Tuesday, January 12, 2010

CYNTHIA ROBINSON


Cynthia Robinson (born January 12, 1946 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American musician, best known for being the trumpeter in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. Robinson is notable for being one of the first (both) black and female trumpet player in a major American band, and also for being the only member of the original Family Stone clan to continue working with Sly Stone after the band fell apart in 1975.

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  1. Well, when ya got talent, you go forward. The others fall away! Look at Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Kenny Loggins. their partners are dust in the wind......

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