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Orphy Robinson (Orphy Everton Robinson) was born on 13 October, 1960 in London, England, is a British jazz musician and composer. Discover Orphy 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 63 years old?

Popular As Orphy Everton Robinson
Occupation Musician, composer, educator
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 13 October, 1960
Birthday 13 October
Birthplace London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1960

Orphy Robinson MBE (born 13 October 1960) is a British jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays vibraphone, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet, piano, marimba, steelpans and drums.

He has written music for television, film and theatre.

1965

Their project Love Supreme Reimagined, a homage to the 1965 John Coltrane album A Love Supreme, a large-scale ensemble with Robinson in the role of musical director, received critical acclaim at the 2014 South Bank Meltdown Festival curated by James Lavelle.

1970

Robinson began his professional career with the band Savanna in the late 1970s.

1980

During the mid- to late-1980s, he was a member of the Jazz Warriors with Courtney Pine, and worked with Mica Paris and Andy Sheppard.

1990

In the 1990s, Robinson released two critically acclaimed solo albums: When Tomorrow Comes and The Vibes Describes.

He has recorded as a guest musician and has toured with Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt.

2007

For the UK celebration of the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 2007, Robinson was commissioned to write and perform pieces from his suite Routes Through Roots in the Houses of Parliament.

He was commissioned by the Phoenix Dance company to write 42 Shades of Black.

2009

During 2009, several albums featured Robinson as guest soloist, including No Now Is So! by the Alexander Hawkins ensemble, Out of Office by the Burn Out Mama band from Finland, and albums by Louis Moholo, Leee John and Beggar & Co.

Since late 2009, he has been a featured soloist on marimba and vibraphone with the violinist Nigel Kennedy, performing an extensive repertoire including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Jimi Hendrix and Duke Ellington.

In the latter part of 2009, he was invited to become musical director of a large ensemble at The Roundhouse with the drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.

Robinson started The Spontaneous Cosmic RawXtra ensemble at the Kings Place concert venue in October 2009.

2011

Robinson has performed as guest musician on three albums with Kennedy: The Four Elements (2011), Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons (2015) and My World (2016).

The duo Black Top was formed in 2011 with the Free Improv pianist Pat Thomas.

2014

In June 2014, he was commissioned to write a suite for the combined Shivanova and Ignite ensembles for the 2014 Women's Festival at Kings Place in the UK.

He has written for The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and for the Romanian violin virtuoso Alexander Balanescu.

An album entitled #One was released internationally in July 2014 on the Babel Label with guest saxophonist Steve Williamson.

The second Black Top album, #Two, had Evan Parker as guest.

The ensemble was included in Black British Jazz (2014), an Open University book by Jason Toynbee.

2015

A DVD and recording were released in 2015.

Robinson was instrumental in the formation of the band Malik & the O.G's with band leader Malik Al Nasir and also in his tribute to Gil Scott-Heron at St George's Hall, Liverpool, entitled The Revolution Will Be Live!

Robinson has worked with Lester Bowie, Don Cherry, Neneh Cherry, Junior Giscombe, Kate Havnevik, Imagination, Lionel Loueke, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick, Joe McPhee, Thurston Moore, Butch Morris, David Murray, Sunny Murray, Mica Paris, Robert Plant, Wadada Leo Smith, Spring Heel Jack, Joss Stone, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, John Tchicai, Kenny Thomas and Nana Vasconcelos.

Robinson represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

He has worked in schools and on large-scale education projects, including at the Hackney Empire, where he led the Music Education department for more than ten years.

He has been on the board of The Vortex jazz club, Warriors International, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and the Participation and Learning Education advisory board at the Hackney Empire.

Robinson is a founding member of Edge (The Shape of Things to Come), a group of artists, writers and promoters curating events pitched as a fringe to the London Jazz Festival.

Due to the success of their first programme, titled Edge 08, Robinson and the journalist Paul Bradshaw continued to curate events internationally as well as all-year round events in the UK.

2016

Robinson produced Carleen Anderson's album Cage Street Memorial (2016).

2017

In 2017, Anderson was nominated as Best Jazz Vocalist at the Jazz FM Jazz Awards.

2018

In 2018, the album was nominated in the Jazz Innovation category at the same awards.

With Savannah

With Black Top

Other

With Beggar & Co

With Tony Bevan

With Jazz Warriors

With the London Improvisors Orchestra