Scott Robinson (jazz musician)

Scott Robinson
Robinson at the 2013 Aarhus Jazz Festival
Robinson at the 2013 Aarhus Jazz Festival
Background information
Born (1959-04-27) April 27, 1959
Pompton Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, sarrusophone, ophicleide, theremin
LabelsArbors, ScienSonic
WebsiteScienSonic Laboratories
Robinson performing at the International Jazz Festival of Punta del Este in 2015

Scott Robinson (born April 27, 1959) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Robinson is best known for his work on multiple saxophones, but he has also performed on clarinet, alto clarinet, flute, trumpet, sarrusophone, and other, more obscure instruments.

Music career

The son of a piano teacher and National Geographic book editor,[1] Robinson graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1981. The next year, he joined the college's staff, becoming its youngest faculty member.[2]

Robinson has appeared on more than 275 LP and CD releases, including 20 under his leadership,[3] with musicians Frank Wess,[2] Roscoe Mitchell, Ruby Braff, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Paquito D'Rivera, David Bowie, Maria Schneider, Rufus Reid,[3] Buck Clayton, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's.[1] Four of these recordings won a Grammy Award.[3] He has received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.[1]

In 2000, the U.S. State Department named him a jazz ambassador for the year 2001,[1] funding a tour of West Africa in which he played the early works of Louis Armstrong.[2] Material from these appearances was released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbors Records.

Throughout his career, Robinson has worked to keep unusual and obscure instruments in the public view. For example, he has recorded an album featuring the C-melody saxophone and performs with the ophicleide. He also owns and records with a vintage contrabass saxophone so rare that fewer than twenty in playable condition are known to exist.[3]

Since 2009, he has operated his record label, ScienSonic Laboratories.

He is not to be confused with the percussionist N. Scott Robinson.

Select discography

As leader/co-leader

  • Multiple Instruments (Multijazz, 1984)
  • Winds of Change (Multijazz, 1990)
  • Magic Eye (Bliss, 1993)
  • Thinking Big (Arbors, 1997)
  • Melody from the Sky (Arbors, 2000)
  • Summertime (Cube Bohemia, 2004)
  • Jazz Ambassador (Arbors, 2004)
  • Forever Lasting (Arbors, 2008)
  • Live at Space Farms (ScienSonic, 2010)
  • Nucleus (ScienSonic, 2010)
  • Bronze Nemesis (Doc-tone/ScienSonic, 2012)
  • Mission In Space (ScienSonic, 2014)
  • ? (ScienSonic, 2015)
  • Heliosonic Toneways (ScienSonic, 2017)
  • Tenormore (Arbors, 2019)
  • Flow States (ScienSonic, 2020)

As sideman or guest

With Ruby Braff

  • 1997: Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong: Being With You
  • 2002: Variety Is the Spice of Braff
  • 2010: Our Love Is Here to Stay

With John Fedchock

  • 1992: New York Big Band
  • 1998: On the Edge
  • 2002: No Nonsense

With Marty Grosz

  • 1994: Keep a Song in Your Soul
  • 1996: The Rhythm for Sale
  • 2005: Chasin' the Spots
  • 2006: Marty Grosz and His Hot Combination
  • 2009: Hot Winds: The Classic Sessions
  • 2012: The James P. Johnson Songbook

With Keith Ingham

  • 1994: The Keith Ingham New York 9, Vol. 1
  • 1994: The Keith Ingham New York 9, Vol. 2
  • 1998: A Mellow Bit of Rhythm
  • 1999: A Star Dust Melody
  • 2001: Keith Ingham New York 9, Vol. 3

With Frank Kimbrough

With Frank Mantooth

  • 1989: Suite Tooth
  • 1993: Dangerous Precedent
  • 1999: Miracle

With Bob Mintzer

  • 1990: The Art of the Big Band
  • 2000: Homage to Count Basie
  • 2006: Old School New Lessons

With John Pizzarelli

  • 1991: All of Me
  • 1993: Naturally
  • 1994: New Standards
  • 1997: Our Love Is Here to Stay

With the Joe Roccisano Orchestra

With Randy Sandke

  • 1990: Stampede
  • 1993: The Bix Beiderbecke Era
  • 1994: Chase
  • 1995: Calling All Cats
  • 2000: Re-Discovered Louis & Bix
  • 2002: Randy Sandke Meets Bix Beiderbecke
  • 2002: Inside Out
  • 2005: Outside In

With Maria Schneider

With John Sheridan

  • 2005: Easy as It Gets
  • 2007: Swing Is Still the King
  • 2010: Hooray for Christmas!

With others

References

  1. ^ a b c d Torreano, Bradley. "Scott Robinson". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Levine, Bill. "Our Critics Picks Archived 2005-12-29 at the Wayback Machine", the Nashville Scene, published October 6, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d Small, Mark. "Scott Robinson '81: Unusual Voices, Berklee Today. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
  4. ^ "Scott Robinson | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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