Robin Eubanks

Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz trombonist . Between 1989 and 1995 he was voted the best trombone player of the present five times by the critics of Down-Beat magazine .

Robin Eubanks

Life

Robin Eubanks was born on October 25, 1955 in Philadelphia into an extremely musical family. His mother was a music teacher whose brothers were Ray Bryant , a well-known jazz pianist, and jazz bassist Tommy Bryant . Eubank's brother is guitarist Kevin Eubanks , best known as the musical director of the Tonight Show ; his other brother, Duane Eubanks, is a trumpeter in New York . Robin Eubanks began his music education at the age of eight, first at the Settlement Music School, then at the Temple University School of Music (both in Philadelphia). At the University of Arts in Philadelphia he later studied not only trombone, but also music theory , harmony , composition and arranging .

Act

After graduation, he moved to New York, where he began a career as a freelance jazz musician . Since then he has played with well-known names such as Elvin Jones , Eddie Palmieri , Sun Ra , Barbra Streisand , The Rolling Stones and Talking Heads . He has received two Grammy awards: in 2003 with the Dave Holland Big Band for the album What Goes Around and in 2004 with Michael Breckers Quindectet for the album Wide Angels .

Eubanks was the musical director of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers for a brief period . He worked with the M-Base collective and is a member of the Dave Holland Quintet and the SFJazz Collective . He leads two own formations EB3 and Mental Images . EB3 is a trio made up of drummer Kenwood Dennard , pianist Michele Rosewoman and Eubanks. Mental Images is a larger formation with a partially changing line-up, including his brother Kevin Eubanks, drummer Billy Kilson and bassist Dave Holland.

Between 1984 and 1994 he was a teacher at the prestigious Banff Center in Alberta , Canada . Today he is Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio . He is also a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music and has given countless workshops and masterclasses around the world. Recently he has been increasingly active as a composer. In 2002 and 2003 he received two composition grants, one from Chamber Music America and the other from ASCAP .

Discographic notes

Recordings under your own name

• Wake Up Call (Sirocco Jazz, 1997)
• Karma ( JMT / Winter & Winter, 1990)
• Dedication (JMT / Winter & Winter, 1989)
• Different Perspectives (JMT / Winter & Winter, 1988)
• Mental Images (JMT Records / Winter & Winter, 1994)
• 4: JJ / Slide / Curtis and Al (TCB, 1998)
• Mental Images: Get 2 It (REM, 2001)

Recordings as a teammate (selection)

• Geri Allen : Open on All Sides - In the Middle ( minor music , 1987)
• Geri Allen: The Gathering ( Verve , 1998)
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Live at Montreux and North Sea (Timeless, 1980)
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: I Get a Kick out of Bu ( Soul Note , 1988)
• Kenny Drew Jr : Follow the Spirit (Sirocco Jazz, 2000)
• Joe Henderson : Big Band (Verve, 1992)
• Dave Holland Big Band: What Goes Around ( ECM , 2002)
• Dave Holland Quintet: Razor's Edge (ECM, 1987)
• Dave Holland Quintet: Not for Nothin ' (ECM, 2001)
• Dave Holland Quintet: Extended Play (ECM, 2003)
• Freddie Hubbard : Monk, Miles, Train & Cannon (Musicmaster, 1994)
• Freddie Hubbard: God Bless the Child (Musicmaster, 1998)
• Abdullah Ibrahim : Good News from Africa: Portrait ( Enja , 1979)
• JJ Johnson : Brass Orchestra ( PolyGram , 1996)
• BB King : Live at the Apollo ( MCA , 1990)
• Mingus Big Band: Essential Mingus Big Band (Dreyfus, 1996)
• Sun Ra: Other Side of the Sun (Universe, 1978)
• Barbra Streisand: The Concert ( Sony , 1994)
• Talking Heads: Naked ( Sire , 1988)
• McCoy Tyner Big Band: Uptown / Downtown (Milestone, 1988)
• McCoy Tyner : Incontournables ( WEA , 2000)
• Grover Washington Jr .: All My Tomorrows (Sony, 1994)
• Sadao Watanabe : Remembrance (Verve, 1999)

Web links

• Robin Eubank's official homepage
• Robin Eubanks at AMS Artists with extensive discography