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'''Isaac L. "Banjo Ikey" Robinson''' (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990)<ref name="Jazz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20sjazz.com/videos/ikey-robinson|title=Ikey Robinson|website=20sjazz.com|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> was an American [[banjo]]ist and vocalist.<ref name="Jazz"/> |
'''Isaac L. "Banjo Ikey" Robinson''' (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990)<ref name="Jazz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20sjazz.com/videos/ikey-robinson|title=Ikey Robinson|website=20sjazz.com|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> was an American [[banjo]]ist and vocalist.<ref name="Jazz"/> |
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Revision as of 17:11, 27 August 2022
Isaac L. "Banjo Ikey" Robinson (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990)[1] was an American banjoist and vocalist.[1]
Born in Dublin, Virginia, United States,[2] Robinson moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1926, playing and recording with Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Jabbo Smith during 1928 and 1929.[1] In 1929, Robinson recorded in Chicago with Georgia Tom, billed as The Hokum Boys. Their track, written by Dorsey, "I Had to Give Up Gym" was an early dirty blues song, sometimes described as hokum.[3][4][5]
His groups included Ikey Robinson and his Band (w/ Jabbo Smith), The Hokum Trio, The Pods of Pepper, Windy City Five, and Sloke & Ike.[1]
Film
- Louie Bluie (1986). Directed by Terry Zwigoff.
References
- ^ a b c d "Ikey Robinson". 20sjazz.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2107. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "The Hokum Boys I Had to Give Up Gym". 20sjazz.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ Devi, Debra (August 8, 2012). The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu. True Nature Books. p. 130. ISBN 9781624071850.
- ^ Miller, Karl Hagstrom (February 11, 2010). Segregating Sound: Inventing Folk and Pop Music in the Age of Jim Crow. Duke University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0822392705.
Bibliography
Wolf, Robert. Story Jazz: A History of Chicago Jazz Styles' Lansing, Iowa. Free River Press, 1995.
External links
- WorldCat entry
- Ikey Robinson recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- Findagrave entry
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