Chris Rogers

about

Chris Rogers was born in New York City in the early sixties to a family of musicians. His father - the late trombonist Barry Rogers - was a founding member of the ground-breaking jazz-rock band “Dreams” (with the Brecker Brothers & Billy Cobham) and recorded with artists ranging from James Taylor, Elton John, Todd Rundgren, & Aretha Franklin, to Spyro Gyra, Bob James, Chaka Khan, & Don Grolnick. Barry Rogers is also widely recognized as the most influential trombone soloist in the field of Salsa & Latin-jazz through his work with Eddie Palmieri, Conjunto Libre, The Fania All-Stars, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Machito, and many others. This rich and varied musical environment had a profound effect on Chris while growing up, cultivating a love of jazz, R&B and Latin music. At age 9 Chris received his first horn as a gift from family friend Lew Soloff who was just gaining worldwide fame for his iconic trumpet solo on “Spinning Wheel” with another great band - Blood Sweat & Tears. Chris began his formal training at the Manhattan School of Music Prep Division while being exposed to all sorts of music at home. His mom Lou Rogers (a/k/a L.K. Steiner) is a brilliant composer/lyricist; his older cousin Fred Steiner was the majority composer for the original Star Trek TV series; and his maternal grandmother Toni Koves Steiner was among the world's most renowned Hungarian "cimbalom" soloists - recording and working with the likes of Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein and many of the maj

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albums

Sippin' on Summer

Voyage Home

Rollin' Wheel

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Sippin' on Summer [single]

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Gentle Giants

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Chris Rogers's Album

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Voyage Home (feat. Michael Brecker, Steve Khan, Ted Nash, Xavier Davis, Jay Anderson, Steve Johns & Roger Rosenberg)

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Run

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Rollin' Wheel - EP

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Jazziz - October 1997

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From Blantyre to Barcelona

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Sippin' on Summer - Single

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