Orphy Robinson, MBE
Orphy is chair of the Watford Jazz Junction.
He is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist & composer. He is one of the few UK musicians to have been signed to the legendary Blue Note jazz record label .
In 2018 he was awarded an MBE for music services. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he has played or been featured on over 100 recordings, these include numerous celebrated albums.
More about Orphy
Orphy regularly performs with internationally acclaimed artists. These have included violinists Nigel Kennedy, Thurston Moore, Joss Stone, Robert Plant, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Masekela. He has also composed for film & television.
He is committed to supporting the infrastructures and organisations enabling musicians and live music to flourish.
Positions held:
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Deputy Chair Board of Directors, The Ivors Academy
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Chair of Ivors Academy Jazz + Council & Membership Committee
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Trustee - ECSA- European Composers & Songwriters Alliance
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Chair ECF Committee ECSA - European Composers & Songwriters Alliance
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Vice Chair Jazz Promotion Network
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Trustee National Jazz Archives
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Trustee Black Lives in Music
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Ambassador for the Music for All charity
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Patron of The Jazz Centre UK
Recent awards & nominations:
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2022 Paul Hamlyn Composer Award Winner
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2022 Nomination Best Jazz Ensemble: The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group
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2020 Winner Jazz FM Gold Award
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2019 Jazz FM Nomination Innovation Award: 'Orphy Robinson – Freedom: The Art of Improvisation Sessions' at The Vortex
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2019 Jazz FM Nomination Live Experience of the Year: 'Orphy Robinson presents Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks Tour'
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2018 Jazz FM Nomination Jazz Innovation of the Year: 'Producer of Carleen Anderson's Cage Street Memorial album'
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2017 Winner Jazz FM 'Live Experience of the Year' Award: 'The Bobby Hutcherson Songbook'
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2016 Jazz FM Nomination Jazz Innovation Award: 'Black Top'