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Throughout his career, clarinetist
Perry Robinson sought to do the near-impossible: establish himself as an avant-garde leader on an instrument still closely associated with the swing era. After extensive formal study (including the Lenox School of Jazz in 1959),
Robinson played with such advanced musicians as
Paul Bley,
Archie Shepp, and
Bill Dixon. He was with
Roswell Rudd's quintet in 1968, appeared on several works by
the Jazz Composers' Orchestra, and in 1972 worked with
Gunter Hampel. In a change of pace,
Robinson was with
Dave Brubeck's Two Generations of Brubeck band in 1973, but afterward he continued recording and performing avant-garde jazz.
Perry Robinson died in Jersey City, New Jersey, following heart valve surgery on December 2, 2018; he was 80 years old. ~ Scott Yanow