American jazz musician
Herb Robertson Herb Robertson (2015) Herb Robertson, Jeppe Skovbakke, Anders Banke. Herb Robertson (left) at Groningen Jazz Fest in 2006 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 .[1] [2]
Discography
As leader
Transparency JMT , 1985)X-Cerpts: Live at Willisau Shades of Bud Powell Certified 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
With Marc Ducret
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 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 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 
