Koleby Royston

Koleby Royston is a New York-based jazz drummer who played in trumpeter Sean Jones's touring quartet in 2026. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, in a family of jazz musicians: his mother is pianist Shamie Royston and his father is drummer Rudy Royston. Royston found the drums at 15 after attending the Jazz House Kids summer workshop in Montclair, New Jersey, and later studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He has worked with Allison Miller, Mark Whitfield Jr., Tia Fuller, Mimi Jones, Josh Evans and Julius Tolentino, and has performed at the Kennedy Center.