Antonio Hart, born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on September 30, 1968, is an American jazz alto saxophonist and educator. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and initially received classical musical training before transitioning to jazz during college, where he studied with Andy McGhee at Berklee College of Music. He gained wider recognition performing alongside Roy Hargrove, releasing his debut studio album, For the First Time, in 1991, followed by studio albums Don't You Know I Care in 1992 and Here I Stand in 1997, the latter earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. His leader studio albums include Blessings in 2015. Over his career, he has featured as a sideman on over 100 recordings, collaborating with Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, and Dave Holland, while serving as a professor of jazz studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College.
