Cynthia Robinson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Today
Self
1952
Film
Woodstock
Self - Sly & The Family Stone
1970
Film
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Film
Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000
1999
Film
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Self
1998
Film
Let Me Have It All
Herself
1993
Film
Coming Back for More
2009
Film
Sly & The Family Stone: Harlem Cultural Festival '69
1969
Sly & The Family Stone: Live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008
vocals, trumpet
2008
Film
Sly & The Family Stone: Swing In '70
1970