Justin Robinson

Justin Robinson (born August 14, 1968) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. He has performed with artists such as Cecil Brooks III, the Harper Brothers (Phillip and Winard), Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, Jimmy Scott, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band, and was a long-time member of the quintet and big band of trumpeter Roy Hargrove.

Life and career Robinson was born in Manhattan and first began playing saxophone at the age of 13, while attending LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts in New York City. His first influences were Charlie Parker and Jackie McLean.

Discography

As leader 1991: Justin Time (Verve) – with Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson, Kenny Barron, Stephen Scott, Peter Washington, and Lewis Nash 2012: In the Spur of the Moment (WJ3) 2014: Alana's Fantasy (Criss Cross Jazz) 2019: At First Light (WJ3)

As member/sideman With Roy Hargrove 2006: Nothing Serious (Verve) 2008: Earfood (EmArcy) 2009: The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Emergence (EmArcy) With others

1990: The Harper Brothers (Philip and Winard), Remembrance: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve) 1990: Cecil Brooks III, Hangin' with Smooth (Muse)

1997: Abbey Lincoln, Who Used to Dance (Verve)