Herb Robertson

Some of his contemporaries may have generated more hype, but there was no better free jazz trumpeter than Herb Robertson. He combined a thorough command of traditional and extended techniques with a prodigious imagination. His voice was utterly original, maybe too original for his own good; many less ambitious trumpeters his age made bigger names for themselves. Robertson followed his own path, however, creating challenging, uncompromising music more accessible than one might think. Robertson was born and raised in New Jersey. He attended Berklee School of Music from 1969-1972...