Ikey Robinson
Isaac L. "Ikey" Robinson , also "Banjo Ikey" Robinson (born July 28, 1904 in Dublin , Virginia , † October 25, 1990 in Chicago ) was an American musician ( banjo , guitar , clarinet and vocals) from Chicago -Jazz .
biography
Ikey Robinson first played with local musicians in Virginia from the age of 14, in 1922 in the Harry Watkin's Orchestra. In 1926 he went to Chicago , where he then played in 1928/29 with Jelly Roll Morton , Clarence Williams and above all with Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces . He also worked with his own formations such as Ikey Robinson and his Band (with Jabbo Smith), The Hokum Trio, The Pods of Pepper, Windy City Five ( Scrunch-Lo ) and Sloke & Ike , with whom he made several records in 1935. u. a. with clarinetist Darnell Howard . Robinson also played with Wilbur Sweatman , Noble Sissle , Carroll Dickerson and Erskine Tate in the 1930s ; further recordings were made with Richard M. Jones (1927), Clarence Williams (in You Ain't Too Old as clarinetist), Herman Chittison and Fletcher Henderson (as vocalist in Take Me Away from the River , 1932). From the 1940s he worked with smaller ensembles; In the early 1960s with Franz Jackson and in Junie Cobb's New Hometown Band . He toured again with Jabbo Smith in the 1970s, and in the 1980s he worked in Germany with Abbi Hübner . In 1986 he made an appearance in the Howard Armstrong biopic Louie Bluie .
According to Scott Yanow , Robinson was “an excellent banjoist and singer, able to record both jazz and blues from the late 1920s to the late 1930s . Unfortunately, after the end of the swing era , he stopped making records for a long time, which then made him forget ”.
Filmography
- Louie Bluie (1986). Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Discography
- Banjo Ikey Robinson 1929-1937 (RST)
- Louie Bluie (Arhoolie)
- Jabbo Smith 1929-1938 ( Classics )
Web links
- Scott Yanow: Ikey Robinson at Allmusic (English)
- Short biography at Jazzbanjo
- Photography of the musician at Jazzbanjo
Lexical entry
- Bielefeld catalog 1985, 1988, 2001
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quote from Scott Yanow: Ikey Robinson at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robinson, Ikey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robinson, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin (Virginia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1990 |
| Place of death | Chicago |