- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 5 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Gospel pianist Edward Robinson was born on May 10, 1933. He grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, before his family moved to Chicago. At a young age, Robinson sat down at his older brother's piano and proceeded to play by ear Does Jesus Care, thus beginning a lifetime devoted to gospel music. In Chicago, Robinson played for Louis Bodie and accompanied Mahalia Jackson for seventeen years, traveling the world playing gospel music for foreign dignitaries and heads of at some of the world's legendary concert halls. Robinson also played piano with such noted musicians as Aretha Franklin, Albertina Walker, Sam Cooke, The Caravans, Gladys Knight and Robert Anderson. Both Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Illinois Governor George Ryan have honored Robinson for his contributions to gospel music. Robinson lived in Chicago, where he played piano for the St. Andrew Temple Choir, Leak and Sons Funeral Directors, and Willie Wilson. Robinson passed away November 21, 2014, at the age of 81.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Edward Robinson
- Edward Robinson
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 998757176
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Edward Robinson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
010538
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 April 29.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Gospel Pianist.
- Added Author
Robinson, Eddie C., interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.