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Sam Robinson Quintet at North Street Cabaret

Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on April 6, 2022

Where

North Street Cabaret
610 North Street
Madison, WI
Map
(608) 422-5646

When

Fri, May 27, 2022
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Sam Robinson
trumpet

About

Over the past several years trumpeter Sam Robinson has performedboth scheduled and impromptu gigsat various venues in the greater Chicago area. His debut recording, Sweet Love of Mine, features musicians he met during his live appearances and is somewhat in the form of a jam session. Although each track is a single standard, the loose structure of these renditions brim with ad lib spontaneity.

The effervescent title piece, for instance, has Latin hints and showcases several band members within a dynamic rhythmic structure. Saxophonist Scott Angst blows his tenor with gusto and delightful abandon while Robinson embellishes the main theme with elegant restraint and muted tones. Drummer Linard Stroud exchanges exciting and thunderous vamps with the rest of the group before the concluding head. The contrasts are quite captivating. ...

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