Cocktail Lounge

Live Music - Cocktail Jazz, Latin Lounge, Swingin' Sixties! Lionel Robinson, sings and plays piano - anything from solo to 8-piece band with all the stops in-between, eg a quartet with piano, bass, sax / flute, Latin percussion. Cool classics from Sinatra, Ray Charles, Georgie Fame, Michael Buble; bossas from Brazil; Bacharach, Beatles and Bond, James Bond.

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Singer / pianist Lionel Robinson comes from London,

where he reckons to have played most of the music venues

from Ronnie Scott’s to the Hammersmith Odeon.

Since he began his professional career as the resident pianist

in Elton John's restaurant, "Friends",

Lionel has toured extensively in the UK & Europe

and even played for several members of the Royal Family.

He has a style of his own. The sound he describes as “a blend of

cocktail jazz and Latin lounge, definitely very sixties.”

Lionel combines original material with cool classics from the likes of Sinatra, Bacharach and Jobim.

Since coming to Australia fourteen years ago

his engaging style and easy rapport with audiences

have earned him residencies and return engagements at numerous venues including the Sheraton Mirage (Port Douglas), Kingfisher Bay (Fraser Island), the Ritz-Carlton Osaka (Japan),

the Sheraton on the Park, Park Hyatt, Star City, Café Sydney

and the Manly, Thredbo* & Noosa Jazz Festivals.

(*Lionel is the only artiste invited to play at Thredbo 5 years running!)

Lionel’s latest album, “Polar Bears in the Snow”, is a collection of originals & covers dear to his heart, with a distinctly Latin flavour.

At a gig of Lionel’s earlier this year, legendary composer Paul Williams complimented him on his songwriting, addiing “If I had a voice like that I’d have had a recording career!”

"Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life"- Confucius

For information, CDs available, songlist & a regular update of live performances, email lino@lionelrobinson.com or visit the website at www.lionelrobinson.com