Orphy Robinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Orphy Robinson
Occupation	Jazz Musician
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1960(1960-10-13)
Age	64
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Orphy Robinson Biography

Orphy Robinson is one of the most popular and richest Jazz Musician who was born on October 13, 1960 in London, England, United Kingdom. Orphy Robinson (born 13 October 1960) is a British jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays vibraphone, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet, piano, marimba, steelpans, and drums. He has composed music for films, television and theatre.

In the UK celebrations of the bicentennial in the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 2007 the composer was commissioned to compose and perform pieces of his collection Routes Through Roots in the Houses of Parliament. He was approached to write a suite for Phoenix Dance Phoenix Dance company to write 42 Shades of Black. The composer was commissioned at the end of June to compose an arrangement for the combined Shivanova as well as the Ignite groups for 2014’s Women’s Festival held at Kings Place in the UK. He composed a suite scores for English Proms at the Royal Albert Hall as well as for the Romanian violinist Alexander Balanescu.

In the latter part of 2009 he was invited to become musical director of a large ensemble at The Roundhouse with drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd. The duo Black Top was formed in 2011 with Free Improv pianist Pat Thomas. An album entitled #One was released internationally in July 2014 on the Babel Label with guest saxophonist Steve Williamson. The second Black Top album, #Two, had Evan Parker as guest.

During 2009, several albums featured Robinson as guest soloist, including No Now Is So! by the Alexander Hawkins ensemble, Out of Office by the Burn Out Mama band from Finland, and albums by Louis Moholo, Leee John, and Beggar & Co. Since late 2009 he has been a featured soloist on marimba/vibraphone with violinist Nigel Kennedy, performing an extensive repertoire including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Jimi Hendrix, and Duke Ellington. He has performed as guest musician on three albums with Kennedy: The Four Elements (2011), Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons (2015), and My World (2016).

In the 90s, Robinson released two critically popular solo albums, Tomorrow is Here and the Vibes of describing. Robinson has been recorded with guest artist and has performed in concert with Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt.

Orphy Robinson Net Worth

Orphy Robinson is one of the richest Jazz Musician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Orphy Robinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Robinson is the founder of Edge (The Shape of Things to Come) (The Shape of Things to Come) group of musicians, writers and event organizers who organize events as alternative to The London Jazz Festival. Because of the popularity of their inaugural program, which was titled Edge 08, Robinson and journalist Paul Bradshaw continued to curate events around the world in addition to all- year-round activities throughout the UK. Their Love Supreme project Reimagined is a tribute of the classic 1965 John Coltrane album A Love Supreme which featured a massive group with Robinson as the Musical Director, won high praise in the 2013 South Bank Meltdown Festival curated by James Lavelle.

He started his professional journey with the group Savanna in the latter part of the 1970s. In the mid- to late 1980s, he was an active member of the Jazz Warriors and with Courtney Pine. And he also collaborated together with Mica Paris as well as Andy Sheppard.

He started the ensemble The Spontaneous Cosmic RawXtra at Kings Place concert venue in October 2009. The ensemble was included in Black British Jazz (2014), an Open University book by Jason Toynbee. A DVD and recording were released in 2015.

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Facts & Trivia

Orphy Ranked on the list of most popular Jazz Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Orphy Robinson celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.