Home » Jazz Musicians » Robbie
Robbie
Robbie Robertson. Ringo Starr Play ‘The Weight’ With Musicians On Five Continents [VIDEO]
![Robbie Robertson. Ringo Starr Play ‘The Weight’ With Musicians On Five Continents [VIDEO]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/photos/logo/hypebotlogo2015.jpg){kind=logo}
Source:
HypeBot
Robbie Robertson, the co-founder of The Band and Ringo Starr have joined forces with Playing For Change, a grassroots multimedia music project dedicated to “inspiring and connecting the world through music,” for an epic, global rendition of The Bands' song “The Weight.” Born in 2002 as a shared vision between co-founders, Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke, to hit the streets of America with a mobile recording studio and cameras in search of “inspiration and the heartbeat of the people,” the ...
read more
Bill Miller: Robbie Williams
Source:
JazzWax by Marc Myers
To the best of my knowledge, pianist Bill Miller, who accompanied Frank Sinatra for more than 50 years, never recorded an album under his own name. He led a sextet in the early 1960s, but only while accompanying Sinatra on tour. In interviews prior to his death in 2006, Miller intimated that he occasionally played gigs in Los Angeles clubs, but he never mentioned recording an album either as a leader or as part of a small group. As a ...
read more
Dan Thomas and Voyage Playing Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Kansas City-based saxophonist Dan Thomas is returning to St. Louis to play at 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 3 and Saturday. May 4 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Thomas, a native Canadian who is associate director of jazz studies and co-chair of the division of jazz studies at UMKC's conservatory of music, will play with his band Voyage, which also includes Wayne Hawkins on piano, Forest Stewart on bass, and Mike Warren on drums. The group will be promoting their eponymous ...
read more
Mardra and Reggie Thomas Coming Home to Perform Saturday, February 9 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Singer Mardra Thomas (pictured) and keyboard player Reggie Thomas will be returning to St. Louis next month to perform at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 9 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Longtime fixtures on the St. Louis jazz scene, the Thomases moved to Michigan in 2011 after Reggie, who formerly taught at SIUE, got a new job teaching music at Michigan State University. In most years of the decade-plus before their move, the husband-and-wife team performed some time around Valentine's Day ...
read more
Harry Miller to Play Saturday, November 17 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Pianist and St. Louis expat Harry Miller, who grew up in University City and now lives in NYC, is coming back home this month to perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Miller's credits include a couple of years of road work with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's last touring group, Big Bop Nouveau, with whom the pianist played his last St. Louis gig about a decade ago. In addition to leading his own bands and doing ...
read more
Bobby Broom and Deep Blue Organ Trio Playing Thursday, September 13 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Guitarist Bobby Broom and the Deep Blue Organ trio are coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:30 p.m. next Thursday, September 13 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Broom (pictured), a New York native who now lives in Chicago, may be best known to jazz fans as a member of saxophonist Sonny Rollins' band from 1982 to 1987 and again from 2005 to 2010. His performing and recording credits also include work with Art Blakey, Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny ...
read more
Dan White Sextet to Perform Wednesday, July 18 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Dan White Sextet, an up-and-coming jazz group based in Columbus, OH, will make their St. Louis debut with a gig at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Comprised of five current or former Ohio State students, plus one member who's still matriculating at Juilliard, the group put out their first album, New York Sessions, earlier this year. It features an eclectic mix of originals and covers, ranging from Dave Matthews and Radiohead tunes to “Man ...
read more
Ronnie Burrage to Play Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Drummer Ronnie Burrage, who grew up in University City and has performed with many jazz greats, is coming back home to lead his own band in performances at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Burrage (pictured) has worked with musicians such as McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul and Archie Shepp, and also has appeared on gigs and recordings with other St. Louisans including Lester Bowie, Hamiet Bluiett, Kelvyn Bell, and ...
read more
Bobby Watson to Perform Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxophonist Bobby Watson (pictured), once part of the front line of drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and now an elder statesman of the Kansas City jazz scene, is returning to St. Louis to perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Watson last played St. Louis in December 2009 at Robbie's. In addition to his work with Blakey from 1977 to 1981, he has performed and recorded with many other well-known musicians, ...
read more
Eric Person to Play Saturday, April 23 at Robbie's House of Jazz
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxophonist and St. Louis native Eric Person (pictured) is coming back home later this month to perform Saturday, April 23 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Person, who now lives in Brooklyn and doesn't get back to St. Louis all that often, will be joined for the gig by bassist Willem von Hombracht and drummer Demarius Hicks. His most recent CD The Grand Illusion was released in the fall of 2010, and his last performance here in St. Louis was back ...
read more
Robbie
