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Eli Robinson
Eli Robinson is credited on 282 releases across 95 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
282
Pressings credited
95
Albums
8
Decades active
17
In collections
Biography
Eli Robinson (June 23, 1908 – December 24, 1972) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger. After working in Cincinnati in bands led by Speed Webb and Zack Whyte, as well as McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and making his first recordings in 1935 with Blanche Calloway. In 1936, he moved to New York City, where he was a member of the Teddy Hill and Willie Bryant big bands and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. Three years later he played with Roy Eldridge and joined the big band of Lucky Millinder. Beginning in 1941, he spent several years as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He returned to working with Millinder, then joined Buddy Tate in 1954. Robinson never recorded as a leader.
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Credited work
282 releases · 95 albums · active 1953–2023
- Performance · 387
- Other credits · 2
Studios: The Arcadia Ballroom · MPS-Studio, Villingen · Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln · Café Society Uptown
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Okeh Rhythm & Blues
1982
Cotton Club Stars
1984
Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings
1976
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960
One O'Clock Jump
1957
The Okeh Sessions
1983
The Story Of The Blues, Vol. 2
1970
In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing
1967
Blues By Basie
1956
Apollo Jump
1983
Frequent collaborators
- Count Basie
- Various
- Count Basie And His Orchestra
- Lester Young
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Big Maybelle
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
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