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A Song For Tomorrow Feat. Stephanie Johnson & Peter Kowald by Jason Robinson

Artist Biography For Jason Robinson

The Music Of American Saxophonist And Scholar Jason Robinson Thrives In The Fertile Overlaps Between Improvisation And Composition Acoustic Music And Electronics Tradition And Experimentalism. Initially A Devotee Of Post-1960s Jazz And Creative Music Robinson’s Music Is A Modern Amalgam Of Cutting-Edge Trends In Jazz Practice And Electroacoustic Music. Described As A “potent Improviser” By Bill Milkowski Of JazzTimes And “wildly Spontaneous” By Don Heckman Of The Los Angeles Times Robinson Is A Distinct Voice In A New Generation Of Creative Musicians In Equal Dialogue With Jazz Popular Music Experimental Music And Electronic Music. Fall 2010 Marks A Watershed In Robinson’s Output As A Leader. He Releases Three Concurrent Albums Showcasing An Enormous Breadth Of Creative Work. These Releases Include The Two Faces Of Janus Cuneiform Featuring A New York-Based Ensemble That Includes Drew Gress Liberty Ellman George Schuller Marty Ehrlich And Rudresh Mahanthappa Cerulean Landscape Clean Feed Featuring The Long Time Collaboration Of Robinson And Acclaimed Pianist And Composer Anthony Davis And Cerberus Reigning Accretions The Much Anticipated Second Installment Of The “Cerberus” Trilogy Featuring Robinson’s Remarkable Solo Electroacoustic Music. He Performs Regularly As A Soloist Acoustically And With Electronics With Groups He Co-Leads Cosmologic And The Cross Border Trio As A Leader Of Varying Ensembles Performing His Original Music And In A Variety Of Collaborative Contexts. He Has Performed At Festivals And Prominent Venues In The United States Canada Mexico And Europe And/or Recorded With Peter Kowald George Lewis Anthony Davis Drew Gress Rudresh Mahanthappa Marty Ehrlich Eugene Chadbourne Earl Howard Toots And The Maytals Groundation Bertram Turetzky Mark Dresser John Russell Roger Turner Gerry Hemingway Kei Akagi Mel Graves Liberty Ellman Babatunde Olatunji Mel Martin Marco Eneidi Lisle Ellis Raphe Malik Mike Wofford Philip Gelb J.D. Parran Dana Reason David Borgo Contemporary Jazz Orchestra At Pearl's San Francisco The La Jolla Symphony SONOR UCSD And The San Francisco Mime Troupe Among Others. As A Scholar Robinson’s Work Unpacks The Relationship Between Improvised And Popular Musics Experimentalism And Cultural Identity. He Has Published Articles And Reviews In Ethnomusicology Jazz Perspectives And Critical Studies In Improvisation/ Études Critiques En Improvisation. Robinson Is An Assistant Professor Of Music At Amherst College And Holds A Ph.D. In Music From The University Of California San Diego. In Addition To Touring And Teaching Robinson Splits His Time Between The East And West Coasts Of The U.S. And Is Married To Stephanie Robinson An Acclaimed Performer Composer And Electronic Musician.

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