BIO
Chris Robinson (b. 1990) is a bassist, composer, arranger, songwriter, and teacher. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.M. in Music Education from Keene State College in Keene, NH in 2012. He completed his M.M. in Jazz Composition and Arranging at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA in 2020.
Chris has studied bass with Don Baldini, Mark Carlson, Bruce Gertz, Marcus McLaurine, Steve Cady, and Fumi Tomita. His composition teachers include Heather Gilligan, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Felipe Salles, and Salvatore Macchia. As part of the UMass Odd Meters combo, Chris received an award from Downbeat Magazine in 2019 for Outstanding Performance for a Graduate College Blues/Pop/Rock Group.
Chris’s music has been performed by many ensembles throughout the United States, including the Amherst Jazz Orchestra, the Keene Jazz Orchestra, the University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensemble 1, the University of Massachusetts Chapel Jazz Ensemble, and the University of Connecticut Jazz Ensemble. He has written and arranged for the Turning Blues Jazz Combo of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Band, the Franklin Pierce University Marching Band, and the University of Massachusetts Jazz Lab Ensemble, among others.
Chris has held tutor and instructor positions at Keene State College and The Putney School in Putney, VT. He was co-director of the Jazz Lab Ensemble at UMass from 2019 to 2020. He currently teaches Music Technology and General Music classes at RHAM High School in Hebron, CT.
CHARTS
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Big Band
“Let The Good Times Roll” (L. Jordan & S. Theard / Fishbone) — male vocal feature — 2018
“Exactly What You Wouldn’t Expect” — 2019
“Burn Down The Mission” (E. John) — 2021
“Shofukan” (M. League) — 2021
“Delonix” — flugelhorn feature — 2021
“Parhelion” — 2022
Orchestra
“Îles Dans Les Nuages” for studio orchestra — 2019
“Echo” for strings — 2022
“Three Miniatures” for piano and strings — 2022
“Pretend This Was Real”
“Dark”
“Clearing”
Small Group
“Currents” for TOP horns and rhythm — 2020
I. Jenness
II. Marina
III. Amstel
IV. Saint Lawrence
V. Fore
“One By One” (W. Shorter) for horns and rhythm — 2022
*in progress
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