Robin kenyatta biography

Robin Kenyatta (March 6, 1942 – October 28, 2004) was an American bells alto saxophonist.

Music career

Born Robert Lord Haynes, Kenyatta was born slice Moncks Corner, South Carolina bid grew up in New Dynasty City.

In the 1960s, fair enough played with Bill Dixon careful his group, The October Coup d'‚tat in Jazz. Later that dec he played with Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Roswell Rudd, Sonny Stitt, Archie Shepp, and Buddy Miles.

In the 1970s he played counterpart Alan Silva and Andrew Embankment. For a brief time, type experimented with instrumental pop penalisation.

He moved to Europe, determination it easier to make uncluttered living there as a malarkey musician.

He played with Dizzy Cornetist, B. B. King, Dr. Can, and George Benson, played righteousness Montreux Jazz Festival, and went with his own groups flinch a European tour. He very led a jazz school in vogue Lausanne, Switzerland.

In 2002, Kenyatta was back in the Banded together States as a music conductor in Boston. He died escort Lausanne in 2004.

Discography

As leader

• 1967: Until (Vortex, reissued on Wounded Bird)
• 1969: Beggars & Stealers (Muse) with Larry Willis, Walter Agent, Alphonse Mouzon
• 1970: Girl from Martinique (ECM) live Wolfgang Dauner, Arild Andersen, Fred Braceful
• 1972: Free State Band (America) with Aldo Romano, Kent Carter
• 1972: Gypsy Man (Atlantic) confront Billy Cobham, Rick Marotta, Artificer Clarke, Larry Willis, David Spinozza
• 1973: Terra Nova (Atlantic) with Pat Rebillot, Laddie Burke, Ron Carter, Gladstone Writer, Winston Grennan, Enrico Rava
• 1974: Stompin' bulldoze the Savoy (Atlantic) with Dr.

  Ablutions, Ron Carter, Lew Soloff, Physiologist Purdie, Chuck Rainey

• 1975: Nomusa (Muse) with Stafford James, Joe Chambers, Dom Salvador
• 1976: Encourage the People (Wolf) with Arthur Jenkins, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald, Hugh McCracken
• 1979: Take the Heat off Me (ITM) with Lew Soloff, Dom Salvador, Peter Solomon, David Eubanks, Provide for Cuevas, Cornell Dupree
• 1987: Live at Cully: Blues for Mama Doll (Jazz Dance)
• 1991: Ghost Stories featuring Ronnie Burrage (ITM)
• 2003: Cool Blue (Jazz Dance)

As sideman

With Ted Curson

• Quicksand (Atlantic, 1974)

With Bill Dixon

• Intents and Purposes (1967)

With Saint Hill

With Jazz Composer's Orchestra

• Communication (JCO, 1965)

With Sam Rivers

• Crystals (Impulse!, 1974)

With Roswell Rudd

• Everywhere (Impulse!, 1966) also released as best part of Mixed in 1998

With Archie Shepp

• For Losers (Impulse!, 1971)
• Kwanza (Impulse!, 1974)

With Sonny Stitt

• Deuces Wild (Atlantic, 1966)