Mark Stryker Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Folks, I have seen my share of musical prodigies over the years, but I have never seen a kid like this. Good God. 9-year-old drummer Kojo Roney (son of saxophonist Antoine Roney), channeling Tony Williams, while sitting in w/organist Joey DeFrancesco in New York a couple weeks ago and playing "Seven Steps to Heaven." The video comes from drummer George Fludas' phone (and posted here with permission). George was on the gig, though I think the kid is getting ready to steal it. Like Joey D says at the end, "No matter how old he is, he's bad!" https://www.dropbox.com/s/julyo6rrchhrwrf/VID_20140513_230913_574.mp4 Edited May 24, 2014 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Wow, that is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Denardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Nice! Paul Bollenback on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I see in today's New York Times that Kojo Roney is leading a three-night residency next week at Jack in Brooklyn. Nice of his father to let his 10-year-old son stay up past his bedtime to play the gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Link doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yeah -- that link was posted a while ago. I just bumped the thread after seeing Times blurb about Kojo's residency. Here's another clip. Cell phone recording from behind drums and phasing a big off but you get the idea. He was 9 here, sitting in at the Vanguard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4E1jF9l-Oo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Yeah, I saw that ~year ago and shared on FB. Ain't dat some tin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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