Orphy Robinson

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ex Jazz Jamaica, Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble

Award winning Vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist on the marimba, saxophone, trumpet, drums, piano, and steel pan, born October 13, 1960 in London, UK.

ALBUMS

Black Top (2) Presents: Hamid Drake, Elaine Mitchener, William Parker, Orphy Robinson, Pat Thomas

2021, 2xCD, Album, Otoroku,

Free Improvisation

Pat Thomas & Orphy Robinson

Jamal Moss, Mark Sanders, Orphy Robinson

2016, File, FLAC, Otoroku

Sun Araw & Orphy Robinson

2016, File, FLAC, Album, Otoroku,

Experimental/Free Improvisation

Chris Corsano, Joe McPhee, Eddie Prévost, Orphy Robinson

Free Improvisation

Tony Bevan / Orphy Robinson / John Edwards / Ashley Wales / Mark Sanders

We Packed Are Bags

2007, CD, Album, Foghorn Records,

Experimental/Free Improvisation

Tony Bevan, Orphy Robinson, John Edwards, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders

2005, CD, Album, Foghorn Records,

Free Improvisation

The Vibes Describes

The Funky End Of Things

ShivaNova, Orphy Robinson

1993, CD, Album, ShivaNova

Orphy Robinson + Annavas

When Tomorrow Comes

Orphy Robinson / Tony Remy

You Haven't Done Nothing / Boof

12", Promo, Not On Label

Kennedy*, Gershwin*

Kennedy Meets Gershwin

2018, CD, Album, Dig, Warner Classics,

Black Top (2), William Parker, Hamid Drake

2018, CD, Album, Babel

2018, CD, Album, Two Rivers Records

Carleen Anderson

Cage Street Memorial ~ The Pilgrimage

2016, CD, Album, Freestyle Records (2),

Black Top (2) , Special Guest Evan Parker

2015, CD, Album, Babel Label,

Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Experimental

Bab & Rolando 808

Mas Que Nada (Tony Trax Remixes)

Richard Anthony Davis

When You Need My Lovin' EP

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble

All There, Ever Out

Rock Bottom / Comicopera

2010, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, Domino, DominoDoubles,

Acoustic/Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient

Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit

An Open Letter To My Wife Mpumi

2009, CD, Album, Ogun,

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble

2009, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)

2008, CD, Album, Continuity... Records,

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation

London Improvisers Orchestra

Improvisations For George Riste

2008, CD, Album, psi (3),

Free Improvisation

London Improvisers Orchestra

Responses, Reproduction & Reality: Freedom Of The City 2003-4

2005, CD, Album, Emanem

London Improvisers Orchestra

Freedom Of The City 2002

2003, CD, Album, Emanem,

Free Improvisation

London Improvisers Orchestra

The Hearing Continues...

2001, 2xCD, Album, Emanem,

Free Improvisation

Never Let You Go

I Can't Turn Away

APPEARANCES +

Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn = Relics Of The Horsehair Harp

2024, CD, Album, Amgen

Sarah Jane Morris

Anthropology Band

Scald - Live 2022

2023, 3xCD, Album, Discus

Tony Kofi Quartet

2023, 2x12", Album, RE, The Last Music Company,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Cwmwl Tystion II / Riot!

2023, CD, Ty Cerdd Records

Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?

Monks Road Social

Rise Up Singing!

2022, LP, Album, Ltd, Wonderfulsound

Revisited, Remixed & Remastered

2021, CD, Album, Comp, Expansion,

Soul/Funk/Jazz-Funk

Jo Harman With Redtenbacher's Funkestra & Guests*

'Signature Soul' 100% Live At Masterlink Productions

2020, 12", EP, RSB Records (2)

London Improvisers Orchestra

Paul Rutherford Memorial Concert 24-10-2007

2020, File, FLAC, Not On Label (London Improvisers Orchestra Self-released)

Charles Hayward

Crossfade Estate

Monks Road Social

Backstreet Brit Funk Vol. 2 (A Collection Of The UK's Finest Underground Soul, Jazz-Funk And Disco)

Soul/Jazz-Funk/Disco/Funk

Contemporary/Modern

Water For Your Soul

2015, 2x Vinyl,

Nigel Kennedy – Vivaldi*

The New Four Seasons

2014, CD, Album, Echomaster,

Black Top (2) , Special Guest Steve Williamson

2014, CD, Album, Babel Label

Babel Label 1994-2014 (20 Years Of Jazz & Improvisation)

Just Not Cricket!

