KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Café present Troy Roberts’ Nu-Jive
Thursday April 14, at 9 PM.
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach.
For more information, call (305) 534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.
Some more detail: Not to be missed, come check out Troy’s new band celebrating the release of his new album, ‘Nu-Jive’ plus special guest Chris Cadenhead on auxiliary keyboards. The evening will kick off with some straight ahead jazz in the format of The Troy Roberts Quartet, followed by all original material freshly recorded on this new release! Come along and tell your friends!
Troy Roberts – sax
Silvano Monasterios – keys/piano
Eric England – electric bass/acoustic bass
David Chiverton – drums
special guest Chris Cadenhead – aux keys
Hailing from the remote location of Perth, West Australia, saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts has recently relocated to the USA. Having completed a Masters and currently teaching part-time at the University of Miami, Troy recently won two 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, and continues to maintain a busy performance schedule around Australia, Europe and the USA.
Having shared the stage with greats such as Sammy Figueroa (performing on his Grammy-nominated album, The Magician), Robby Ameen, Lew Soloff, Lauryn Hill, James Morrison, Kevin Mahogany, Slide Hampton, Gary Bartz, Geoff Keezer, Rodney Whitaker, Carl Allen, Dennis McCrell, Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton, Troy recently released his third album, The XenDen Suite – an 8-part composition for jazz quartet and string quartet – and also his first DVD – a live concert performance of The XenDen Suite.
Troy leads the exciting nu-jazz project, Troy Roberts’ NuJivee, which features some seriously talented young Miami-based artists, while showcasing Troy’s original compositions – an eclectic concoction of jazz, groove, Latin and neo-soul. In March 2011 they released their first CD, “Nu-Jiveâ€.
