The Mingus Article

The Mingus Article

I kept this article in my wallet for many, many years.  The purpose was to remind me to keep my big mouth shut. When I was living with them I wasn’t told that the fact that Mingus had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease – ALS) was a...
Reviews for Jazz Standards Vol 1 THEN

Reviews for Jazz Standards Vol 1 THEN

There have been LOTs of reviews in on Jazz Standards Vol 1, Then! Wonderful to see Henry Robinett’s “Jazz Standards, Vol. 1: Then” on the CD HotList’s recommended purchases for libraries. Thanks so much to Rick Anderson for making this CD a...
Jailhouse Blues — Interview in Sun Magazine

Jailhouse Blues — Interview in Sun Magazine

Henry Robinett On Teaching Inmates To Play The Guitar By Aaron Carnes • October 2017 In 1993 jazz musician Henry Robinett received a call asking if he was interested in teaching guitar to prison inmates. At the time his band, the Henry Robinett Group, had just...
Henry Robinett: I Have Known Mountains

Henry Robinett: I Have Known Mountains

By DAN BILAWSKY This fifth release from guitarist Henry Robinett has more than its fair share of hook-laden numbers, deep rivers, tributes, and positive musical offerings. It’s a highly personal statement that serves as a journal of sorts, with Robinett stepping...
Henry Robinett: I Have Known Mountains

Music Review: Henry Robinett – I Have Known Mountains

Jack Goodstein April 6, 2016 Melody is the key to I Have Known Mountains, the latest release from guitarist Henry Robinett. He fronts a sextet featuring Joe Gilman on piano, Tom Brechtlein on drums, Joshua Thurston-Milgrom on acoustic bass, Rob Lemas on electric bass,...