TONY FLOYD started playing drums at the age of eight and professionally from the age of fifteen.

Playing with some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians he toured Australia and performed with ‘The Jextet’ in 1985 and recorded two albums with Vince Jones in 1988 and 1989. 

Tony graduated in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree of Education in Music at the Melbourne University and played in various ensembles including big bands, symphony orchestras, percussion ensembles and jazz and rock groups. 

Over the period from 1989 till present Tony performs with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’.  He toured with them in Europe and Canada and appeared both in Australia and overseas with ‘Hot House Flowers’, ‘Midnight Oil’, ‘Bjork, Hall & Oates’, ‘The Jayhawks’, and ‘The Black Sorrows’.  He recorded 6 albums with them, one a debut Top 10 Gold album and awarded ARIA Best Debut single and ARIA Nominated Debut Album.

Tony has been involved with the recording of 21 albums.  His performance highlights were with Vince Jones, Ruby Carter, Oxo Cubans, ‘Things of Stone and Wood’,’ Black Sorrows’, ‘Men at Work’, Deborah Conway, Merril Bainbridge and Mark Seymor.

Various appearances with Joe Camelleri and the ‘Black Sorrows’ (tour plus recording), Christine Sullivan (tour to UK playing at Ronnie Scotts), Vincent Herring, Lee Konitz, Paul Grabowsky, Earthe Kitt, Kate Ceberano, Ross Wilson, Greg Champion, Don Burrows, Graham Lyle, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, ‘Moomba Jazz All Starts’ (with Alex Pertout, Bob Venier, Tony Hicks & Bob Sedergreen), and Linda Cable.

Tony works as a sessional teacher at the Victoria College of Arts and Monash University.

Since 2000 Tony has been performing with Ruby Page. More recently (with Joe Ruberto on piano and Dean Addison on double bass) you are able to enjoy his wonderful creative work more frequently at the many residencies and shows with Ruby Page.  His joyful nature and ability to contribute with innovation to the synergy of a fun loving group of passionate musicians is a pleasure to watch and hear.  New feels are emerging to old standards at every gig and you would also be able to witness his vocal skills with harmonizing and singing his own versions to well known tunes at Ruby's gigs.

As producer of Ruby's latest album 'Smile' - his first roll as producer of an album - he excelled as co-creator of wonderful music,  and rose to the opportunity to orchestrate something unique and very special.