SPIKE ROBINSON QUINTET

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HENRY BERTHOD "SPIKE" ROBINSON (JANUARY 16, 1930 IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN)(DIED ON OCTOBER 29,2001 IN WRITTLE, ENGLAND) WAS AN AMERICAN TENOR JAZZ SAXOPHONIST. ROBINSON'S PLAYING WAS CHARACTERISED BY A MELLOW TONE, UNAGGRESSIVE APPROACH AND A DEEP AFFINITY WITH THE CLASSIC AMERICAN SONG. BROADLY SPEAKING, HE WAS ONE OF THAT SCHOOL OF TENOR SAXOPHONISTS WHO FOLLOWED IN THE WAKE OF LESTER YOUNG, PLAYERS SUCH AS STAN GETZ AND ZOOT SIMS, BUT HE HAD DEVELOPED HIS OWN HIGHLY ENGAGING VOICE WITHIN THAT STYLE.