Word: robbin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alto saxophone after putting down his tenor, he turned to confide with the audience, "The little one gets mad when I pick up the big one!" Jacquet, who was the Kayden Artist in Residence in 1983 at Harvard, performed four tunes with the Band: Jacquet's own "Robbin's Nest," as well as "Body and Soul," "Flyin' Home" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." This was his eighth visit to Harvard. While Jacquet held the audience in thrall with his simple, warm, lyrical solos, it was the sensitive accompaniment by the entire Monday Jazz Band as well...
...some of the band members, however, the experience wasn't quite as easy-going as it may have been perceived in the audience. Andy Eggers '99, who played drums with Jacquet on "Robbin's Nest," described the experience as "totally nerve-racking." Bassist Gian Antonio Pangaro '99 agreed with Eggers' assessment and wished there had been "more time during the week to rehearse with the artists...
BORN: Jan. 30, 1947, Tacoma, Wash. EDUCATION: U of Rochester, B.A., 1969; New York U, J.D.,1973 FAMILY: Wife, Robbin Blaine; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: National Guard, 1970-76 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Sought G.O.P. nomination for New York Assembly, 1994 ADDRESS: 122 East 83rd Street, New York...
...Many women who die [from domestic violence] had done 'all the right things,'--they left the abuser, relocated and got a restraining order," Robbin said...
...Robbin said the Assault Weapons Bill would prevent these murders by restricting abusers from owning assault weapons...