Eli Robinson

Eli Robinson
Birth name Eli Robinson
Born (1911-06-24)June 24, 1911
Greenville, Georgia, United States
Died December 24, 1972(1972-12-24) (aged 61)
New York, United States
Genres Jazz
Instruments Trombone
Years active 1930s–1970s
Associated acts Count Basie
Buddy Tate
Lucky Millinder

Eli Robinson (23 June 1911-24 December 1972) was a jazz trombonist and arranger. After working in Cincinnati in bands led by Speed Webb[1] and Zack White, as well as McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and making his first recordings in 1935 with Blanche Calloway,[2] in 1936 he moved to New York where he played with Teddy Hill, and Willie Bryant. After working briefly with Roy Eldridge in Chicago in 1939, he joined Count Basie[3] from 1941 to 1947.[4] In the 1950s and 60s, he worked with Lucky Millinder and Buddy Tate.[4]

Discography

As sideman

References

  1. Wilson, Teddy and Ligthart, Arie (2001) Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz, p. 10. Continuum International Publishing Group at Google Books. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (1994). "Robinson, Eli". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (Single vol. 1st ed.). London: The Macmillan Press. p. 1052. ISBN 0-312-11357-9. [gives birth year as 1908]
  3. Basie, Count (2002) Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie, p. 274. Da Capo Press. at Google Books. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Feather, Leonard and Gitler, Ira (1999) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 563. Oxford University Press at Google Books. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 Abrams, Steven. "Vocalion 3000 - 3500 (1935 - 1937)". The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Savoy Records Discography: 1931-1944". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Savoy Records Discography: 1945". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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