upcoming performances
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 2pm, free, all ages
Somerville Porchfest, a festival performed on porches throughout Somerville, MA
Garrison Fewell's Variable Density Orchestra: Minimal Density version
w/ Garrison Fewell (guitar), Jerry Sabatini (trumpet), Robinson (saxophone and flute),
and Luther Gray (drums)
11 Williams Court, Somerville, MA
Link
Saturday, June 15, 2013
w/ Groundation
Organica Roots Festival Panamá
Plaza Figali, Panama City, Panamá
Link
Friday, June 21, 2013
w/ Groundation
Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
Boonville, CA
Link
August 6 - September 10, 2013
w/ Groundation
Europe and beyond, Summer 2013 tour
Details forthcoming...
February 20-24, 2014
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble (full nine-piece version)
Northeast US tour
Details forthcoming...
past performances
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 6pm, $10 suggested donation, all ages
John Tchicai Memorial Concert
Produced by Charlie Kohlhase, featuring Kohlhase (saxophones), Robinson, Jerry Sabatini (trumpet), Garrison Fewell (guitar), Jef Charland (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Accurate World Headquarters, Somerville, MA
E-mail c kohlhase @ aol.com to reserve a seat and get directions.
Link
Friday, April 19, 2013, 8pm, $10, all ages
Vlatkovich, Robinson, Macdonald, Weiner
w/ Michael Vlatkovich(trombone), Jamie Macdonald (bass), Bob Weiner (drums)
West Coast trombonist Michael Vlatkovich makes a rare New Englad appearance
Open Music Collective, 74 Cotton Mill Hill (Studio A-335), Brattleboro, VT
Link
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 8pm, free
Debut of "Fifteen Minutes: Unframed," for live painting, saxophone, and electronics
w/ Dave Gloman (live painting) and Jason Robinson (tenor saxophone, eelctronics, software programming)
Arts at Amherst: Faculty Collaborations
Kirby Theater, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Link
Friday, April 5, 2013, 10pm (EDT), free, all ages
Virtual Tour 2013: A reduced carbon footprint concert series
In Amherst: Jason Robinson (saxophone, flute), Marty Ehrlich (saxophone, clarinet), Bob Weiner (percussion)
In San Diego: Nicole Mitchell (flute), Michael Dessen (trombone), Myra Melford (piano), Mark Dresser (bass)
Performed simultaneously at Buckley Recital Hall (Arms Music Center, Amherst College, Amherst, MA) and Conrad Prebys Music Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
More information at: virtualtour2013.com
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 8pm, $10
Jason Robinson's Janus Quartet
w/ Nir Felder (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), Ches Smith (drums)
Appearing on the Palimpsestic Series, curated by Oscar Noriega
Barbes, 376 9th Street (at 6th Ave), Brooklyn (Park Slope), NY
Link
Friday,March 1, 2013, 8pm, $15 / $10 students, all ages
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble (west coast trio edition)
w/ Rob Thorsen (bass), Duncan Moore (drums)
+special guests
Dizzy's, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA
Link
Saturday, January 5, 2013, 10pm, $5, 21+
W/ Pete Aleksi (guitar), Darby Wolf (Hammond B3 organ), Jon Fisher (drums)
Bishop's Lounge, 41 Strong Avenue, Northampton, MA
Link
2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 8:30pm, $10, all ages
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble
Celebrating the release of
Tiresian Symmetry
w/ JD Parran (alto and contra bass clarinets, tenor sax), Marty Ehrlich (alto sax, bass clarinet), Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Liberty Ellman (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), George Schuller (drums), Ches Smith (drums, glockenspiel)
ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn (Park Slope), NY
Link
Thursday,December 6, 2012, 8:30pm, all ages, free
Within Singularity
Smith College Festival of Sound & Space
W/ Stephanie Robinson (analog synthesizers), Jason Robinson (saxophone, flute, computer), Maxwell Suechting (interactive video)
Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Link
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 8pm, $20/$15 students
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble
Celebrating the release of
Tiresian Symmetry
w/ JD Parran (alto and contra bass clarinets, tenor sax), Douglas Yates (alto sax, bass clarinet), Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Liberty Ellman (guitar), James Ilgenfritz (bass), George Schuller (drums), Ches Smith (drums, glockenspiel)
The Windup Space, 12 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Produced by Creative Differences | Link
Friday, November 30, 2012, 8:30pm ($18) and 10pm ($12), all ages
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble
Celebrating the release of
Tiresian Symmetry
w/ Marty Ehrlich (alto sax, bass clarinet), Liberty Ellman (guitar), James Ilgenfritz (bass), George Schuller (drums)
Firehouse 12, 46 Crown Street, New Haven, CT
Link
Friday, November 23, 2012, 8pm
RIBS: Jason Robinson (saxes), James Ilgenfritz (bass), George Schuller (drums), with special guest Kirk Knuffke (cornet)
ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn (Park Slope), NY
Link
Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 8pm, all ages, $10
3 Solos, individual solo sets featuring:
Jason Robinson (saxophone and electronics), sroM (aka Steph Robinson, analog synthesizers), Charlie Kohlhase (winds)
Outpost 186, 186 1/2 Hampshire Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 9pm, free, all ages
Bob Weiner (drums), Jason Robinson (saxophone), Pete Aleksi (guitar), David Picchi (bass)
