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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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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy

Read "Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Prendete undici musicisti dell’area newyorchese suddivisi tra qualche fuoriclasse (Ben Monder, Dan Weiss, Craig Taborn) e giovani speranze, combinateli più o meno casualmente lungo dieci tracce di media lunghezza e avrete una fotografia piuttosto nitida, una sorta di brochure illustrata di ciò che sta succedendo, musicalmente parlando, da quelle parti del mondo. Nonostante la presenza fissa ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy

Read "Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie


Altoist Pete Robbins' Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy functions like a treatise on synthesis, where disparate influences are not so much juxtaposed as woven together with style and grace. This CD makes a clear statement that these are times that celebrate a storied history of musical innovation. What felt like a gradual exploration of evolving alternatives ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins on Tour

Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins on Tour

Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins ON TOUR In Support and Celebration of his Fresh Sound/New Talent CD Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy. Available in stores and online on April 29, 2008 “[Robbins leads an] ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility." - NATE ...

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News: Recording

Fresh Sound/New Talent Releases Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy from Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins

Fresh Sound/New Talent Releases Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy from Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins

Fresh Sound/New Talent Releases Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy from Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins Available in stores and online on April 29, 2008 “[Robbins leads an] ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility." (NATE CHINEN, The New York Times) “ . . ...

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Waits & Measures

Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: Inkhead; Waits and Measures; Candy To the Crowd; Why Not Us; There There; No One Cares About Your Dreams Unless You Dreamt About Them; Cankers and Medallions; Rodil; Amadelia.

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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: Waits & Measures

Read "Waits & Measures" reviewed by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio


Although it's been over 35 years since Miles recorded Bitches Brew, music purists still experience seismic spasms whenever a musician releases an album that aggressively and successfully fuses jazz with rock. Waits & Measures is not so much a fusion album as it is a remarkable commandeering of sometimes conflicting harmonies into a smooth, cleverly voltaic ...

Album

Waits & Measures

Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Inkhead; Waits & Measures; Candy To The Crowd; Why Not Us?; There There; No One Cares About Your Dreams Unless You Dreamt About Them; Cankers And Medallions; Rodil; Amadelia.

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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: Waits & Measures

Read "Waits & Measures" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


To coincide with an extensive tour of the northeastern US, Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist Pete Robbins has issued his second effort as a leader. And it offers a rock-solid glimpse of his artistry, chops and interesting methodology, all steeped within copious jazz-related genres. Simply stated, Robbins is a style master who sets himself apart from many of ...

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Waits and Measures

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Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2006
Duration: 6:05


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