Antoine Roney
Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963 in Philadelphia ) is an American saxophonist and bass clarinetist of modern jazz .
Roney comes from a musical family. His grandfather, Roosevelt Sherman, played for Frankie Fairfax; the trumpeter Wallace Roney is his older brother. His father taught him to play drums when he was five; As a teenager he switched to the clarinet and from the alto to the tenor saxophone . After training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts , he studied at Hart College with Jackie McLean and occasionally played with Clifford Jordan and Donald Byrd . In 1991 he became a member of his brother's band, with whom he also toured internationally; he was also involved in many of its recordings. He also founded his own groups. In 2001 he toured Europe with Al Foster . He has also worked on recordings of Jesse Davis , Cody Moffett , Cindy Blackman , Ricky Ford , Sarah Morrow and Michael Carvin . He also worked with Ted Curson , John Patton , Ravi Coltrane , Geri Allen , Chick Corea and Elvin Jones .
Discographic notes
- The Traveler (1992; with W. Roney, James Spaulding , Jacky Terrasson , Dwayne Burno , Louis Hayes )
- Whirling (1995, Muse; with Ronnie Matthews , Santi Debriano , Nasheet Watts )
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
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| SURNAME | Roney, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |