Adam Rogers (musician)
| Adam Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 New York City |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Labels | Criss Cross |
| Associated acts | Lost Tribe, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter |
| Website | www |
Adam Rogers is an American jazz guitarist.
The son of Broadway performers, he began playing piano and drums at just 5 or 6. He became "obsessed" with Jimi Hendrix and began collecting Hendrix recordings as a teenager. He listened a great deal to the Hendrix recordings, and by 14 had learned to play in the style of Hendrix. A friend named Toby, who played alto saxophone, was a Charlie Parker aficionado, who would lambast him for not being able to play jazz. Toby played Parker and John Coltrane records to Rogers, and he began to develop an interest due to the technical requirements. He started learning from a jazz guitar tutor. His jazz guitar teachers have included John Scofield and Barry Galbraith.
For five years, Rogers studied classical guitar at Mannes School of Music. Beginning in the 1990s, he spent over ten years as a member of the jazz fusion band Lost Tribe with David Binney, David Gilmore, Fima Ephron, and Ben Perowsky. For several years he was a member of Michael Brecker's bands. He currently leads his own acoustic quartet and the genre bending electric trio DICE.
He has also worked with Kenny Barron, Brian Blade, Walter Becker, Terence Blanchard, Randy Brecker, Uri Caine, James Carter, Regina Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Larry Coryell, Eliane Elias, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Norah Jones, Jack McDuff, Mingus Big Band, John Patitucci, Chris Potter, Paul Simon, Alex Sipiagin, Phillip Bailey,Kenny Werner, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Wright, and John Zorn.
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