"CHARLIE IS AN ORIGINAL...REALLY HAS HIS OWN VOICE...VERY MODERN BUT CLASSIC SOUNDING AT THE SAME TIME." MARK KLEINHAUT 'CHARLIE ... HAS HIS OWN DISTINCT VOICE...SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE IS MODERN BY WAY OF THE JAZZ GUITAR TRADITION...I LIKE THE MORE "OUT THINGS THE BEST." TOM LIPPINCOTT GUITARIST CHARLIE ROBINSON SPENT HIS FORMATIVE MUSIC YEARS HONING HIS SKILLS WHILE ON THE ROAD WITH VARIOUS JAZZ AND R&B GROUPS WHICH PERFORMED AT SUCH VENUES AS THE "APOLLO", "REGAL" AND "HOWARD" THEATERS. HE PLAYED ON SESSIONS IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, NASHVILLE AND ATLANTA. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH ELVIN JONES, CECIL TAYLOR, DON CHERRY, CHARLIE HADEN, DOUG CARN,IRA SULLIVAN,JOANNE BRACKEEN, ALLAN EAGER AND NUMEROUS OTHERS. ON THIS RECORDING HE IS JOINED BY BASSIST TONY VENTURINI AND CONGA DRUMMER HANK FIELDS IN A GROUP OF HIS ORIGINALS WHICH REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF HIS BACKGROUND. XX