Robert Boone Jr. is a Grammy-winning drummer/percussionist from Augusta, Georgia, currently performing with The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra and serving on the jazz faculty at Georgia State University. Deeply committed to music education and community outreach, he also teaches at various middle and high schools throughout Metro Atlanta. Boone has toured internationally across Japan, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe, with appearances at premier venues such as The Blue Note (Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York), Birdland Jazz Club, Yoshi’s, Churchill Grounds, The Cobb Energy Centre, Sydney Opera House, and Spivey Hall, as well as major jazz festivals throughout the world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from Kennesaw State University, where he studied under John Lawless and Justin Chesarek, and a master’s in jazz studies from Florida State University, where he studied under Leon Anderson. He was also selected to be a member of the 2015 Disneyland All-American College Band. Boone has collaborated with renowned artists including Steve Jordan, John Clayton, Rufus Reid, Wycliffe Gordon, Kurt Elling, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Marcus Roberts, among many others.
Robert Boone will join us at Word of South as part of the Sunday jazz lineup!