ROBIN KENYATTA
Genres: Funk Jazz, Hard Bop, World Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz • United States

Robin Kenyatta, an American jazz saxophonist, was born March 6, 1942 in Moncks Corner, South Carolina and died October 28, 2004 in Lausanne, Switzerland. from discogs Born Robert Prince Haynes in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Kenyatta grew up in New York City and began playing the saxophone at the age of 14. He was mostly self-taught, learning alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones and flute, but received encouragement and help from professional musicians such as John Handy. Career Kenyatta joined the United States Army in 1962 and played in a military band for two years. Upon being discharged, he returned to New York and adopted the name Kenyatta as a tribute to Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan anti-colonial activist, and began pursuing a career as a professional musician. In 1964, Bill Dixon heard Kenyatta and invited him to participate in the October Revolution in Jazz. On December 28 of that year, Kenyatta played as read more...