Jazz at Schwemm's, Keefe Campus Center, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Link
Sunday, October 28, 2012, 3pm, free, all ages
Matan Rubenstein's Sada: Matan Rubenstein (piano), Eugene Friesen (cello), Jason Robinson (saxophone), Bob Weiner (percussion)
Ragle Hall, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Link
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 8:30pm, all ages, free
An Evening of Music By Alvin Lucier
Smith College Festival of Sound & Space
Performing Lucier's Carbon Copies (1989), with Phil Dupont (piano) and Jake Meginsky (percussion)
Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Link
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 8pm, all ages, $10
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Jef Charland (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 8pm and 9:30pm, $10
RIBS: Dave Ballou (trumpet), Jason Robinson (saxes), James Ilgenfritz (bass), George Schuller (drums)
The Firehouse Space, 246 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY
Link
Sunday, September 9, 2012, 7pm, all ages, free
Amherst College Faculty Jazz Concert
Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Link
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 4pm, all ages, $10
w/ Dana Reason (piano) and Peter Valsamis (drums)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
August 7-11, 2012
Jazz Composers Orchestra Instititute, American Composers Orchestra
University of California, Los Angeles
July 15 - July 29, 2012
w/ Groundation, Summer 2012 Europe Tour for release of Building an Ark (VP Records, 2012)
July 15 - Festival Terres du Son (Tours, France)
July 18 - Le mas des Escaravatiers (Puget sur Argens, France)
July 19 - Paleo Festival (Nyon, Switzeland)
July 20 - Les Authetiks Nuit, Theatre Antique de Vienne (Vienne, France)
July 21 - Art Sonic 2012 (Briouze, France)
July 23 - Casa de Musica (Porto, Portugal)
July 25 - Festival Emmaus Lescar Pau (Pau, France)
July 26 - Garance Reggae Festival (Bagnors-sur-Ceze, France)
July 27 - Rock'n Poche Festival (Habère-Poche, France)
July 28 - Festival Au Fil du Son (Civray, France)
July 29 - Totaalfestival (Bladel, Netherlands)
Link
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 7pm, all ages, free
A Taste of Italy in Jazz, featuring Cicci Santucci (trumpet)
With Jason Robinson (saxophone), Paul Arslanian (piano), George Kaye (bass), Jon Fisher (drums)
Storrowton Village Museum, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA
Link
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 7:30pm, all ages, $5+ donation
Guest artist at the Northampton Jazz Workshop and Jam Session
Appearing with featured artist Cicci Santucci (trumpet)
The Loft, Clarion Hotel, 1 Atwood Drive, Northampton, MA
Link
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8pm, all ages, $10
Jazz in June at the Meetinghouse
Michael Dessen (trombone), Jason Robinson (saxes), Bruno Raberg (bass), Bob Weiner(drums)
Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
Link
June 14 - 15, 2012
Recording with the Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble
New York, NY
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 8pm, $10
Dave Ballou (trumpet), Jason Robinson (saxes), James Ilgenfritz (bass), George Schuller (drums)
The Palimpsestic Series, curated by Oscar Noriega
Barbes, 376 9th Street (at 6th Ave), Park Slope,
Brooklyn, NY
Link
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 8pm, all ages, donation
w/ Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club
Outpost 186, 186 1/2 Hampshire Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 7:30pm, all ages, $5+ donation
Featured artist at the Northampton Jazz Workshop and Jam Session
Performing music from Wayne Shorter's classic 1960s albums The Soothsayer and The All Seeing Eye, with special guests Bruce Diehl (alto sax) and Geoff Cunningham (trumpet)
The Loft, Clarion Hotel, 1 Atwood Drive, Northampton, MA
Link
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7pm, all ages, $10
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8pm, all ages, $10
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 North Pleasant Street, downtown Amherst, MA
Link
Friday, December 9, 2011, 8pm, all ages, $10
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 10pm, all ages, $10
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble
With Marty Ehrlich (alto sax and bass clarinet), Nir Felder (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), and George Schuller (drums)
The Stone, New York, NY
Link
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 3pm, all ages, $20
with the Makanda Project, in collaboration with the Mickey DavidsonDance Company
Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hiberian Hall, 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury (Boston area), MA
Link
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 5pm, all ages, free
Saxophone + electronics with Damon Holzborn (electronics)
Room 3, Arms Music Center ( Buckley Recital Hall), Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Link
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8pm, $10 donation
Electroacoustic performance with Jeff Kaiser (trumpet and electronics)
Douglass Street Music Collective,
295 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY
Link
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7pm, all ages, free
Performing solo acoustic and electroacoustic pieces from Cerberus Reigning (Accretions/2010) and Cerberus Rising (Circumvention, 2009)
Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
Link
CANCELLED!!!
