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News: Interview

Saxophonist Pete Robbins Interviewed at All About Jazz

Saxophonist Pete Robbins Interviewed at All About Jazz

Pete Robbins is all about balance, in temperament and as an artist. He produces a polished sound on his alto saxophone, with a light tone betraying corners of darkness and complexity. Already an accomplished leader at 31, he grafts his sound onto ensembles of varying sizes with aplomb and equanimity. His style as a leader is ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: siLENT Z Live

Read "siLENT Z Live" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Since his 2002 debut, Centric (Telepathy Records), saxophonist Pete Robbins has charted a centrifugal trajectory, moving outward from traditional boundaries. His previous releases--Waits & Measures (Playscape, 2006) and Do The Laugh Hate Shimmy (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2008)--incorporated elements of jazz, rock and electronics with thought-provoking writing and improvisation. Incessantly stirring the creative juices in any ...

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News: Recording

Pete Robbins - Silent Z Live (Hate Laugh Music)

Pete Robbins - Silent Z Live (Hate Laugh Music)

Concert versus studio. That enduring dichotomy of setting is a driving factor in altoist Pete Robbins' fourth release. His third was a studio affair; one that while deemed an overall success by the altoist didn't quite muster the intensity of his live work. This set, pulled from a pair of dates at Brooklyn venues, has intensity ...

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Article: Album Review

siLENT Z: siLENTZ

Read "siLENTZ" reviewed by Elliott Simon


Downstairs at the Cornelia Street Café in the Village is one of the more intimate places to see live jazz in the city. The program there is intentionally eclectic and siLENT Z Live, from altoist Pete Robbins, captures his angular group in those comfortable environs. All other things being equal, the make or ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tim Kuhl Group @ Rose Live Music

Tim Kuhl Group @ Rose Live Music

Sunday October 11th @ 9pm, my band will perform at the fine Williamsburg, Brooklyn venue Rose, part of the Brooklyn Experiments Series. This group of musicians are not to be missed .. Pete Robbins - Alto Sax Rick Parker - Trombone Jonathan Goldberger - Guitar Ryan ...

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Article: Live From New York

May 2009

Read "May 2009" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Jamie Baum & Tomasz StankoJamie Baum Septet and Tomasz Stanko QuartetMerkin HallNew York City April 4, 2009It was a pretty sure bet that “Juxtapositions In Jazz," a Merkin Concert Hall double bill featuring the Jamie Baum Septet and Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Apr. 4th), would live up to its ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Firehouse 12's 2009 Spring Jazz Series to Begin March 20th

Firehouse 12's 2009 Spring Jazz Series to Begin March 20th

New Haven's Firehouse 12 is proud to announce the schedule for its fourth annual Spring Jazz Series, a 13-week program of performances by some of the most active, innovative and respected musicians in creative improvised music today. The series, which begins on Friday, March 20th with two performances by the Julian Lage Group, will feature 8:30 ...

Album

Music Needs You

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Winter Melt; Thinning Air; Music Needs You; The Quiet Space Left Behind; Barceloneta; Liberty; You Can Talk During This; Wrong Turns; Tired House.

Album

Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Hate Laugh Shimmy; Anyway, And; Everyone Else Is Disappointing; Glad To Ask; Mid-September And The Five Weeks After; Assumpta Est Maria; Don't Clap When You Laugh; La Linea; Stiff Upper Lip.


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