HERB ROBERTSON

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An oral history recorded off the air (stereo FM radio WPRB) on April 25, 2017, with host Will Constantine interviewing trumpeter Herb Robertson; Herb's "Unexpected" solo project; and closure.

  • 01 Opening

  • 02 Interview

  • 03 Tuesday Prayers

  • 04 Interview

  • 05 Fourth World

  • 06 Police Story

  • 07 Interview

  • 08 Kaos Total

  • 09 Interview

  • 10 The Wells

  • 11 Interview

  • 12 Curly Cue

  • 13 Interview

  • 14 Beauty In The Fan

... Will and I met Herb when he sat in with us on a NOBI POOHSEA date in May 2016 BC (before covid) at John and Peter's. In 2017, Will got him on his radio show to do an interview and provide some back-stories. Spring 2019 we were shut down.. no gigs, covid closed everything..
.. when we heard he passed away in his sleep it was a shock, a vintage vacuum tube in our life amplifier went dim, one of a kind, can't replace it, now no sound. We had just started making time, to reconnect, post covid recovery 11/21/21 tracking again......
... he left us these: a handwritten quote by Hugh Prather on his Christmas card to us, "Remain in the present. Treat others gently. Love and laugh easily. What more is there to do than this?" and, in September, he gave us a blank labeled white CD with the tracks of his latest solo project. No track listing, nothing. He said it was recorded in Spring of 2023 in a studio in Brooklyn ...
.. I just recently found a bandcamp reference to re-treatments of Herb's work which align with the dates he mentioned in the recording he gave us. The following tracks are quite possibly the genesis of the original soloist's intention, for subsequent generations to plumb, who knows ? ..
.. let Herb's spirit live on.

as told, January 2025, by Armando T.,
excerpted from his-story,
"The Life and Times" chapter 24 ~ Seizures

UNEXPECTED, a solo project by Herb Robertson

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Tags

Project #02, Herb Robertson, NOBI, music recording, closure

Dateb. 2-21-1951
4-25-2017
d. 12-10-2024

closure

Subject: Fwd: Scholes 05/30/23 Herb photos
Content-Language: en-US
To: "dF Miller@armdtv"
From: tarip
Maybe a little more closure. xox LL

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: Scholes 05/30/23 Herb photos
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 18:28:56 -0500
From: Tari Pantaleo
To: herbrobertson@aol.com

Herb,
These are Herbly wonderful!! Thank you for sharing them with us. We can't wait to see the real Herb in a week and a half...
Love, Tari

On 2/2/2024 4:47 PM, herbrobertson@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Tari & Doug...
> These photos from my solo recording last May... If you want... you can download ...up and available until the Feb.7th.
> Love,
> Herb

> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* herbrobertson@aol.com
> *To:* James Hart
> *Sent:* Friday, February 2, 2024 at 04:19:40 PM EST
> *Subject:* Scholes 05/30/23 Herb photos

> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* Phil Haynes
> *To:* Herb Robertson
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 07:35:40 PM EST
> *Subject:* Fwd: Scholes 05/30/23 Herb photos
>
> Yo Herbivorelious,

> Jon and I believe we are FINALLY at a wondrous finish line for your pair of projects to emerge from last May at Scholes.
> Your solo project, /Unexpected/, plus Jon's post-production 
> electronica collaboration (duet!!) album with you, /Twisted/.
> Man, as you can imagine from last fall's draft renderings, these coming releases sound just fantastic.

> Hence, we are starting to look at our calendars this month for a Pine 
> Barrens unveiling.

> /Perhaps a Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday'll work out soon to listen 
> anew/?

> It was so fun and rewarding last time, a redux seems ideal.

> In the interim, Jim has volunteered to build your Bandcamp site and HOOK YOU UP in the coming weeks too.

> I imagine you'll have both of your new sides up in time, as well as our 3 Shaman releases:

> https://philhaynesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/black-friday

> https://philhaynesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/killing-me-softly

> Jim can arrange with Nick Horner to forward both of these to include on your site too, as they are clearly collaborative releases.

> Hence, you'll soon have not two, but four(!) releases to offer that will never go out of print and may even bring in a bit o' lunch $.

> Attached are Rene's stunning photos from your solo session for your own use.

> Just download the smaller mg versions this weekend.
> You'll be able to use 'em for press pics.
> High resolution all, yo.

> Gorgeous!

> Looking forward,
> ~ph

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Rene Pierre Allain*
> Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 5:55 PM
> Subject: Scholes 05/30/23 Herb photos