Troy Roberts | Saxophonist & Composer

Three-time Grammy nominated Australian saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts is based in New York City, maintaining a busy performance and recording schedule around the globe with some of the greatest jazz artists of today. He’s a regular member of The Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Quartet, Joey DeFrancesco’s new quartet, ‘The People’, and is currently celebrating his 8th record as a leader, 'Nu-Jive Perspective'.

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Troy Roberts performs with Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussein, Vinnie Colaiuta..!!

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Troy recently performed at Herbie Hancock’s launch of the first ever International Jazz Day on April 30, 2012! Representing Australia, and playing tenor sax along with Wayne Shorter (soprano, representing the US), Richard Bona (bass, representing Cameroon), Zakir Hussein (tabla, representing India), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums, representing the US), Tineke Postma (alto, Netherlands) and Tarek Yamani (piano, Lebanon) at The UN General Assembly Hall, this concert was streamed live on www.monkinstitute.org

Click here to view the video archive (Troy appears around the 1 hour and 18 min mark)!!

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