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Raf Robertson

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Musician / Composer of Reggae
A.k.a. Rafael Robertson

Died December, 2015 "A respected TT pianist, composer and recording artist who’s created beautiful calypso-jazz music, Robertson has recorded four albums: Just Teasin’ (1989), Branches (1994—a tribute to Lord Kitchener), Universal Rhythm (2000) and Majesty (2011). His career began in the ’60s when, still a youth at St Benedict’s College, he’d play music with local dance combos. He then studied music in the UK and the US, before returning to make a music career in the Caribbean. He toured Europe, North Africa and the Caribbean for ten years in the 1980s with pop star Eddy Grant, and subsequently performed either as a leader or an accompanying musician in regional and international concerts and festivals. He has played with well-known artistes such as the Louisiana-born saxophonist Branford Marsalis, jazz-fusion saxophonist Grover Washington Jnr from New York and Boston-born jazz drummer Roy Haynes. Robertson has also arranged and judged pan music, and today continues to compose and play music, while also teaching music at the Tunapuna-based Birdsong Academy." http://repeatingislands.com/2015/12/09/trinidadian-jazz-pioneer-raf-robertson-dies/

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Keyboards
  • Percussion
  • Electric piano
  • Synthesizer
Genres
  • Reggae
  • Electronic
  • Jazz
  • R&B/Soul
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Moonlight on Sideways b/w Moonlight by Raf Robertson
Forward Home on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Melda on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Life Is a Stage on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Margie Gone on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Culture on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Pan in Harmony on Branches by Raf Robertson
Pan in A minor on Branches by Raf Robertson
Endless Vibrations on Majesty by Raf Robertson
Slave on Majesty by Raf Robertson

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
MajestyRaf Robertson2011Album
BranchesRaf Robertson1994Album
Sideways / MoonlightRaf Robertson1978Single
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