The music of American saxophonist, flutist, and composer Jason Robinson ("rugged and scintillating," New York Times) thrives in the fertile overlaps between improvisation and composition, acoustic music and electronics, tradition and experimentalism. Initially a devotee of post-1960s jazz and creative music, Robinson is celebrated for bringing together various historical directions in jazz--bebop, post-bop, the avant-garde--with an improvisatory and compositional sensibility drawn from and extending the languages of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Lester Young. His musical interests, however, span far and wide. He is a critically acclaimed distinctive voice in a new generation of creative musicians in equal dialogue with jazz, popular music, experimental music, and electronic music. His primary group is Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble, which ranges in size from a quartet to an 11-piece large ensemble, with longtime members that include bassist Drew Gress, drummers Ches Smith and Gunther Schuller, guitarist Liberty Ellman, and others. With nearly 20 albums as a leader or co-leader and numerous others as a sideperson, Robinson's music is expansive and ranges from jazz and experimental music, to roots reggae and music that defies categories. Visit www.jasonrobinson.com for news and more.