Robin Kenyatta
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz alto saxophonist (1942–2004)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-03-06
- Active to
- 2004-10-28
avant-garde jazzjazzjazz bluessoul jazz
Discography
- Until1968
- Girl From Martinique1970
- Gypsy Man1973
- Terra Nova1973
- Stompin' at the Savoy1974
- Nomusa1975
- Encourage The People1976
- Kaivalya1985
- Ghost Stories1991
- Take the Heat Off Me1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,989
- Total plays
- 23,154
Tags
jazzfree jazzsaxophone70sjazz fusion
Saxophonist and educator Robin Kenyatta, whose bright career included service with Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie and B.B. King, died in his sleep on Tuesday, October 26, 2004, in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he was preparing for a sold-out concert in Lucerne. He was sixty-two years old. Born Robert Prince Haynes on March 6, 1942, in Monk's Corner, South Carolina, Bobby, as he was affectionately called by his family, was the third child of Thomas and Rebecca Haynes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charleston
- Place of death
- Lausanne
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- hard bop
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- Muse Records
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- date of birth
- 1942-03-06
- date of death
- 2004-10-26
- birth name
- Robert Prince Haynes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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