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Henry Robinett

Official website: Henryrobinett.com

Henry Robinett is a jazz guitar instrumentalist who has performed in the Sacramento music scene since the 1970s. He began playing in bands during his high school years at John F. Kennedy High in Sacramento. During high school, he was friends with Roger Voudouris, who got signed to Warner Bros. Records. In his college years at Sacramento State, Henry played in The Runners. which mixed R&B, rock, jazz and Brazilian music. He was the second cousin to jazz player Charles Mingus, who was influential to Henry's music career. Over the next decade he became acquainted with recording artists such as Joni Mitchell. For awhile after touring with the Charlie Peacock Band, he was involved with Bourgeois Tagg.





Here is a tracklist for the 1987 CD album The Henry Robinett Group on Artful Balance Records:
  1. Jade Gate
  2. Eye Candy
  3. Spectacular Fish
  4. Light
  5. Festival Des Telephones
  6. Lower Lake
  7. Samadhi In Malawi
  8. Ticket To Ride (Beatles cover by Lennon-McCartney)
Here is a tracklist for the 1995 CD album When Fortresses Fail on Challenge Records:
  1. When Fortresses Fail
  2. The Gift
  3. Laura's Eyes
  4. Cloud Bursting
  5. Once A Gaucho
  6. Cedar
  7. Forever Be
  8. Your Look
  9. Blue Note
  10. Behind Irish Passions
  11. The Laws of Returning




Here is a tracklist for the 1997 CD album Life X 2 on Challenge Records:
  1. Hayley's Day
  2. Life X 2
  3. Chotto Nihongo
  4. We Need More Time
  5. Another Road
  6. Just Is
  7. If and When
  8. Not Like Before
  9. Maradona
  10. Tom and Mary Got Married
Here is a tracklist for the 2000 CD album Uncommon Prayer & Other Short Stories on Challenge Records:
  1. Rose For Two
  2. Welcome
  3. Talk To Me
  4. Small, Good Thing
  5. Uncommon Prayer
  6. All of a Sudden
  7. Sez Who?
  8. Lopsang Danced
  9. Palhaco
  10. All The Sails
  11. This Is Why
  12. Sun Peeks




Here is a tracklist for the 2015 album I Have Known Mountains on Nefertiti Records:
  1. Change
  2. Crush
  3. My Amigo
  4. I Have Known Mountains
  5. Maybe Tuesday
  6. What If I Go Sailing
  7. Passing Open Windows
  8. Sprung
  9. When Love Returns
  10. Zebra Crossing
  11. American Rivers
  12. Witchi-Tai-To
Here is a list of other songs recorded by Henry Robinett:
  1. After The Fact
  2. This Is Why
  3. On The Street Where You Live
  4. Waiting For The Moon
  5. When Love Returns
  6. Maradona At The Sofia
  7. When The Dust Settles
  8. Distant Hills
  9. Just Is




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