Roy has toured throughout the US and Europe. He has performed at many of the world’s top Jazz festivals including the Playboy Jazz festival, Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany, the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, JVC Festival in New York City, Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Jazz Festival, the Jacksonville Jazz festival, Jakarta Jazz festival, and The Hollywood Bowl. He is featured on numerous recordings as a sideman and leader of his own group. He has become a staple on the New York Jazz scene and has been performing there regularly for the past fifteen years. In addition, Roy Dunlap is the pianist on the score Ken Burns documentary Jackie Robinson. He has worked with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, John Mayer, Karen Olivo, Leslie Odem Jr., Madeline Peyroux, Amy Helm, Jerry Weldon, Ron Blake, Grant Stuart, Wes Anderson, Doug Wamble, Marcus Printup, Bunky Green, Louis Bellson, The Artie Shaw Orchestra, Dr Eddie Henderson and others.