# Eli Robinson

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**Eli Robinson** (June 23, 1908 – December 24, 1972) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger.

After working in Cincinnati in bands led by [Speed Webb](/source/Speed_Webb)[1] and [Zack Whyte](/source/Zack_Whyte), as well as [McKinney's Cotton Pickers](/source/McKinney's_Cotton_Pickers), and making his first recordings in 1935 with [Blanche Calloway](/source/Blanche_Calloway).[2]

In 1936, he moved to New York City, where he was a member of the [Teddy Hill](/source/Teddy_Hill) and [Willie Bryant](/source/Willie_Bryant) big bands and the [Mills Blue Rhythm Band](/source/Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band). Three years later he played with [Roy Eldridge](/source/Roy_Eldridge) and joined the big band of [Lucky Millinder](/source/Lucky_Millinder). Beginning in 1941, he spent several years as a member of the [Count Basie](/source/Count_Basie) Orchestra. He returned to working with Millinder, then joined [Buddy Tate](/source/Buddy_Tate) in 1954. Robinson never recorded as a leader.[3]

## Discography

### As sideman

- 1935: "Louisiana Liza" b/w "I Gotta Swing" - [Blanche Calloway](/source/Blanche_Calloway) ([Vocalion](/source/Vocalion))[4]
- 1935: "You Ain't Livin' Right" b/w "Line a Jive" – Blanche Calloway & Her Band (Vocalion)[4]
- 1939: *The Varsity Sessions, Vol. 1* – [Roy Eldridge](/source/Roy_Eldridge)/[Buster Bailey](/source/Buster_Bailey) ([Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records))
- 1944: "Empty Hearted" b/w "Tush" – [Earl Warren](/source/Earl_Warren) & His Orchestra ([Savoy](/source/Savoy_Records))[5]
- 1944: "Circus in Rhythm" b/w "Tush" – Earl Warren & His Orchestra (Savoy)[5]
- 1945: "Harlem Nocturne" b/w "Midnight in the Barrelhouse" – [Johnny Otis](/source/Johnny_Otis) Big Band (Savoy)[6]
- 1958: *[Swinging Like Tate](/source/Swinging_Like_Tate)* – [Buddy Tate](/source/Buddy_Tate) ([Felsted](/source/Felsted_Records), 2004)
- 1959: *[Tate's Date](/source/Tate's_Date)* – Buddy Tate ([Prestige Swingville](/source/Prestige_Records), 2003)[7]
- 1970: *[Unbroken](/source/Unbroken_(Buddy_Tate_album))* – Buddy Tate Celebrity Club Orchestra ([MPS](/source/MPS_Records))
- 1993: *[The Master's Touch](/source/The_Master's_Touch)* - [Lester Young](/source/Lester_Young) (recorded 1944)

## References

1. Wilson, Teddy (September 1, 2001). [*Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz: The Autobiography of Teddy Wilson*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9t2Ak-km4zwC&pg=PA84-IA3). A&C Black. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8264-5797-4. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

1. Kernfeld, Barry (ed.) (1994). ["Robinson, Eli"](https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona00kernf/page/1052). *The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz*. Single vol. 1st ed. London: The Macmillan Press. p. [1052](https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona00kernf/page/1052). ISBN 0-312-11357-9. [gives birth year as 1908]

1. Yanow, Scott. ["Eli Robinson"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eli-robinson-mn0001576462/biography). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

1. Abrams, Steven. ["Vocalion 3000 - 3500 (1935 - 1937)"](http://www.78discography.com/VOC3000.htm). The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

1. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. ["Savoy Records Discography: 1931-1944"](http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/discography-1931-1944/#440418). jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

1. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. ["Savoy Records Discography: 1945"](http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/discography-1945/#450913). jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

1. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. ["Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series"](http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-swingville-2000-4000-series/#svlp-2003). jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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