Spike Robinson
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Henry Bertholf âSpikeâ Robinson (1930â2001), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Robinson began playing at age twelve and joined the US Navy in 1948. While based in the United Kingdom in 1950, Robinson performed at Club Eleven with musicians including Tommy Pollard, Johnny Dankworth, and Victor Feldman. Robinson worked as an electronic engineer for three decades before returning to music in 1981. His discography includes the albums Spike Robinson Plays Harry Warren (1981), recorded with Ray Brown, At Chesters Volume 1 (1984), The Gershwin Collection (1987), and Three for the Road (1989). Robinson moved permanently to England in 1989 and performed with Dick Morrissey and Bill Le Sage. In 2000, Robinson released the album Young Lions Old Tigers, which won Jazz CD of the Year at the British Jazz Awards. Robinson died in Writtle, England, on October 29, 2001.
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- Have You Met Miss Jones
- Quietly There by Spike Robinson
- What Am I Here For
- Seems Like Old Times
- So Do I by Spike Robinson
- Poor Butterfly
- Embraceable You
- Laura
- Opus D 'Funk
- The Jeep Is Jumpin' featuring Ken Peplowski
- Indian Love-Call by Spike Robinson
- It's A Wonderful World
- A Fine Romance
- The Man I Love
- The Touch Of Your Lips
- Indian Summer
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- As Time Goes By
- A Foggy Day In London Town
- When Day Is Done
- There Is No Greater Love
