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Jason Robinson

Saxophonist and scholar

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Reedist, composer and scholar Jason Robinson divides his time between performing, research and teaching. In 1998, Robinson founded Circumvention Music, an artist-run independent record label dedicated to the support and distribution of improvised musics. He has performed/recorded with Peter Kowald, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Eugene Chadbourne, Earl Howard, Emily Hay, Jeff Kaiser, Eek a Mouse, Bertram Turetzky, Mel Graves, Marco Eneidi, Mike Wofford, Philip Gelb, J.D. Parran, Gerry Hemingway, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (at Pearl's, San Francisco), the La Jolla Symphony, SONOR (among others), as well as theater-oriented groups such as the San Francisco Mime Troupe and the New Pickle Circus. Robinson is also a published author, holds a Ph.D. in Music and is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Amherst College. He has also taught at the University of California, Irvine and San Diego. Robinson's 2002 release Tandem (Accretions Records) was a 2002 critic's pick in JazzTimes Magazine. He recently received a Grammy nomination for his performance on Toots and the Maytals’ latest release, Light Your Light (2007/Fantasy). Robinson is the founder and artistic director of Circumvention Music and a member of the San Diego-based Trummerflora Collective.

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