Pete Robbins

Pete Robbins ( born November 28, 1978 in Andover ( Massachusetts)) is an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and promoter.

Biography

Robbins graduated in 1997 from Phillips Academy in Andover and then studied until 2002 at the New England Conservatory and Tufts University .. He came in 2002 to New York, where he once worked with their own groups; he leads the band Centric, Silent Z and is a member of the trio Robbins / Pavone / Sorey ( with bassist Mario Pavane and drummer Tyshawn Sorey ) with performances, among others in New York's Cornelia Street Cafe and tours in the U.S. and Europe, where he was a guest on the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

In addition to his music activities Robbins 2004 worked as a curator of a jazz event series at the Cornelia Street Café, which was carried out by the non -profit organization Music for America. Here, Robbins played ' Centric Ensemble, among others with Dave Douglas, Uri Caine and Ravi Coltrane. For his compositions, he was with the New Works: Creation and Presentation Award Prize. Pete Robbins lives and works in Brooklyn.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Centric ( Telepathy, 2002)
  • Waits and Measures ( Playscape, 2004)
  • Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy ( Fresh Sound ( New Talent ), 2008 )
  • Silent Z - Live ( Hate Laugh Music, 2008)

Links / sources

  • Portrait in All About Jazz ( accessed on 14 July 2010)

References / Comments

  • Jazz saxophonist
  • Composer (Jazz)
  • American musician
  • Born in 1978
  • Man
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