2013, 4xLP, Album + Box, Ltd, Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu,

Free Jazz/Free Improvisation

Bruise At The MAC

2013, File, MP3, 320, Foghorn Records

Beggar & Co. Featuring The Funk Jazz Collective

Sleeping Giants

2012, CD, Album, Expansion,

2011, CD, Album, MBJ Records

Private Behaviour

Natural Eloquence

2010, CD, Album, Alter Native Studios

4 Compositions For Orchestra

2010, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)

Essex Foam Party

2009, CD, Album, psi (3),

Free Improvisation/Experimental

2009, CD, Album, Hub Productions

Robert Wyatt Box Set

2009, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, Box Set,

Prog Rock/Art Rock

The Modern Sound Of Harry Beckett

Bop/Dub/Experimental/Rocksteady

Spring Heel Jack

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental

Beggar & Co* Featuring The Funk Jazz Collective

Brass, Strings N' Things

2007, CD, Album, MBJ Records,

Tanzwa Nekutambura (We've Suffered Enough)

2007, CD, Album, RDKV Music,

2007, CD MPO Pressing,

Acoustic/Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient

Bruise (6) With Derek Bailey

Bruise With Derek Bailey

2006, CD, Album, Foghorn Records

Tony Kofi Quartet

Plays Monk: All Is Know

2004, CD, Album, Specific Jazz

David Jean-Baptiste

The Nature Suite

2004, CD, Album, Laika Records

Freedom Of The City 2001 - Large Groups

2002, 2xCD, Album, Emanem,

Free Improvisation

Spectral Soprano

2002, 2xCD, Emanem,

Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Keith Waithe Featuring The Macusi Players

Mellifluous – Blossoming Into Truth

2002, CD, Album, Essequibo Music

Jazz Jamaica All Stars*

Cleveland Watkiss

Victory's Happy Songbook

Return To The Source........

Contemporary Jazz

Composition No. 30: Compilation III For Improvisers, Big Band And Chamber Ensemble

1998, 2xCD, Album, Mono, Bruce's Fingers

1996, CD, Album, Promo, Talkin' Loud

Sandra Cross With Alan Weekes

Just A Dream: The Birth Of Reggae Swing

One Love - Tribute To Bob Marley

Acid Jazz/Bossa Nova/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Samba

Acid Jazz/Jazzdance

Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes

Soft On The Inside

Contemporary Jazz

Introductions In The Dark

Fire In The Mountain

Freedom Principle (Acid Jazz & Other Illicit Grooves Vol. 2)

Acid Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Neo Soul

Traditions Beckoning

Contemporary R&B/Soul

Contemporary Jazz

Out Of Many, One People

Journey To The Urge Within

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

100 Minutes Of Disco Hits

1982, Cass, Comp, PRT,

Bumper 2 Bumper

1982, 2x Vinyl,

Downtempo/Boogie

Notes Inégales, Peter Wiegold

Expect The Unexpected

2021, CD, Album, Club Inégales,

Contemporary Jazz

2001, CD, Comp, Smugg Records

Meltdown Volume 1

1999, CD, Comp, Smugg Records

June Release ´96

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Verve Records,

Contemporary/Post-Modern

Stevie Wonder Songbook

55th Anniversary 1939 - 1994 Blue Note

1994, CD, Comp, Promo, EMI Records (Switzerland) AG,

Montreux Jazz Festival

1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Blue Note,

Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Latin Jazz/Post Bop

Acid Jazz,Hip Hop And Other Stories Around Midnight

Phat Jazz - Cool Spinnin' An' Hot Movin'

1993, CD, Comp, Capitol Records

PC Disc (Special For Radio)

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, EMI,

Acid Jazz/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Country

Jazz Collection '92

Tower Records: Simply The Best!

1991, Cass, Comp, Promo, EMI,

Acoustic/Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient