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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)!!


Shows

Shows

John Fedchock Sextet  

Date City Venue Country
07/29/22 Manaus Amazonas Green Jazz Festival Brazil
Time: 7:00pm. Address: Theater Amazonas. TIME TO BE CONFIRMED

Troy Roberts Quartet  

Date City Venue Country
06/28/22 New York, NY The Ned MoMad United States
Time: 10:00pm. Address: private.
07/02/22 Delaware Water Gap, PA Deer Head Inn United States
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 5 Main St.
08/03/22 New York, NY Smalls Jazz Club United States
Time: 7:30pm. Address: 183 West 10th Street.
08/03/22 New York, NY Smalls Jazz Club United States
Time: 9:00pm. Address: 183 West 10th Street.

Troy Roberts’ – Nu-Jive  

Date City Venue Country
09/09/22 New York, NY Nublu 151 United States
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 151 Loisaida Ave.
09/10/22 Boston, MA Sculler’s Jazz Club United States
Time: 8:00pm. Address: 400 Soldiers Field Road.
11/21/22 New York, NY Birdland Jazz Club United States
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 315 West 44th St.

Veronica Swift  

Date City Venue Country
08/06/22 Ventura, CA Ventura Music Festival United States
Time: 7:30pm.
08/14/22 Stowe, VT The Meadow at Trapp Family Lodge United States
Time: 7:00pm.
09/24/22 Monterey, CA Monterey Jazz Festival United States
Time: 4:30pm.

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Press

Press

2003
Downbeat Magazine – June edition
TV appearance on Australian Network 10 News – 2 news articles

2004
TV appearance on Australian Network 10 News – 2 news articles
Burghausen Jazz Festival, European TV Broadcast – Germany
TV appearance on ‘Good Morning Australia’ – Network 10, Melbourne

2006
Downbeat Magazine – June edition
TV appearance on ‘Art Street’ – WLRN Miami, Florida

2007
Downbeat Magazine – June edition
TV appearance on ‘Great Day Houston’ – CBS Houston, Texas

2008
The West Australian
All About Jazz – Performance Review, USA
DownBeat Magazine, USA

2009
The West Australian
CD Review in WA’s Seven Days Magazine, and ABC Radio National
TV appearance on Australian Network 10 News – Ellington Jazz Club
JazzTimes – Performance Review, USA

2010
Blogging Black America – performance reweiw, USA
Musical Missing Piece – CD review, USA
Downbeat Magazine – June Edition

2011
Nu-Jive album reviews – Gapplegate, O’s Place Jazz Mag, Passing Notes, Something Else, Midwest, Improvijazzation Mag, JazzTimes
Performance Reviews – Jazz Corner, Musical Missing Piece, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, The International Review of Music
Artist Interview – Saxophone and Clarinet Society of Victoria (July Edition)

Tours, Festivals and High-lights

Shows

2012
Performance with Wayne Shorter, Vinnie Colaiuta, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussein, Tarek Yamani and Tineke Postma for Herbie Hancock’s launch of the first ever UNESCO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY at The United Nations General Assembly Hall

2011
Performances with Bobby Sparks, Sammy Figueroa
South By South West Festival (Austin, TX) with Gaute Solaas/Serpentine (Norway)
Troy Roberts – ‘Nu-Jive’ CD Launch, AUS and USA

2010
Performances with Billy Drummond, John Pizzarelli, Patti Austin, Lew Soloff
Burghausen Jazz Festival with Sammy Figueroa, Ronnie Cuber (Germany)
APAP Convention, wth Silvano Monasterios’ 4th World Ensemble (NYC)
Perth Winter Arts Festival with Troy Roberts Quartet (AUS)
Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest with Troy Roberts Quartet (USA)

2009
Performances with James Morrison, Dave Grusin, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton
Perth Winter Arts Festival with Troy Roberts Quartet
Opening of The Ellington Jazz Club (AUS)
Troy Roberts Double Quartet CD Launch, AUS and USA
A week at Dizzy’s Jazz Club, NYC wth Greg Gisbert

2008
Perth Winter Arts Festival with VOID
York Soul and Jazz Festival with VOID, Troy Roberts Trio, James Morrison
Performances with Geoff Keezer, Rodney Whittaker, Carl Allen
Theolonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, L.A.

2007
Performances at The Jazz Standard, NYC with Sammy Figueroa
Performances with Robby Ameen, Lew Soloff, Duffy Jackson, John Fedchock
European Tour with James Morrison – Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany
2 USA Tours with VOID – New York, Miami, Texas, California
IAJE Conference, with VOID – NYC
Houston International Jazz Festival with VOID

2006
Performances with Lauryn Hill, Melton Mustafa, Slide Hampton, Ed Calle, Dennis Macrell
European Tour with James Morrison – Sweden, Germany, Austria, Russia, U.K.
Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival with VOID – Rome, Italy
IAJE Conference, with Bop Brothers– NYC

2005
Performances with Kevin Mahogany, Gary Bartz, Christoph Spendel

2004
Fremantle Jazz Festival with Ingrid Jensen (USA)
Australian Tour with James Morrison
European Tour with James Morrison
Burghausen Jazz Festival – Germany (Live DVD)
Jazz In The Vines Festival – Sydney
Wangaratta Jazz Festival – Melbourne
Jazz meets the Symphony, James Morrison Sextet with WA Symphony Orchestra

2003
West Australian Regional Tour – James Flynn’s Frank Sinatra Tribute
Live recording at the Sydney Opera House – James Morrison
European Tour with James Morrison – Germany, Austria, Czeck, Switzerland
Aarlen Jazz Festival – Germany

2002
Fremantle Jazz Festival
Generations Jazz Festival – South Australia

2001
Generations Jazz Festival – South Australia

2000
 Performances with James Morrison, Daryl Summers, Rolph Harris, Frank Bennett
 Manly Jazz Festival – Sydney, with the West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra

1999
 Performances with John Pisano, Frank Foster, James Morrison, Daryl Summers