Sunday, October 16, 2011, 8pm, $10
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble
With Liberty Ellman (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), and George Schuller (drums)
University of the Streets, 130 East 7th Street, New York, NY
Link
INFO RELATED TO CANCELLATION: link here
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 9:30pm,no cover
With Jamie Macdonald (bass), Dan Rosow (trumpet), David Goodrich (guitar), and Doug Raneri (drums)
McNeill's Brewery, 90 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT
Link
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 8pm,all ages, $10 sug. donation
With Charlie Kohlhase (saxophones), Jamie Macdonald (bass), and George Schuller (drums)
Open Music Collective, Cotton Mill, 74 Cotton Mill Hill, Studio A-335, Brattleboro, VT
Link
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7:30pm, all ages, $5+ donation
Guest artist at the Green Street Cafe Jazz Workshop and Jam Session
Green Street Cafe, 64 Green Street, Northampton, MA
Link
CANCELLED!!!
Monday, September 12, 2011, 8pm, $10
with James Ilgenfritz (bass), Dave Ballou (trumpet), and George Schuller (drums)
University of the Streets, 130 East 7th Street, New York, NY
Link
INFO RELATED TO CANCELLATION: link here
Friday, September 9, 2011, 8pm, $8
with Ken Aldcroft (guitar)
Leftover Daylight Series at Somewhere There, 227 Sterling Ave, unit 112, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Link
Friday, August 19, 2011, 7:30pm, all ages, $10
with Upsurge! (featuring SF Bay Area activist and poet/vocalist Raymond Nat Turner), with Bob Weiner (drums) and others
Flywheel Arts Collective, 43 Main Street, Easthampton, MA
Link | Upsurge! link
Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 9pm
with James Ilgenfritz (bass), Ben Gerstein(trombone), and George Schuller (drums)
Details: 10:30pm, $5+ suggested donation
Konceptions at Korzo
Korzo, 667 5th Avenue (between 19th and 20th streets), Brooklyn, NY
Link
Saturday, August 13, 2011, 1pm, all ages, free
with the Makanda Project
Roxbury Heritage State Park, 183 Roxbury Street, Roxbury (Boston area), MA
Link
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 8pm
With Attila Dóra (alto saxophone), Sorés Zsolt Ahad (objects, viola, electronics), Róbert Gál, and additional guests
R33, Budapest, Hungary
Link
Monday, July 11, 2011, 9pm
Special guest appearance with 'Rheuma 3000' w/ Tamara Wilhelm, Christian Reiner, Philip Leitner
Neu New York/Vienna Institute of Improvised Music
Celeste Jazz Bar, Vienna, Austria
Link and link
June 20 through June 24, 2011
UCSD Jazz Camp
Teaching courses in improvisation, composition and arranging
Faculty performance at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 21 (CPMC rm 127) with Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Lisle Ellis (bass and electronics), and Michael Dessen (trombone)
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Link
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 8pm, all ages, $15 / $10 students
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble + Anthony Davis
Featuring the music of two recent releases:
The Two Faces of Janus (Cuneiform 2010) and Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed 2010)
With Joshua White (piano), Rob Thorsen (bass), Duncan Moore (drums), and in duo with Anthony Davis (piano)
Dizzy's, San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, ground floor of the Harbor Club Towers, 2nd Avenue and J Street, downtown San Diego, CA
Link
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 12noon, all ages, free
Jason Robinson (sax and flute), Stephen Page (keys), Bob Weiner (percussion)
Amherst Survival Center, 1200 North Pleasant Street, North Amherst, MA
Link
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 10pm, all ages, $10
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Link
Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:30pm, all ages, $10/advance, $15/door
The Outnumbered
Charlie Kohlhase and Jason Robinson (saxes), Josh Rosen (piano), Bruno Raberg (bass), Curt Newton (drums)
Woodford's Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland, ME
Call 207-828-1310 for info
Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 9:15pm, all ages
Marty Ehrlich | Jason Robinson - New Continuum
Marty Ehrlich (sax and clarinet), Jason Robinson (sax and flute), Shanir Blumenkrantz (bass), Ches Smith (drums)
Local Music Movement Festival, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 8pm, all ages, free
Jason Robinson | The Janus Ensemble
Drew Gress (bass), Liberty Ellman (guitar), George Schuller (drums), Robinson (tenor sax)
Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Link
...more past performances coming soon...