$5 Cover @ the Door / Start 7pm / Doors 6:45pm / Seated Show
Saxophonist Jeff Robinson and Drummer Jerome Deupree join together to present a set of Jazz & Poetry. They will perform award-winning poet Quincy Troupe's "Broken In Parts." Broken In Parts was written more than 15 years ago by Mr. Troupe (the co-author of Miles Davis' autobiography) and still resonates with the state of the world today. Jeff & Jerome will bring the poem to life.
Jeff Robinson
Jeff Robinson, St. Louis Missouri native, saxophonist, composer, radio disc jockey, actor, director, playwright, and poet, Jeff started the Jeff Robinson Trio in 1995 as a bridge between music and theatre. The "Trio" accompany poets at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA, and have a weekly residency that has lasted nearly 20 years. The Jeff Robinson Trio has performed with some of the best poets in the United States of America, including Patricia Smith, Amiri Baraka, and Quincy Troupe, amongst thousands more
Jeff is an alumnus of Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he studied with saxophonists Bill Pierce and George Garzone. He's studied theatre with Oleg Tabakov, Artistic Director of the legendary Moscow Art Theatre Company, and Shakespeare scholar Kristin Linklater. Jeff's one-person show about jazz legend Charlie "Bird" Parker entitled "Live Bird" has appeared off-Broadway and Charlie Parker's hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. "I knew Charlie as a man and not simply as a musical genius. Jeff portrays the Charlie I knew." Widow, Doris Parker
He has directed several plays, including Pearl Cleage's "Blues for an Alabama Sky," He received an Independent Reviewers of New England Awards (IRNE) nomination for Best Director. Robinson directed Craig Lucas's "Reckless" for Theatre Zone and also his self-scripted "Alley Cats" at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, MA, with the Baldwin Theatre Company.
He received an IRNE Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of the 'Stage Manager" in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at the Wheelock Theatre, as well as his portrayal of Charlie Parker in "Live Bird" for the Baldwin Theatre. His radio show "Poetry Jam" was aired on WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge and streamed live. He has recorded for Rounder Records and is working on a new recording with his trio.
Jerome Deupree
Jerome Deupree is best known as the original drummer in the alternative rock band Morphine. Deupree started playing drums at the age of six, with the help of his two older brothers. In the early 1970s, Jerome formed a band with his brother Jesse. After high school, he moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where he recorded for the first time. After a few years, Deupree relocated to Santa Cruz, California, where Jerome played with Humans, who toured with Squeeze and opened for Patti Smith and Iggy Pop. In 1981 he moved to Boston and had lived there since. His early Boston projects included stints in Sex Execs and Either/Orchestra.
In the late 1980s, songwriter Mark Sandman suggested that the two jam with saxophone player Dana Colley. As Morphine, the three composed material and performed throughout the East Coast, including shows in New York. They also recorded at Q Division Studios and The Outpost. In 1991 Deupree was forced to leave the project temporarily due to pain in his hand. Billy Conway took his place during that period.
Although the project was successful, Deupree had personal differences with Sandman, and he decided to leave the band at the end of 1992. He returned to the band in 1992 and played on the debut album Good. The band also toured through California.
Soon after that, Sandman called him and asked him to participate in a demo session that ended up being the band's second album, Cure for Pain.
In 1998 he made some appearances with Morphine, playing along with drummer Conway, shortly before Sandman died while performing in Italy in 1999, ending the band suddenly.
Post-Morphine projects:
After Sandman's death, Colley, Conway, and Deupree formed the band Orchestra Morphine to tour behind Morphine's posthumous final album, The Night. Orchestra Morphine remained sporadically active thereafter, occasionally reassembling to perform Morphine material.
Deupree frequently played with jazz guitarist Joe Morris, appearing on several recordings. He participated in a formative version of the band Beat Circus in 2002 and joined the Boston group, Bourbon Princess, for an extended time. He has also appeared as a session musician on records by Eric Hutchinson, Merrie Amsterburg, Jen Trynin, and James McMurtry.
In 2009, Colley and Deupree began playing with New Orleans musician Jeremy Lyons as Members of Morphine, later renamed Vapors of Morphine. This trio performs classic Morphine songs and new material. Jerome left Vapors of Morphine in 2019.