Home » Jazz Musicians » Matt Robinson

Matt Robinson

Sign in / sign up and request update access to the Matt Robinson page.


Tags

3
Album Review

Corrie Dick: Sun Swells

Read "Sun Swells" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Corrie Dick is a multi-instrumentalist who has recorded on drums, piano, vocals, synth, guitar, and trumpet. As a composer, Dick is known for his dynamism, his melodic slant, and his playfully subversive melding of genres. Presenting his sonically inventive drumming, which has a rhythmic epicenter of a new era of innovative British jazz, is Dick's release Sun Swells . The album's theme is to create a folk-rock-jazz with rock instrumentation and color by Rob Luft on guitar and Tom McCredie ...

10
Album Review

Henry Spencer: The Defector

Read "The Defector" reviewed by Neil Duggan


In 2011, trumpeter Henry Spencer won the Best Newcomer Award at the jazz festival in the Wiltshire town of Marlborough; he went on to win the Emerging Excellence Award from Help Musicians UK in 2014. Sometimes these awards add extra pressure or, as is the case here, propel the musician to new heights. He climbs very close to the summit here with The Defector. The nine compositions on the album were inspired by those who defect -soldiers, politicians or partners ...

6
Album Review

Beth Duncan: I'm All Yours

Read "I'm All Yours" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


As fertile and durable as the Great American Songbook is, like fossil fuels it is not an infinite and forgiving loam. It is a splendid jumping-off point, both historically and contemporarily, for the swan dive into jazz. At least tangentially, it also serves as the creative spark, igniting new, more progressive composition. This is where Sacramento-based singer Beth Duncan and, by extension, composer & lyricist Martine Tabilio deftly enter the picture. Duncan's previous two recordings Orange Colored Sky ...

Read more articles

Photos

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Defector

AMP Music & Records
2023

buy

Sun Swells

Ubuntu Music
2022

buy

I'm All Yours

Saccat Records
2020

buy

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.