Antoine Roney

Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.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, John Coltrane, Willie Bobo, and Mongo Santamaria. Antoine attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford.His first album, The Traveler, was recorded in 1992 and released by Muse Records. 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. "After a few years of extensive touring, Roney issued his sophomore recording, Whirling, in 1996."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.