Prince Robinson
Prince Robinson (June 7, 1902 – July 23, 1960) was an American jazz reed player. He was known for soloing on both tenor saxophone and clarinet in the same recording.
Prince Robinson
- Born
- 1902 · Portsmouth.
- Died
- 1960 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musician · saxophonist
- Fields
- jazz
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Prince Robinson, dont la naissance est enregistrée le 7 juin 1902 à Porthsmouth, Virginia et le décès le 23 juillet 1960 à New York, N.Y., figure dans les notices d'autorité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Early life
Early life
Robinson was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He learned to play clarinet as a teenager and moved to New York in 1923, after playing locally in Virginia.
Career
Career
In New York, Robinson quickly found work both performing and recording, with the Blue Rhythm Orchestra, June Clark, Duke Ellington, Billy Fowler, the Gulf Coast Seven, Fletcher Henderson, Lionel Howard, Clara Smith, and Elmer Snowden. He played in Leon Abbey's group on a tour of South America in 1927, and the following year became a member of McKinney's Cotton Pickers. In the 1930s, Robinson worked with Lil Armstrong, Willie Bryant, Blanche Calloway, Roy Eldridge, and with Teddy Wilson accompanying Billie Holiday. His career continued in the 1940s, including work with Louis Armstrong, Lucky Millinder, and Benny Morton; in 1945, he joined Claude Hopkins's band, remaining with Hopkins until 1952. Later in the 1950s, he worked with Fletcher Henderson again and with Red Allen and Freddie Washington, in addition to leading his own ensemble in 1953. His last recording was "Mainstream Jazz" by Andy Gibson and his Orchestra in 1959. He played a solo in tenor sax on the theme "Blueprint".
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Death
Robinson died in New York City in July 1960.
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Prince Robinson died in 1960 at New York City.
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- 1.Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945, Oxford University Press, 1989, .
- 2.auteur, Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster, Frank Büchmann-Møller, University of Michigan Press, 2006, .
- 3.Ellington: The Early Years. University of Illinois Press. 1954.
- 4.Discogs : Prince Robinson
- 5.Eugene Chadbourne. Prince Robinson. allmusic.com.
- 6.A. H. Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, Routledge, 2001, .
- 7.Hugues Panassié, Les rois du jazz: notes biographiques et critiques sur les principaux musiciens de jazz, Grasset, 1945, .
- 8.Chip Deffaa et John R. Johnsen, Jazz veterans, Cypress House, 1996, .
- 9.Art Hodes and Dale Curran, The Jazz Record, éditeur, 1944, .
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