither does Love. I hear the benefit of every breath. the more of this world's music I experience, Better becomes my innerstanding of life. ???????? See you somewhere blessed on this mysterious spiritual journey of life! I'm the one singing with youngest souls! https://www.linktr.ee/robbihall www.respitewithrobbi.com ????❣️???????????????????????????????????? ????????

My House Concert Story

Thanks to the pandemic, I'm happy to make virtual concerts for families, schools, and theaters. And any promoter interest in my excerpts from The Great African American Songbook. http://www.RobbiKumalo.com