Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Quartet!
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International Jazz Day, Osaka!
HOMEPAGE, NewsVery exited to have performed alongside MANY of my heroes! Click HERE to read more, or click the pic to watch the full concert!!
News & Shows – Sept/Oct 2015
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‘Secret Rhymes’ teaser..
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Troy Roberts’ NU-JIVE 5
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Troy Roberts Double Quartet
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Troy Roberts Quartet
Video
Troy Roberts Quartet – a tribute to Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson!
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Troy Roberts performs with Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussein, Vinnie Colaiuta..!!
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Shows
ShowsBirdland Big Band
Date | City | Venue | Country |
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08/19/25 - 08/23/25 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club | United States |
Time: 5:30pm. Address: 315 West 44th St. |
Dave Stryker Quartet
Date | City | Venue | Country |
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09/26/25 | Nyack, NY | Maureen’s Jazz Cellar | United States |
Time: 8:00pm. Address: 2 North Broadway. | |||
11/21/25 | Tarrytown, NY | The Jazz Forum | United States |
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1 Dixon Lane. | |||
11/22/25 | Tarrytown, NY | The Jazz Forum | United States |
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1 Dixon Lane. |
Troy Roberts & WAAPA
Date | City | Venue | Country |
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08/15/25 | Perth, WA | The Ellington Jazz Club | Australia |
Time: 6:00pm. Buy Tickets |
Troy Roberts Quartet
Date | City | Venue | Country |
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07/31/25 | Brunswick, VIC | The Jazzlab | Australia |
Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
08/02/25 | Wellington | Wellington Jazz Club | New Zealand |
Time: 7:00pm. | |||
08/06/25 | Auckland, NZ | Creative Jazz Club | New Zealand |
Time: 7:00pm. | |||
08/07/25 | Brisbane | Jazz Music Institute | Australia |
Time: 8:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
08/08/25 | Perth, WA | The Ellington Jazz Club | Australia |
Time: 6:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
08/09/25 | Perth, WA | The Ellington Jazz Club | Australia |
Time: 6:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
08/28/25 | New York, NY | Smalls Jazz Club | United States |
Time: 7:30pm. Address: 183 West 10th Street. | |||
10/04/25 | Delaware Water Gap, PA | Deer Head Inn | United States |
Time: 7:00pm. Address: 5 Main St. |
Troy Roberts, Artist In Residence
Date | City | Venue | Country |
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08/11/25 - 08/15/25 | Mt Lawley | WAAPA | Australia |
Time: 9:00am. Address: 2 Bradford Street. | |||
09/12/25 - 09/13/25 | Tallahassee, FL | Florida State University | United States |
Time: 9:00am. |
Press
Press2003
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
Shows2012
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
At The 55 Bar, NYC with Mike Stern’s band..
NewsA very fun hit last week at The 55 Bar with Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Lionel Cordew and Bob Franceschini! (after a great day hanging out with Bob Franceschini and Alonzo Wright)
‘Nu-Jive’ CD Launch/VOID Reunion
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Troy Roberts performs on a Grammy Nominated record!!
NewsTroy Roberts recently received a Grammy Nomination medal for his performance on Sammy Figueroa’s latest album, “The Magician” (Savant Records) – nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album Of The Year!