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Jim Robinson (trombonist)

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Robinson's widely-recognized style was influential with many later traditional and New Orleans-style jazz trombonists in the United States and Europe. California trombonist Frank Demond assimilated Robinson’s style thoroughly and took his place in the Preservation Hall groups after Robinson’s death.
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Jazz Band. He gained greater fame with the resurgence of interest in early New Orleans jazz starting in the 1940s as a regular member of the bands of
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playing, using the slide to achieve a wide swoop between two notes (a technique that classical musicians call "glissando") and rhythmic effects.
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recording made in the 1940s. He also was known for promoting audience participation—especially encouraging dancing whenever feasible.
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Born Nathan Robinson in Deer Range, a small settlement on the west bank of lower
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Robinson arrived in New Orleans looking for work shortly before the
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on. In the 1920s, he made his first recordings as a member of the
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Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol. 2 From The Rare Center Series
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Robinson (left) in June 1950
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
New Orleans
Louisiana
Jazz
Trombone
jazz
New Orleans
trombone
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
James Brown Humphrey
1915 New Orleans hurricane
World War I
Sam Morgan
Bunk Johnson
George Lewis
Preservation Hall
Big Bill Bissonnette
Ice Cream
American Music Records
Touro Infirmary
Riverside
Biograph
""They're Tryin' to Wash Us Away": New Orleans Musicians Surviving Katrina"
the original
Sadie, Stanley
Tyrrell, John
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Macmillan Publishers
ISBN

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