THE MEMBERS OF  LEE ROBINSON and the UNSPUNT ORKESTRA ARE;

RICHARD GARTNER--DRUMS , PERCUSSION
ROGER DAY-- TUBA
GORDON KIRKWOOD-- CELLO
LEE ROBINSON-- TENOR, SOPRANO SAXOPHONES
 
|LEE ROBINSON
SAXOPHONIST / COMPOSER
2750 Locust Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
(724) 969- 4308
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LEE ROBINSON


Leader of groups Lee Robinson and ISKA from 1979; the UnSpunt Orkestra
2001 and co-member of the duo I \ O from 1996.

Noted Performances Featured soloist for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, with Choir Black
History Month Sermon , 2003 Featured soloist for Pittsburgh- Saitama Sister City dinner ceremony,
both Honorable Mayors and respective Council Members in attendance.

2002 Honered Performer for Black History Month, City of Pittsburgh , Mayor as
Opening Speaker, 2002.

Opening performer for The Sabir Mateen Quintet , 2002. Honorable Mention Award
John Lennon Songwiting Competetion , Childrens Song Category 2000
Opening performer for Ernst Reijsinger and The Maurice McIntyre Gro up,
2001. Featured soloist at the annual Waynesurg College GNP Concert 1997- 2003
The Russian Tea Room, New York, for the Greater Pittsburgh Convention
and Visitors Bureau with Lee Robinson and ISKA, 2001, 2000.
Saitama / Pittsburgh Sister City Cultural Exchange with ravish Momin in
Duo I \ O, 2000. Soloist and Music coordinator for burial ceremonies for the late jazz
saxophonist Stanley Turrentine , 2000

Concert Performances and Workshops
Slippery Rock University-PA; Waynesburg College, Pa; Wilkinsburg High
School; Carnegie –Mellon Univesity; Allegheny Dept. of Cultural
Programming; University of Pittsburgh,
Johnstown,PA; Shadyside Arts Festival; The Dance Alloy; Three Rivers
Arts Festival;  The Thomas Merton Center sponsored Rock Against Racism;
Mellon  Jazz Festival ;Olgeby Stifile Art Center, Olgeby, WVA; Opening Group
for The  Stanley Clark Band

Associated Musicians in Group Performances Geri Allen, Mark Polishook, Leonard Johnson, pianists; Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, organists;Rodger Humphries, Cecil Brooks III, Greg Humphries, Ravish Momin, drsummer percussionists, Dawayne Dolphin, Paul Thompson, bassists.

Theaters Clubs and Restaurants       Several ,  1967- Present

Recordings
Motif – Lee Robinson and ISKA, Live at The Balcony Restaurant, 1988,  Pittsburgh, PA.
I \ O –in progress
Rhea Harmsen , Poet – in progress
Lee Robinson and Piano – in progress
Lee Robinson SOLO – in progress

Composer

Lee Robinson Composes original music for film, CD- Rom, theater and
dance.  PBS documentary, JOBS:A Way Out ; David a theater documentary; I Dream
A World , Black History through drama; The Black Raven , independent
suspense , horror film; With Abandon, an independent film; several radio
educational and CD –Rom projects.