Antonio Hart

Antonio Hart (born September 30, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, studied with Andy McGhee at Berklee College of Music, and has a master's degree from Queens College, City University of New York. His initial training was classical, but he switched to jazz in college.^[1] He gained recognition for his work with Roy Hargrove.^[2]

Hart is currently serving as a full-time professor of jazz studies in Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College City University of New York.

Hart is a member of the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity ^[3]

Hart plays a Yanagisawa alto saxophone.

Discography

As leader

• 1991: For the First Time (Novus)
• 1992: Don't You Know That I Care with Gary Bartz
• 1993: For Cannonball and Woody
• 1994: Tokyo Sessions with Roy Hargrove (Novus)
• 1995: It's All Good (Novus)
• 1996: Here I Stand (Impulse!/GRP)
• 1996: Alto Summit (Milestone) with Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Reuben Rogers (Milestone)
• 2001: Ama Tu Sonrisa (Enja)
• 2004: All We Need (Downtown Sound)

As sideman

With Robin Eubanks

• Mental Images (JMT, 1994)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc, 1992)
• To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992)

With Roy Hargrove

• Diamond in the Rough (1989)

With Dave Holland

• What Goes Around (2002)
• Pass It On (Dave Holland album) (2008)
• Pathways (2011)

With McCoy Tyner

• Prelude and Sonata (1995)

With Gerald Wilson

• Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue, 2007)
• Detroit (Mack Avenue, 2009)
• Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)

With Dee Dee Bridgewater

• This Is New (2002)

References