Tony Roe

Pianist / Bandleader
Tin Men and the Telephone

In 2009 Tony established Tin Men and the Telephone, a piano-trio that integrates multi-media elements in their shows. He writes most of the compositions and works out the concepts with his fellow band members. Together with software programmers he has developed ways to control all the multi-media elements from the acoustic instruments. Tony is constantly improving and exploring new ways of making music. In 2013 they released an interactive app that allows the audience to participate in their live performances. This innovative project has raised interest from all over the world, also in educational fields. Tin Men and the Telephone were nominated for the Jazz FM Awards 2016 in the category Digital Initiative of the Year and the Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst.

They have been performing internationally in many jazz clubs and festivals, among them London Jazz Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Jazzdor, Gaume Jazz Festival, Jazz sous le Pommiers , ELB Jazz festival, BMW Welt Jazz Award 2014 Finals, Amman Jazz Festival, Jarasum International Jazz Festival, Flamenco Biennale, Tracks (Concertgebouw). Tony has also given solo performances and played with several other ensembles and artists. Among them are Asko Schönberg Ensemble, Room Eleven (Universal), Nora Fischer, Jacob TV, NBE, ISH, UHF (Spain), Vocaallab. His most recent projects are Add Lib (duo with Nora Fischer) and DDos (duo with flamenco guitarist José 'Bolita' Quevedo). Tony has performed at stages in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Serbia, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland. Besides performing Tony records and produces for CDs and theater productions as well, and has collaborated with the Noord Nederlands Toneel (Sneeuwitje, 2015), Kat op het Spek & de PeerGrouP (Missie zkt Massa, 2018), Louis Andriessen and more.