Jason Robinson (born September 20, 1975) is an American jazz saxophonist and academic.

Early life and education

Born in Northern California, Robinson was raised in the Sierra Nevada region. He attended the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

for one year before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in jazz studies and philosophy from

Sonoma State University Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's ...

. Robinson later earned a Master of Arts and PhD in music from the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

Career

Robinson was mentored by the bassist Mel Graves, who also recorded on ''From the Sun'', Robinson's first album as a leader. He was a member of the groups Cannonball and

Groundation Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. It is named for Rastafarian ceremony of Grounation. History Formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Marcus ...

, and founded Circumvention Music. In San Diego, he worked extensively with a trio that featured bassist Rob Thorsen and drummer Brett Sanders. Robinson has developed long-term collaborative groups, including Cosmologic and Trummerflora. In 2002, Robinson's album ''Tandem'', a series of duos, was released. He has music at Amherst College; the

; the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...

; Southwestern College;

Cuyamaca College Cuyamaca College is a public community college in Rancho San Diego, California. It is part of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District and the California Community Colleges System. Along with Grossmont College, it serves the eastern sub ...

; and

San Diego City College San Diego City College (City College or City) is a public community college in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Community College District and the California Community College System. San Diego City College is accredited by t ...

Discography

As leader

* ''From the Sun'' (Circumvention, 1998) * ''No Stars Please'' with Trummerflora (Accretions, 2001) * ''Tandem'' (Accretions, 2002) * ''Fingerprint'' (Circumvention, 2007) * ''Eyes in the Back of My Head'' with Cosmologic (Cuneiform, 2008) * ''Cerberus Rising'' (Circumvention, 2009) * ''The Two Faces of Janus'' (Cuneiform, 2010) * ''Cerulean Landscape'' with Anthony Davis (Clean Feed, 2010) * ''Cerberus Reigning'' (Accretions, 2010) * ''Tiresian Symmetry'' with JD Parran, Marcus Rojas, Liberty Ellman (Cuneiform, 2012) * ''Resonant Geographies'' (pfMENTUM, 2018)

As sideman

With Groundation * ''Each One Teach One'' (Young Tree, 2001) * ''Hebron Gate'' (Young Tree, 2002) * ''Dub Wars'' (Young Tree, 2005) * ''Upon the Bridge'' (Young Tree, 2006) * ''Here I Am'' (Naive, 2009) * ''A Miracle'' (Soulbeats, 2014) With others *

B-Side Players B-Side Players is an American band formed in 1994. The band incorporates the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of their homeland. The band also drops a bit of Cumbia, gritty street Samba, Son ...

, ''Radio Afro-Mexica'' (Global Noize, 2009) * Anthony Davis, ''Tania'' (Koch, 2001) *

Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz. Biography Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...

, ''A Trumpet in the Morning'' (New World, 2013) *

Hans Fjellestad Hans Fjellestad (born 1968) is a pianist, music composer and documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Biography Early life Hans Jorgen Fjellestad was born on May 2, 1968. He studied music composition and improvisation at University ...

, ''Dual Resonance'' (Circumvention, 2003)

References

External links

Jason Robinson
official website
"Amherst College visiting professor Jason Robinson offers a multi-site, real-time collaborative concert"
Valley Advocate, April 2, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Jason American jazz tenor saxophonists American male saxophonists Free jazz saxophonists American jazz composers American male jazz composers Free jazz composers American electronic musicians 1975 births Living people Avant-garde jazz composers Avant-garde jazz saxophonists 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians Sonoma State University alumni University of California, San Diego alumni University of California, San Diego faculty University of California, Irvine faculty Amherst College faculty