Troy Roberts

Saxophone/Composer/Educator

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.

28 April 2012 1 Comment

NEWS!!!!: Troy Roberts performs with Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussein and Vinnie Colaiuta!!

Troy will be performing at Herbie Hancock’s launch of the first ever International Jazz Day on April 30, 2012! Troy will be representing Australia, 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 will be streamed live on www.monkinstitute.org Click here for more details!!

22 April 2012 0 Comments

Clinic at The Frost School of Music feat. brand new music for next NU-JIVE album!


27 December 2011 0 Comments

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16 November 2011 2 Comments

‘Nu-Jive’ on iTunes and CD Baby, pick it up!

“..an eclectic concoction of jazz, groove, latin and neo-soul, and the meeting of four great musical minds..”

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..

(click here to see a review by JazzTimes)

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)