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Spike Robinson (Henry Bertholf Robinson) was born on 16 January, 1930 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is an American jazz saxophonist. Discover Spike Robinson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Henry Bertholf Robinson
Occupation Musician
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 16 January 1930
Birthday 16 January
Birthplace Kenosha, Wisconsin
Date of death 29 October, 2001
Died Place Writtle, England
Nationality United States

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1930

Henry Bertholf "Spike" Robinson (January 16, 1930 – October 29, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

He began playing at age twelve, recording on several labels, including Discovery, Hep and Concord.

However, he sought an engineering degree and followed that profession for nearly 30 years.

Robinson was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on January 16, 1930.

Beginning on alto saxophone in his early years, Robinson soon discovered that it was hard to make a living playing the kind of music he wanted to play.

1948

In 1948, Robinson joined the US Navy as a musician and by 1950 was based in the UK.

He was soon regularly jamming at London's Club Eleven, Downbeat Club and Studio 51 with leading UK beboppers, including Tommy Pollard, Johnny Dankworth and Victor Feldman.

He made a few records for Carlo Krahmer's Esquire label but eventually was transferred home and demobilized.

Unhappy with the music scene in the Chicago area, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study electronic engineering at university.

For most of the next 30 years he lived and worked in Colorado, eventually taking up music again, this time playing tenor saxophone and working nights at local clubs.

A constant musical companion of these times was Dave Grusin.

1980

Throughout the rest of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, he played at clubs and festivals throughout the UK, Europe and in various parts of the US, making his New York debut at Christmas 1990.

A succession of albums, most as leader but some with artists such as Louis Stewart, Harry Edison, Al Cohn, Roy Williams and Claude Tissendier, attracted high critical and public praise.

Despite his bebop beginnings, the mature musician who emerged in the 1980s from self-imposed exile was a consummate ballad player who explored the endless archives of the Great American Songbook.

His rhapsodic, breathy style is instantly identifiable and the effortless loping swing of everything he played.

1981

In 1981 he returned to recording music.

In 1981, Robinson recorded for the first time since his London sessions, which also featured pianist Victor Feldman and bassist Ray Brown.

His album was Spike Robinson Plays Harry Warren.

1984

Encouraged to visit the UK by a British fan, in 1984 Robinson began a series of tours which were so successful that he took early retirement from his engineering job to turn to a full-time career in music, appearing with established British jazz musicians such as fellow tenor Dick Morrissey, pianist Bill Le Sage, bassist Alec Dankworth and drummer Bill Eyden, among others.

1989

He moved to England in 1989.

1990

In the early 1990s, Robinson was touring extensively from a UK base, recording many albums and headlining at clubs and festivals in Europe and the USA.

2001

He died in Writtle, Essex on October 29, 2001.

"Robinson's playing was characterised by a mellow tone, unaggressive approach and a deep affinity with the classic American song. Broadly speaking, he was one of that school of tenor saxophonists who followed in the wake of Lester Young, players such as Stan Getz and Zoot Sims, but he had developed his own highly engaging voice within that style."

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