Eli Robinson (23 June 1911-24 December 1972) was a jazz trombonist and arranger. After working in Cincinnati in bands led by Speed Webb and Zack White, as well as McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and making his first recordings in 1935 with Blanche Calloway, in 1936 he moved to New York where he played with Teddy Hill, and Willie Bryant. After working briefly with Roy Eldridge in Chicago in 1939, he joined Count Basie from 1941 to 1947.
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