Cynthia Robinson
Actor
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Died
- November 23, 2015 (age 71)
Cynthia Robinson (January 12, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, for which she was the trumpeter and a vocalist. Her voice and presence were featured in the hits "Dance to the Music" and "I Want to Take You Higher." Questlove of the hip hop band the Roots has called Robinson the original "hypeman."
Filmography (10)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)Self (archive footage)
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Coming Back for More (2009)- Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008 (2008)vocals, trumpet
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000 (1999)
Prince: Beautiful Strange (1998)Self
Let Me Have It All (1993)Herself
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70 (1970)
Woodstock (1970)Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69 (1969)