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Perry Robinson: The Traveler
Author(s): Florence Wetzel (Author)
- Publisher: iUniverse
- Publication Date: March 5, 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 440 pages
- ISBN-10: 0595215386
- ISBN-13: 9780595215386
Book Description
The autobiography of legendary jazz clarinetist Perry Robinson.
The book also includes Perry’s encounters with a widevariety of personalities, including his cousin actor Alan Arkin, rock drummerGinger Baker, and socialite Marylou Whitney, among others.
Not for jazz fans only, The Traveler is a fascinating storyof one man’s explorations in the worlds of music, mysticism, and magic.
Jazz clarinetist Perry Robinson has led a most unusual life,and his autobiography
Perry Robinson: The Traveler is the story of Perry’sadventures in the world of jazz and beyond. The book is full of anecdotes aboutjazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, BennyGoodman, Chet Baker, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, William Parker, and many others.The book also includes Perry’s encounters with a widevariety of personalities, including his cousin actor Alan Arkin, rock drummerGinger Baker, and socialite Marylou Whitney, among others.
Not for jazz fans only, The Traveler is a fascinating storyof one man’s explorations in the worlds of music, mysticism, and magic.
Editorial Reviews
Review
One of the most informal, engrossingly personal jazz memoirs in years. — Gary Giddins, Village Voice
Wetzel has done an excellent job assembling a volume that is as unique and hard to characterize as its subject.This book is recommended not only to the few who know Robinson as a vastly underrated player, but as a unique piece of oral history.
— JazzTimesPerry Robinson is a jazz clarinetist, magician, and when not at home inJersey City, a world traveler. He’s put it all down in
Perry Robinson:The Traveler. — The New York TimesIf you are looking for a well-written and entertaining book concerningthe world of jazz music,
Perry Robinson: The Traveler is one excitingreading experience. A memorable reading adventure, this book holds yourattention and is a genuine, true page-turner. — JazzReview.com The Traveler abounds with recollections and vivid, candid off-stagesnapshots of musical notables, featuring the mostdetailed portrait yet in print of the origins of the ‘free jazz’ scenewhich arose in the early-to-mid-60s on the Lower East Side and inBrooklyn . . . Entertaining as nostalgia, useful in filling in gaps in recent music and cultural history (and NYC history), The Traveler is perhaps mostimportant as a record of survival in a culture which, for all itssurface worship of novelty, eats its home-grown dissident artists forbreakfast. — AllAboutJazz.comAbout the Author
Florence Wetzel writes across various genres. Her latest book, Sara My Sara: A Memoir of Friendship and Loss, was published in July 2024. Her novels include the thriller The Woman Who Went Overboard and the Swedish mystery The Grand Man. She has also authored horror short stories, a book of poems and memoir essays, and co-authored jazz clarinetist Perry Robinson’s autobiography.
