Gino Robair
Gino Robair (* 1963 in Riverside (California) ) is an American percussionist , jazz and improvisation musician and composer .
Robair studied composition at the University of Redlands and Mills College . As a percussionist he was a student of Ron George , William Kraft , William Winant and Eddie Prévost . He has worked with musicians such as Anthony Braxton , Tom Waits , John Butcher , LaDonna Smith , Otomo Yoshihide , Eugene Chadbourne , Liz Allbee , John Zorn and Nina Hagen and is a founding member of the groups Splatter Trio and Pink Mountain .
In the early 2000s, he wrote his improvisational opera I, Norton, based on the life of the self-proclaimed emperor of the United States Joshua Norton , an eccentric known in Robair's hometown of San Francisco . A video about the conception and performance of the work was produced in 2006.
Robair has worked on more than 80 albums as a percussionist, sometimes also guitarist, keyboardist or musician on electroacoustic instruments (synthesizer, theremin, tape).
Discography (selection)
- Splatter Trio , 1990
- Splatter Trio: Anagrams , 1992
- Splatter Trio: Jump or Die , 1994
- Buddy Systems: Selected Duos and Trios with Dave Barrett , Myles Boisen , John Butcher, Carla Kihlstedt , Tim Perkis , Dan Plonsey , LaDonna Smith , Oluyemi Thomas , Otomo Yoshihide, 1995–98
- Crepuscular Music with Miya Masaoka , Tom Nunn , 1998
- Unity in Multiplicity with Oluyemi Thomas, 1998
- Duets (1997) with Anthony Braxton, 1999
- 12 Milagritos with John Butcher, Matthew Sperry , 2000
- Biggi Vinkeloe , George Cremaschi , Miya Masaoka , Gino Robair: Klang. Colour. Melody. ( 482 Music , 2004)
- New Oakland Burr with John Butcher, 2004
- Sputter with Birgit Ulher , 2005
- PopeWAFFEN with Ezramo, David Fenech, Wendelin Büchler, Argo Ulva, 2010
- Sabrina Siegel, Gino Robair, Tania Chen , Tom Djll, Bryan Day Blue Moon , 2019
Web links
- Discography at Allmusic
- Interview (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robair, Gino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American percussionist, jazz and improvisation musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riverside (California) |