Hailing from the remote location of Perth, West Australia, saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts has won four consecutive Downbeat Jazz Soloist Awards, two consecutive West Australian Music Industry Awards was the only Australian finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, received his first Grammy Nomination Medal, and has shared the stage with greats such as Sammy Figueroa, James Morrison, Stephen Scott, Slide Hampton, Bobby Sparks, Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton to name a few.. More recently, Troy represented Australia sharing the stage as part of an international quintet made up of jazz greats Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Vinnie Colaiuta, Zakir Hussain, Tineke Postma and Tarek Yamani for Herbie Hancock’s launch of the first ever UNESCO International Jazz Day at The UN Assembly Hall, NYC. Having been on faculty at The University of Miami for the past 3 years, Troy is currently based in New York, is celebrating his 4th internationally released record as a leader, Nu-Jive (2011) and continues to maintain a busy performance and recording schedule around the globe.
This new record features Troy Roberts – saxophone, Silvano Monasterios – keys, Eric England – electric bass and Dave Chiverton – drums, and special guest percussionists Sammy Figueroa and Jose Gregorio Hernandez..
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Here’s a clip from the Launch and VOID Reunion show in Australia
Here’s a snippet of a rehearsal session… (see more on ‘VIDEO’ page)
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Launch Stereo