Member Since: 10/9/2005
Band Website: peterobbins.com
Band Members: CENTRIC: pete - alto saxophone; sam sadigursky - tenor saxophone & clarinet; eliot cardinaux - keys; thomas morgan - bass; dan weiss - drums ************************************************************
********* SILENT Z: pete - alto saxophone, fx; jesse neuman - trumpet, fx; mike gamble - guitar, fx; thomas morgan - bass; tyshawn sorey - drums ************************************************************
********* ROBBINS / PAVONE / SOREY TRIO: pete robbins - alto saxophone; mario pavone - bass; tyshawn sorey - drums
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also...ned ferm, craig taborn, soren kjaergaard, jacob anderskov, peter evans, daniel levin, ryan blotnick, ben monder, eivind opsvik, rob jost, perry wortman, kresten osgood, kenny wollesen, kevin brow, jeff davis, thomson kneeland...
Influences: tim berne lee konitz meshuggah the books john cage wayne shorter autechre william faulkner albert ayler deerhoof george garzone benoit delbecq mobius band anthony braxton miles davis yes gyorgi ligeti john coltrane the dirty projectors john updike j.s. bach joe maneri mark turner shopping joe morris wes anderson fred frith paul bley randy peterson frank zappa kneebody daisuke matsuzaka julia wolfe paul desmond blue bus dexter gordon herbie hancock stan getz the walkmen glenn gould peter gammons mark dresser steve coleman the wire iron & wine eminem maceo parker morton feldman dick oatts noah baumbach the strokes guys who call me "papi"
Sounds Like: "Mr. Robbins, an industrious and venturesome alto saxophonist and clarinetist, 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. ...[A]n intimate jazz-rock hybrid...[C]omplex but welcoming, and ultimately light on its feet....Mr. Robbins plays with coolness as well as confidence....[H]is compositions seem to breathe according to some collective whim." (Nate Chinen, New York Times) ********** "Several of Robbins' tunes are flag-wavers, teeming with broad, catchy melodies. That's at odds with the very intricate lines thread together to create such themes, and that dynamic is why Centric[, his ensemble,] is so intriguing....As a horn player, Robbins has liquid timbre that can remind just how pretty modern jazz can be." (Jim Macnie - The Village Voice, The Providence Phoenix) ********** "Mr. Robbins played hard and fluidly, landing heavily on unexpected notes to give his solos funk and shape....it was a band of equal shares, and they built the abrupt, shuddering, wriggling music together." (Ben Ratliff - New York Times) ********** "'Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy'...continues Robbins's project of crafting lush contemporary jazz that cruises along smoothly despite its complex architecture...Both cerebral and funky." (Hank Shteamer, Time Out New York)(VIDEO = Pete Robbins Quartet, Live in Bilbao, April 5 2008, excerpt from "Bugle Call")
Record Label: Fresh Sound / Playscape / Telepathy
Type of Label: Indie