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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Adam Rogers
- City: New York City
- Country: United States
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Adam Rogers was born and raised in New York City where he studied jazz guitar with Barry Galbraith, Howard Collins and John Scofield. During his four years at the Mannes Conservatory of Music he studied Classical Guitar with Robert Secrist and Frederic Hand. Since the beginning of his professional career he has played on over one hundred and fifty commercially released recordings and has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, The Middle East, South America and Russia.
Adam has been enthusiastically reviewed in the New York Times, Downbeat, Jazz Times, The Village Voice, Newsweek, Jazziz, Jazz Hot, The Chicago Sun Times, the L.A times, Jazzwise, and The New Yorker among numerous other periodicals worldwide.
For eleven years he co-led the innovative and critically acclaimed group Lost Tribe, recording three CDs and touring nationally and internationally. Adam has also been featured performing, touring and recording with artists such as Michael Brecker, Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, Walter Becker (of Steely Dan), Paul Simon, Regina Carter, John Zorn, Randy Brecker, The Mingus Orchestra feat. Elvis Costello, Terence Blanchard, Simon Shaheen, The Gil Evans Orchestra, John Pattitucci, Ravi Coltrane, Bill Evans, Lizz Wright, The Brecker Brothers, Jacky Terrasson, Kenny Barron, George Russell, Brian Blade, Eliane Elias, Alana Davis, David Krakauer, The Neptunes, Giora Feidman, The Saturday Night Live band, Jack Mcduff, Larry Coryell, and Ronald Shannon Jackson among others, as well as playing music for the theater with The Great Lakes Theater Company, Joseph Papp's Public Theater and The Metropolitan Opera. Since 2006 he has a full time member of Saxophonist Chris Potter’s “Underground” group.
He has also played on the soundtracks of numerous films, including Michael Almereyda ‘s Hamlet, Carter Burwell- Composer, Spike Lee’s Jim Brown: All American, Terence Blanchard – composer, and most recently Barry Levenson’s What just Happened, Marcelo Zarvos, composer.
In 2006 he produced and arranged 3 CD’s of Beatles music for the Japanese label OMG as well as recently having produced, arranged, recorded and played all the instruments on vocalist Monday Michiru’s recording “Awaken”
As a band leader and composer, Adam has had a steady output of work. His debut CD on Criss Cross Records, “Art of the Invisible” features Edward Simon-Piano, Scott Colley-bass and Clarence Penn-Drums. The follow up, “Allegory”, also on Criss Cross, features the same group with the addition of Chris Potter on Saxophone. His third release for Criss Cross, “Apparitions”, was released in April 2005. The most recent record “Time and the Infinite” featuring Scott Colley and Bill Stewart, was released in February 2007 also on Criss Cross Jazz. A trio recording, “Sight” with John Patitucci and Clarence Penn was released in May 2009. His electric project "DICE" features Fima Ephron – Bass and Nate Smith - Drums.
My Media
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UC4MsxJtRuxRysbY1-FkzqBQ
- ▶ Twitter: adromusic819
- ▶ Instagram: adrajmusic
Click to Listen on Spotify
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 1): http://open.spotify.com/album/4Hud8C5AEW8aKw1AdIVPgt
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 2): http://open.spotify.com/album/2gDrGdt4qT6lVs6Sj5uN5v
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 3): http://open.spotify.com/album/5rnXAcwQzEQFDWHYL3Fbnu
My Instruction:
- Lessons/Workshops: Adam Rogers is an American guitarist specializing in post bop, contemporary jazz, classical music and mixed genres. Rogers has had a prolific session history as a recording guitarist having played on over 200 commercially released recordings. He is currently a member of the Chris Potter Underground in addition to leading his own “acoustic” jazz quartets and quintets as well as the genre bending electric trio DICE as well as being a founding member (and co leader) of the eclectic group Lost Tribe. He has also performed and or recorded with Michael Brecker, Cassandra Wilson, Walter Becker, Norah Jones, Joe Jackson, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, Paul Simon, Ravi Coltrane, John Zorn, Donny McCaslin, David Binney, Bill Evans (saxophonist), and Regina Carter among many others. He is a highly versatile player covering many areas of music but is best known for his work in the modern jazz idiom.
- Online Instruction: http://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/artist/artists/adam-rogers/
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