bill robinson

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Favorite website
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/
Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
Nathan Davis, PhD- saxophone, composer
Horace Silver- piano, arranger
Larry Coryell- guitar
Dwayne Dolphin- bass
Tony Campbell- saxophone
Howie Alexander- keyboard
James Johnson, PhD- keyboard, drums
Members of Pittsburgh Jazz Preservation Society
Favorite Jazz Radio or media station
WDUQ- Pittsburgh, PA
Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue
CJ's- Pittsburgh, PA
About Me:
Commonly known as Bill Robinson
Graduate of The Ohio State University- BA, Political Science
Graduate of Duquesne University- MA, Political Science
Elected Official at City, County and PA State levels for 27 years
Present Member, Allegheny County Council and Chair, Budget and Finance Committee
Founder and CEO, Bill Robinson & Associates, Inc.- a public policy and political consulting firm
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carlow University
Emcee, Annual University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar and Concert

I have been a jazz enthusiast and collector of jazz music for 50 years. I enjoy all jazz genres, a variety of musicians, and I especially enjoy the playing of Nathan Davis on the sax and flute and the arrangements of the incomparable Horace Silver. I appreciate Pittsburgh as one of the fountainheads of jazz music, jazz musicians, and jazz history. The most notable local jazz musician and historian is Nelson Davis, PhD. I believe that we should constantly promote and honor the legacy of jazz musicians from the Greater Pittsburgh area and develop a way to enshrine their memory and music. We must also welcome and appreciate talents of musicians like Tony Campbell on the saxophone, Sean Jones on the trumpet, and the vocal stylings of Sandy Staley. The University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar and Concert is the only jazz presentation of its type at any university in the United States or abroad. I invite people to visit the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Archives and Hall of Fame and to participate in the 2008 Jazz Seminar and Concert. For real jazz buffs, I encourage you to drive, walk, or run to the corner of Centre Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street in the Hill District to see beautiful, life-sized pictures of local jazz greats, then head over to Wylie Avenue near the site of the historic Crawford Grill to view names of local jazz greats carved into the side of the Legacy mid-rise building.
Website:
http://www.billsbooks.net
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