Billy Robinson (saxophonist)
Billy Robinson (born May 31, 1939 in Fort Worth , Texas , † August 11, 2005 in Ottawa , Ontario ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone ).
Live and act
Robinson played at the beginning of his career a. a. with John Carter , Ornette Coleman, and Dewey Redman . He lived in San Francisco in the mid-1960s; He then moved to New York, where he worked with Charles Mingus from 1969-70 , but without recording with him. He converted to Islam in the late 1960s and was a practicing Muslim for the rest of his life. He moved to Montreal, where he married his first wife in 1970; their son Zurvan was born from the marriage. In 1974 he married Suzanne Cyr, with whom he moved to Ottawa in 1978 and performed sporadically at the local level. Robinson's first album under his own name, Evolution's Blend , was written in Ontario in 1972 for Radio Canada International; He was also involved in recordings of Archie Shepp ( Attica Blues , Impulse! 1972) and Sadik Hakim ( Gray Cup Caper 1973). After Tom Lord , he was involved in six recording sessions between 1972 and 1998. He died in 2005 of complications from a heart attack .
Discographic notes
- Evolution's Blend (1972), with Pierre Leduc , Peter Leitch , Errol Walters , Jim Norman
- Doubt Dropping (Tocma, 1991), with Jean Beaudet, Steve Watson, Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyr
- A Short Turn to the Future (Tocma, 1998), with Dave Restivo, Roddy Elias, Jim Vivian, Martin August
Web links
- Billy Robinson at Allmusic (English)
- Billy Robinson at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Obituary by Ron Sweetman in JazzHouse
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 26, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robinson, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Samad, Jathiya A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Worth , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2005 |
| Place of death | Ottawa , Ontario |