Antoine Roney
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Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.[1]
Antoine attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts[2] and the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford.[3]
His first album, The Traveler,[1] was recorded in 1992 and released by Muse Records.[4] Some of the tracks were with pianist Jacky Terrasson, bassist Dwayne Burno, and drummer Louis Hayes; saxophonist and flautist James Spaulding was added for the other tracks.[4] "After a few years of extensive touring, Roney issued his sophomore recording, Whirling, in 1996."[1]
Discography
As leader
- 1992: The Traveler (Muse) with James Spaulding, Jacky Terrasson, Dwayne Burno, Louis Hayes
- 1995: Whirling (Muse) with Ronnie Mathews, Santi Debriano, Nasheet Waits
As sideman
With Cindy Blackman
- Telepathy (Muse, 1992 [1994])
With Ricky Ford
- Tenor Madness Too! (Muse, 1992)
With Elvin Jones
- The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (Half Note, 1999)
With Wallace Roney
- Seth Air (Muse, 1991)
- Mistérios (Warner Bros., 1994)
- Village (Warner Bros., 1997)
- No Room for Argument (Stretch, 2000)
- Prototype (HighNote, 2004)
- Mystikal (HighNote, 2005)
- Jazz (HighNote, 2007)
- If Only for One Night (HighNote, 2010)
- Home (HighNote, 2012)
References
- ^ a b c Allmusic profile
- ^ Fine, Eric (June 2010). "New Mid-Atlantic Jazz Swings D.C. Suburbs". DownBeat. p. 21.
- ^ "Student Music Guide". DownBeat. October 2011. p. 78.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 1119. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.