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Donald Robinson

Described as a 'percussive dervish' (Coda) Donald Robinson is a technical master of the drums. He is a stalwart of the of San Francisco bay area avant-garde jazz scene, playing and recording with many of the area's improvisational players, from saxophonists John Tchicai, Marco Eneidi and Larry Ochs to koto player Miya Masaoka and pianist Matthew Goodheart, and with prominent visitors like Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis, trumpeter Raphe Malik and Canadian pianist Paul Plimley. Much of this work has featured the combination of Robinson and bassist Lisle Ellis as rhythm section: 'the best bass-drums tag team on the scene' (Jazz Times)

Other Minds 25, Day 3

by John Chacona
October 24, 2021

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Taube Atrium Theater Other Minds Festival San Francisco, CA October 16, 2021 Moment's Notice, the theme of the 25th Other Minds festival, was a wry comment on the perils of mounting a music festival in a time of ...

David León, Sean Conly, Thomas Heberer & more Jerry Granelli

by Maurice Hogue
September 8, 2021

Aire De Agua from saxophonist David León is a very impressive recording. It's one of the highlights of this episode. Bassist Sean Conly keeps his string of fine recordings going with his latest, The Buzz, and you'll hear samples from other new releases from two Argentinians, drummer Axel Filip and saxophonist Rodrigo Dominguez, trumpeter Thomas Heberer, ...

Angel Bat Dawid, Barry Altschul & Kevin Sun

by Maurice Hogue
August 18, 2021

Lots of new things sampled in this episode with Chicago culture maker Angel Bat Dawid's Hush Harbor Mixtape: Doxology highlighting the bunch. She does everything on this one which is another chapter in her mission to, as she puts it, “sonically eradicate the white supremacy system." A best-of for 2021 I think. Enterprising young saxophonist Kevin ...

Blue Reve

By Donald Robinson

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004

Donald Robinson/Lisle Ellis/Biggi Vinkeloe: Blue Reve

by Rex Butters
May 1, 2004

Sweden-based wind player Biggi Vinkelow’s latest collection comes courtesy of eclectic Eld Records, a new label emphasizing diverse Swedish sounds while covering the thriving Göteborg scene. Almost entirely self taught, Vinkeloe received her first sax at 24. For her day job she plies music therapy. Two highly regarded San Francisco improvisers flesh out the trio, drummer ...