Herb Robertson



Clarence "Herb" Robertson (born February 21, 1951) is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was born in Piscataway, New Jersey and attended the Berklee School of Music. He has recorded solo albums and has worked as a sideman for Tim Berne, Anthony Davis, Bill Frisell, George Gruntz, Paul Motian, Bobby Previte, and David Sanborn.

As leader

 * Transparency (JMT, 1985)
 * X-Cerpts: Live at Willisau (JMT, 1987)
 * Shades of Bud Powell (JMT, 1988)
 * Certified (JMT, 1991)
 * Falling in Flat Space (Cadence Jazz, 1996) with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen
 * Sound Implosion with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen (CIMP, 1997)
 * Rituals with Phil Haynes (CIMP, 2000)
 * Brooklyn-Berlin with Phil Hayens (CIMP, 2000)
 * Knudstock 2000 (Cadence, 2000)
 * Music for Long Attention Spans (Leo, 2001)
 * The Legend of the Missing Link (Septet & Quintet) (Splasc(h), 2001)
 * Elaboration (Clean Feed, 2005)
 * Sketches from the Other Side, For A.I. (Ruby Flower, 2006)
 * Parallelisms with Evan Parker & Agustí Fernandez (Ruby Flower, 2007)
 * Real Aberration (Clean Feed, 2007)
 * Celebrations with Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov, Dieter Manderscheid (Leo, 2007)
 * Live at Alchemia (Not Two, 2007) with Marcin Oles & Bartlomiej Oles
 * Passing the Torch with Jean-Luc Cappozzo (Ruby Flower, 2008)
 * Diablo en musica - Improvisations with Rich Messbauer and Tom Sayek (Out/In Space, 2008)

As sideman
With Ray Anderson With Tim Berne
 * Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994) with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
 * The Ancestors (Soul Note, 1983)
 * Sanctified Dreams (Columbia, 1987)
 * Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
 * Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
 * Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
 * Nice View (JMT, 1994)
 * Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001)

With Marc Ducret
 * News from the Front (JMT, 1992)

With Mark Helias
 * Split Image (Enja, 1984)
 * The Current Set (Enja, 1987)
 * Desert Blue (Enja, 1989)
 * Attack the Future (Enja, 1992)

With Andy Laster
 * Twirler (Sound Aspects, 1990)
 * Hydra (Sound Aspects, 1994)
 * Polyogue (Songlines, 1995)
 * Soft Shell (Knitting Factory, 2000; recorded 1998)

With Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York
 * South Wind (Leo/Libra, 1997)
 * The Future of the Past (Enja, 2001)
 * Blueprint (MTC, 2003)
 * Undulation (PJL, 2005)
 * Summer Suite (Libra, 2007)
 * Eto (Libra, 2010)

With others

 * Stefan Winter - The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986)
 * Michael Moore Quintet – Home Game (Ramboy, 1992; recorded 1988)
 * Lindsey Horner – Never No More (Open Minds, 1991; recorded 1989)
 * The New York Composers Orchestra - Music by Marty Ehrlich, Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, Doug Wieselman (New World, 1990)
 * Bobby Previte – Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision, 1991)
 * Roberto Zorzi with Tim Berne, Bobby Previte, Mark Feldman, Herb Robertson, Matteo Ederle, Percy Jones - The Bang (Nueva, 1991; reissued as Bang! by ICTUS, 2011)
 * Marc Ducret - News from the Front (JMT, 1992)
 * Lesli Dalaba - Core Samples (EarRational, 1992)
 * Anthony Davis - X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X, An Opera in Three Acts (Gramavision, 1992)
 * Klaus König - The Song of Songs (Enja, 1992)
 * Sybille Pomorin / Terry Jenoure - Auguries of Speed (ITM, 1995)
 * Paul Lytton Quartet - The Balance of Trade (CIMP, 1996)
 * Lou Grassi's PoBand - Mo' Po (CIMP, 1997)
 * Joe Fonda - From the Source (Konnex, 1997)
 * Barry Guy New Orchestra - Inscape–Tableaux (Intakt, 2001)
 * Jay Rosen Trio - Drums 'n Bugles (CIMP, 2001)
 * Dominic Duval with Herb Robertson, Bob Hovey, Jay Rosen - Asylem (Leo, 2001)
 * Joe Lovano – Viva Caruso (Blue Note, 2002)
 * The Fonda / Stevens Group - Twelve Improvisations (Leo, 2004; recorded 2002)
 * Mokuto (with Lotte Anker) - Dressed Like a Horse (Ninth World, 2007; recorded 2003)
 * Gerry Hemingway Quartet – The Whimbler (Clean Feed, 2004)
 * Lou Grassi Quartet - Avanti Galoppi (CIMP, 2004)
 * Lou Grassi's PoBand - Infinite Potential (CIMP, 2005)
 * Barry Guy New Orchestra - Oort–Entropy (Intakt, 2005)
 * Stefan Winter - Der Kastanienball / The Chestnut Ball - The Fall of Lucrezia Borgia, "audio film" (Winter & Winter, 2005)
 * Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Negra Tigra (ILK, 2005)
 * Alípio C. Neto Quartet – The Perfume Comes Before the Flower (Clean Feed, 2008)
 * Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra - Harmos - Live in Schaffhausen (Intakt DVD, 2012; recorded 2008)
 * 100nka & Herb Robertson – Superdesert (Not Two, 2009)
 * Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Irène Schweizer – Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt, 2009)