Pete Robbins

Pete Robbins Quartet: Pyramid

by Stefano Merighi
June 4, 2014

Avevamo lasciato Pete Robbins come protagonista del notevole album con il Transatlantic Quartet (Live in Basel) ed eccolo di nuovo, nel frattempo impegnato in diversi progetti, con un quartetto newyorkese da sogno, composto da Vijay Iyer, Eivind Opsvik e Tyshawn Sorey. Pyramid è un album un po' particolare, che assembla materiale originale a riletture di classici pop, con un montaggio piuttosto leggero, che non lascia trapelare speciali disegni espressivi. Si percepisce un'atmosfera rilassata e amicale, sorridente, legata ...

Pete Robbins: Pyramid

by Glenn Astarita
January 21, 2014

New York-based saxophonist, composer Pete Robbins has been on a fast- track, surging to the upper echelon of global jazz talent. And Pyramid rekindles impressions of drummer, composer John Hollenbeck's early 2013 release Songs I Like A Lot, where specific pop and rock songs from yesteryear, inspire the artists to execute a personal reinterpretation or refresh via the essence of modern jazz frameworks. Moreover, Robbins reaps the positive benefits of a superstar-like supporting band, including the recent recipient of a ...

Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet: Live In Basel

by Mark Corroto
February 3, 2012

Like most modern jazz players, alto saxophonist Pete Robbins works in multiple bands, playing varying styles and disciplines of this thing called jazz. Sounds reasonable, yes? But, thirty years ago this wasn't possible. Musicians, listeners, and jazz critics (let's not leave them out) had to take sides, choose categories and labels to classify and compartmentalize their music. You were either a traditionalist, a fusion advocate, or an avant-garde specialist. Neither the twain shall meet. Sound like politics in America today?

Pete Robbins: Balance Dream

by Gordon Marshall
August 24, 2010

Pete Robbins is all about balance, in temperament and as an artist. He produces a polished sound on his alto saxophone, with a light tone betraying corners of darkness and complexity. Already an accomplished leader at 31, he grafts his sound onto ensembles of varying sizes with aplomb and equanimity. His style as a leader is distinctive. Just as distinctive are the contributions of his disciplined band members, heeding Robbins' swift directives but always sustaining a fine weave of individual ...

Pete Robbins: siLENT Z Live

by Mark F. Turner
July 13, 2010

Since his 2002 debut, Centric (Telepathy Records), saxophonist Pete Robbins has charted a centrifugal trajectory, moving outward from traditional boundaries. His previous releases--Waits & Measures (Playscape, 2006) and Do The Laugh Hate Shimmy (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2008)--incorporated elements of jazz, rock and electronics with thought-provoking writing and improvisation. Incessantly stirring the creative juices in any number of projects/ensembles, this release documents Robbins' siLENT Z band, at New York's Cornelia Street Cafe and would prompt the question of how his ...

siLENT Z: siLENTZ

by Elliott Simon
May 10, 2010

Downstairs at the Cornelia Street Café in the Village is one of the more intimate places to see live jazz in the city. The program there is intentionally eclectic and siLENT Z Live, from altoist Pete Robbins, captures his angular group in those comfortable environs. All other things being equal, the make or break for a live recording is the extent to which the performances thus immortalized remain fresh enough to endure repeated listening. Is the spontaneity ...

Pete Robbins: Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy

by Wilbur MacKenzie
May 8, 2008

Altoist Pete Robbins' Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy functions like a treatise on synthesis, where disparate influences are not so much juxtaposed as woven together with style and grace. This CD makes a clear statement that these are times that celebrate a storied history of musical innovation. What felt like a gradual exploration of evolving alternatives in the 20th Century is now reaching a level of refinement, where today's innovators are synthesizing the work of predecessors who had done the ...

Enter the "Pete Robbins - Pyramid" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Pete Robbins - Pyramid“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 16th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Pete Robbins at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Pete Robbins on Pyramid Pyramid represents a flourishing of my long-standing musical relationships with bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, as well as my long-hoped-for collaboration with MacArthur Fellow and ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

Source: Michael Ricci
November 28, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today!

“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New York in September, 2002, and immediately became “a welcome presence on the creative music scene.” He leads his groups Centric, sILENT Z, and the Robbins/Pavone/Sorey Trio at New York venues such as the 55 Bar... Read more. ...
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Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet - Live in Basel (2012)

Source: Something Else!
January 31, 2012

Both Pete Robbins' band and music represents reaching across from one space to another. The aptly named Transatlantic Quartet consists of musicians on either side of the “pond," starting with the Massachusetts saxophonist Robbins joined by his Irish bassist Simon Jermyn living in NYC, Canadian drummer Kevin Brow living in Copenhagen and guitarist Mikkel Ploug who splits his time between his native Copenhagen and Berlin. The music does its own “reaching across," from advanced modern jazz to indie rock, but ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

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November 28, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today!

“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New York in September, 2002, and immediately became “a welcome presence on the creative music scene.” He leads his groups Centric, sILENT Z, and the Robbins/Pavone/Sorey Trio at New York venues such as the 55 Bar...“I like Robbins’ ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

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November 28, 2010

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Saxophonist Pete Robbins Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
August 24, 2010

Pete Robbins is all about balance, in temperament and as an artist. He produces a polished sound on his alto saxophone, with a light tone betraying corners of darkness and complexity. Already an accomplished leader at 31, he grafts his sound onto ensembles of varying sizes with aplomb and equanimity. His style as a leader is distinctive. Just as distinctive are the contributions of his disciplined band members, heeding Robbins' swift directives but always sustaining a fine weave of individual ...
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Pete Robbins - Silent Z Live (Hate Laugh Music)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 9, 2010

Concert versus studio. That enduring dichotomy of setting is a driving factor in altoist Pete Robbins' fourth release. His third was a studio affair; one that while deemed an overall success by the altoist didn't quite muster the intensity of his live work. This set, pulled from a pair of dates at Brooklyn venues, has intensity to spare thanks in no small part to the colleagues convened for the occasions. The other obvious determinant is Robbins' songbook, an eclectic assemblage ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

Source: Michael Ricci
November 28, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today!

JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

Source: Michael Ricci
November 28, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today!

JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins

“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New York in September, 2002... more

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Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins on Tour

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 24, 2008

Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins ON TOUR In Support and Celebration of his Fresh Sound/New Talent CD Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy. Available in stores and online on April 29, 2008

“[Robbins leads an] ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility." - NATE CHINEN, The New York Times

PETE ROBBINS CD Release Celebrations/Performances for Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy:

Saturday, May 3rd The Cornelia Street ...
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