Big Jim Robinson (born Nathan; December 25, 1892 – May 4, 1976) was an American jazz musician, based in New Orleans, renowned for his deep, wide-toned, robust "tailgate" style of trombone playing, using the slide to achieve a wide swoop between two notes (a technique that classical musicians call "glissando") and rhythmic effects.

[1] In his youth, he got the nickname "Jim Crow" because of his facial features, which resembled a Native American.

He gained greater fame with the resurgence of interest in early New Orleans jazz starting in the 1940s as a regular member of the bands of Bunk Johnson and George Lewis.

Occasionally, he also led his own band and appeared regularly at Preservation Hall in his later years.

Robinson's widely-recognized style was influential with many later traditional and New Orleans-style jazz trombonists in the United States and Europe.