Fred Robinson

American jazz trombonist and arranger, born February 20, 1901 in Memphis, Tennessee, died April 11, 1984 in New York. Not to be confused with the guitarist Freddie Robinson.
Moved to Chicago in 1927, where he worked with Carroll Dickerson and Louis Armstrong, to New York in 1929. Played with Kid Ory (1925-1927), Louis Armstrong (1927-1930), Edgar Hayes, Marion Hardy (1931), Charlie Turner's Acadians, Don Redman (1931-1933), Benny Carter (1933), Fletcher Henderson (1935, 1938, 1939 & 1941), Jelly Roll Morton (1939), Andy Kirk (1939-1940), George James (2) (1943), Cab Calloway (1944-1945), Sy Oliver (1946-1950), Noble Sissle (1950-1951) and others.