JASON ROBINSON
Saxophonist, Flutist, Composer
NEXT CONCERT:
3 July 2026
Jason Robinson Trio plays the American Songbook, with Jamie MacDonald (bass) and Gary Fieldman (drums)
Riverfront Park | Erving, MA
BLUE SALIENCE: FOR YUSEF LATEEF
NEW NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Release date announced: October 29, 2026
(pre-release available September 29)
I'm thrilled beyond measure! Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef, my 135-minute, 11-movement suite inspired by and dedicated to Dr. Yusef Lateef will be released worldwide by the Circumvention Music label on October 29, 2026. Featuring a 17-piece version of my Janus Orchestra, along with several featured special guests, the album will be released as a 2-CD box set in a beautiful 6-panel gatefold digipak, a very special limited edition 4-LP vinyl set in a gorgeous 4-panel gatefold design, and made available for streaming and download via your favorite online platforms.
Recorded at WGBH in May 2025, the album is by far my most extensive project to date and features an incredible version of my Janus Orchestra, including: Allan Chase, Marty Ehrlich, Felipe Salles, Ian Buss, Brian Landrus, Bijon Watson, Mike Peipman, Haneef Nelson, Zoe Murphy, Randy Pingrey, Chris Cagne, Angel Subero, Bill Lowe, Eric Hofbauer, Kevin Harris, Avery Sharpe, and Richie Barshay, with guest appearances by Michael Dessen, Terry Jenoure, Bob Weiner, and others. Composed from 2021 through 2025, including during residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo, the music is kaleidoscopic in nature and epic in scope. I can't wait to share it with the world! Information about the project, including real-time updates, is available at the links below.
NEW NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble, Inc.
I'm happy to announce that my ensemble is now a federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! A long time in the making, this transition recognizes the important public-facing cultural work that my ensemble provides. Importantly, this shift in status makes the group eligible to apply for certain grants and allows donations to be tax-deductible. You can learn more at janusensemble.org, and if you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution, you can do so online or by mailed check, with information available here.
About Jason Robinson
The music of American composer, saxophonist, flutist, and scholar Jason Robinson ("rugged and scintillating," New York Times) thrives in the fertile overlaps between improvisation and composition, acoustic music and electronics, tradition and experimentalism. Initially a devotee of post-1960s jazz and creative music, Robinson is celebrated for bringing together various historical directions in jazz--bebop, post-bop, the avant-garde--with an improvisatory and compositional sensibility drawn from and extending the languages of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Lester Young. His musical interests, however, span far and wide. Born in 1975, he is a critically acclaimed distinctive voice in a generation of creative musicians in equal dialogue with jazz, popular music, experimental music, and electronic music.