BIOGRAPHY --


At home in a multitude of musical settings, Jameel Roberts embodies what it is to be a complete musician. Long gone are the days where musicians are limited to one genre. Jameel has and will continue to transcend musical boundaries.

Saxophonist/pianist and composer, Jameel Roberts, a native of Norwalk Connecticut, is already an accomplished young musician. Jameel began playing saxophone at the age of 11. He played in the Baptist church and found the sounds of reggae and calypso at home from his Caribbean born parents. By high school he was playing professionally in many different venues. Roberts received numerous outstanding soloist awards at the 2000 Berklee Jazz Festival.

That year he was granted a full scholarship to attend William Paterson University and study with Don Braden. While there, he also studied with the legendary, Jazz Messenger pianist, James Williams. Under the tutelage of the late Williams, his skills as a pianist were greatly heightened. Roberts quickly became fascinated by composition and soon began composing various genres of music. He studied jazz composition/arranging with Richard DeRosa and classical composition with Anton Vishio & Dr. David Weisberg. This has lead to a recent performance of his big band arrangement on Giants Steps featuring Joe Lovano with the William Paterson University Big Band and a string orchestra commission for the university in the fall of 2005.

Roberts has also had the opportunity to perform with: James Williams, Richard DeRosa, Bill Mobley, Clark Terry, The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Redman, LL Cool J, and numerous others. Jameel currently resides in the Bronx, NY and is active in many genres of music. He is currently working on an independent gospel album and his piano/rhodes debut.