Antoine Roney
Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor and saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.[1]
His grandfather, Roosevelt Sherman played guitar, tuba, trumpet and played in the Frankie Fairfax Band in the 1930s. Growing up surrounded by jazz music, the Roney brothers were influenced by Horace Silver, Art Blakey Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Willy Bobo and Mongo Santamaria. Antoine graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts of the D.C. Public Schools and attended college at the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford.
Throughout the 1980s/1990s he worked with Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Clifford Jordan, Ted Curson, John Patton, Rashied Ali, Arthur Taylor, Jesse Davis, Ravi Coltrane, Michael Carvin, Geri Allen, Chick Corea and Elvin Jones, and has released five albums as a leader.
Family
His son Kojo (Kojo Odu Roney) is a drummer. In 2018, at age thirteen, he was touring with his uncle Wallace's quintet.
Discography
- 1992: The Traveler (Muse) with Jacky Terrasson, James Spaulding, Louis Hayes, Wallace Roney
- 1995: Whirling (Muse) with Ronnie Mathews, Santi Debriano, Nasheet Waits
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)
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