Herb Robertson
Clarence "Herb" Robertson (born February 21, 1951 in Plainfield , New Jersey ) is an American jazz trumpeter .
Live and act
In addition to the trumpet , Robertson also plays the pocket trumpet , cornet , valve trombone and flugelhorn . He's been an important part of New York's downtown scene since the 1980s . At first he was noticed as part of Tim Berne's band Chaos Totale for his unpredictable, seemingly fluttering and yet always coherent contributions. He is known in Germany for his leading role in the recorded jazz fairy tale Die kleine Trumpet by Stefan F. Winter. He also worked with Charlie Haden , Mark Helias , David Sanborn , Marc Ducret and Bobby Previte . He has also made recordings with his own groups, including Shades of Bud Powell by the Herb Robertson Brass Ensemble.
Discographic notes
- Transparency ( Winter & Winter , 1988) with Tim Berne , Bill Frisell , Lindsey Horner , Joey Baron
- Shades of Bud Powell (Winter & Winter, 1988) with Brian Lynch , Robin Eubanks , Vincent Chancey , Bob Stewart , Joey Baron
- Certified (Winter & Winter, 1991) with Dave Taylor , Mack Goldsbury , Ed Schuller , Phil Haynes
- Sound Implosion ( CIMP , 1996) with Dominic Duval , Jay Rosen
- Brooklyn - Berlin (CIMP, 2000) with Vinny Golia , Ned Rothenberg , Ken Filiano , Phil Haynes
- Elaboration ( Clean Feed , 2004) with Tim Berne, Sylvie Courvoisier , Mark Dresser , Tom Rainey
- Frank Gratkowski , Herb Robertson, Simon Nabatov , Dieter Manderscheid : Celebrations ( Leo Records , 2007)
- Parallelisms (Ruby Flower Records, 2007), with Evan Parker , Agustí Fernández
- 100nka & Herb Robertson: Superdesert ( Not Two Records , 2009), with Adam Stodolski , Przemek Borowiecki , Tomek Leś
- Herb Robertson, Dave Kaczorowski , Adrian Valosin : Party Enders (Not Two Records, 2012)
- Harvey Sorge , Herb Robertson, Steve Rust: Rumble Seat (Not Two Records, 2012)
- Mark Solborg, Herb Robertson: Tuesday Prayers (Live) (ILK Music´, 2016)
Web links
- Works by Herb Robertson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Herb Robertson at Discogs (English)
- Herb Robertson at Allmusic (English)
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| SURNAME | Robertson, Herb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robertson, Clarence (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plainfield, New Jersey |