Herb Robertson

Robertson died in Whiting, New Jersey, on December 10, 2024, at the age of 73.

• Name — Herb Robertson • Birth Name — Clarence C. Robertson • Born — 21 February 1951 • Birthplace — Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — 10 December 2024 • Place of death — Whiting, New Jersey, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instrument — * Trumpet • flugelhorn • Website — herbrobertson.com

• Transparency (JMT, 1985) • X-Cerpts: Live at Willisau (JMT, 1987) • Shades of Bud Powell (JMT, 1988) • Certified (JMT, 1991) • Falling in Flat Space (Cadence Jazz, 1996) with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen • Sound Implosion (CIMP, 1997) with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen • Ritual (CIMP, 2000) with Phil Haynes • Brooklyn-Berlin (CIMP, 2000) with Phil Haynes • Knudstock 2000 (Cadence, 2000) • Music for Long Attention Spans (Leo, 2001) • The Legend of the Missing Link (Septet & Quintet) (Splasc(h), 2001) • Elaboration (Clean Feed, 2005) • Sketches from the Other Side, For A.I. (Ruby Flower, 2006) • Parallelisms (Ruby Flower, 2007) with Evan Parker and Agustí Fernández • Real Aberration (Clean Feed, 2007) • Celebrations (Leo, 2007) with Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov, and Dieter Manderscheid • Live at Alchemia (Not Two Records, 2007) with Marcin Oleś and Bartłomiej Oleś • Passing the Torch (Ruby Flower, 2008) with Jean-Luc Cappozzo • Diablo en musica - Improvisations (Out/In Space, 2008) with Rich Messbauer and Tom Sayek • Party Enders (Not Two, 2011) with Dave Kaczorowski and Adrian Valosin • Rumble Seat (Not Two, 2012) with Steve Rust and Harvey Sorgen

With Ray Anderson • Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994) with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band With Tim Berne • The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1983) • Sanctified Dreams (Columbia, 1987) • Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989) • Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991) • Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993) • Nice View (JMT, 1994) • Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001) With Marc Ducret • News from the Front (JMT, 1992) With Mark Helias • Split Image (Enja, 1984) • The Current Set (Enja, 1987) • Desert Blue (Enja, 1989) • Attack the Future (Enja, 1992) With Andy Laster • Twirler (Sound Aspects, 1990) • Hydra (Sound Aspects, 1994) • Polyogue (Songlines, 1995) • Soft Shell (Knitting Factory, 2000; recorded 1998) With Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York • South Wind (Leo/Libra, 1997) • The Future of the Past (Enja, 2001) • Blueprint (MTC, 2003) • Undulation (PJL, 2005) • Summer Suite (Libra, 2007) • Eto (Libra, 2010)

• Stefan Winter - The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986) • Michael Moore Quintet – Home Game (Ramboy, 1992; recorded 1988) • Lindsey Horner – Never No More (Open Minds, 1991; recorded 1989) • The New York Composers Orchestra - Music by Marty Ehrlich, Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, Doug Wieselman (New World, 1990) • Bobby Previte – Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision, 1991) • Roberto Zorzi with Tim Berne, Bobby Previte, Mark Feldman, Herb Robertson, Matteo Ederle, Percy Jones - The Bang (Nueva, 1991; reissued as Bang! by ICTUS, 2011) • Marc Ducret - News from the Front (JMT, 1992) • Lesli Dalaba - Core Samples (EarRational, 1992) • Anthony Davis - X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, An Opera in Three Acts (Gramavision, 1992) • Klaus König - The Song of Songs (Enja, 1992) • Sibylle Pomorin / Terry Jenoure - Auguries of Speed (ITM, 1995) • Paul Lytton Quartet - The Balance of Trade (CIMP, 1996) • Lou Grassi's PoBand - Mo' Po (CIMP, 1997) • Joe Fonda - From the Source (Konnex, 1997) • Barry Guy New Orchestra - Inscape–Tableaux (Intakt, 2001) • Jay Rosen Trio - Drums 'n Bugles (CIMP, 2001) • Dominic Duval with Herb Robertson, Bob Hovey, Jay Rosen - Asylem (Leo, 2001) • Joe Lovano – Viva Caruso (Blue Note, 2002) • The Fonda / Stevens Group - Twelve Improvisations (Leo, 2004; recorded 2002) • Mokuto (with Lotte Anker) - Dressed Like a Horse (Ninth World, 2007; recorded 2003) • Gerry Hemingway Quartet – The Whimbler (Clean Feed, 2004) • Lou Grassi Quartet - Avanti Galoppi (CIMP, 2004) • Lou Grassi's PoBand - Infinite Potential (CIMP, 2005) • Barry Guy New Orchestra - Oort–Entropy (Intakt, 2005) • Stefan Winter - Der Kastanienball / The Chestnut Ball - The Fall of Lucrezia Borgia, "audio film" (Winter & Winter, 2005) • Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Negra Tigra (ILK, 2005) • Alípio C. Neto Quartet – The Perfume Comes Before the Flower (Clean Feed, 2008) • Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra - Harmos - Live in Schaffhausen (Intakt DVD, 2012; recorded 2008) • 100nka & Herb Robertson – Superdesert (Not Two, 2009) • Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Irène Schweizer – Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt, 2009) • Essex Improvisor's Collective "Lifting The Light" Fred Taylor Music 2010