Reginald R. Robinson

MacArthur "genius" Award winner Reginald R. Robinson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is a pianist/composer of Semi-Classical Music, Ragtime, Latin American and early Jazz & Blues styles. He is also an educator on ragtime music across the United States.

His first musical experiences were listening to his mother and father play records at home of everything from Classical to R&B music. In 1984 he and his brothers Michael and Marlando started making music at home after Marlando picked up the guitar.