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| CHRIS ROGERS 60th BIRTHDAY BASH! w/ special guest INGRID JENSEN SUNDAY! DEC 5th 9:30 PM @ The Triad Jazz trumpeter/composer CHRIS ROGERS will be celebrating his 60th birthday weekend in style this Sunday, December 5th - premiering his latest modern-jazz orginals while also featuring a very special guest soloist, the critically acclaimed INGRID JENSEN - in a rarely heard two-trumpet frontline! This unique performance will double as an 'album pre-release' party and a birthday celebration! Chris is thrilled to be 'locking horns' with fellow trumpeter Jensen and will be joined by bandmates Mike Holober on piano, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Johns! Please consider coming out and helping us celebrate! Since the early 1980's Chris Rogers has been a featured trumpet soloist with Gerry Mulligan, Mongo Santamaria, The Mingus Big Band, Buddy Rich, Hilton Ruiz, Bob Moses, Eddie Palmieri, Chaka Khan, Arturo O'Farrill, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ray Barretto & New World Spirit, Mel Lewis & The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Maria Schneider, Tom Harrell's Big Band, and many more. Chris' debut album "Voyage Home" (on Art of Life Records) features the late, great Michael Brecker and received 4.5 stars from DOWNBEAT while being selected among their "Best Albums of 2017". DOWNBEAT also referred to "Rogers' hip, relentlessly grooving compositions stealing the show". This set of new material by Chris is hand-picked exclusively from his upcoming album "Nature's Arrow", expected out in 2022 and which will feature his amazing band - Ted Nash, Bruce Barth, Jay Anderson & Steve Johns..... Chris Rogers is the son of the late NYC trombonist Barry Rogers, best known for his groudbreaking recordings spanning over three decades with Salsa legend Eddie Palmieri; and his being an original member of the seminal early 1970s jazz-rock-fusion band DREAMS with the Brecker Brothers. Growing up in New York, Chris attended the "Famed" High School of Music & Art and was stylistically influenced and personally mentored by New York trumpet greats such as Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Mike Lawrence and Tom Harrell. He is also deeply versed in the schools of Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry and Clifford Brown. DOWNBEAT: 4.5 stars "Best Albums of 2017" - "Rogers' hip, relentlessly grooving compositions steal the show" ALL ABOUT JAZZ: 4 stars - "Trumpeter Chris Rogers' long-awaited debut album as a performer, composer and bandleader… the charts and the musicianship is all first rate. The late great Michael Brecker delivers mighty solos reflective of his legendary status" WORLD JAZZ NEWS: "Drawn upon his Miles/Brecker/Harrell/Woody Shaw influences, Rogers' impeccable trumpet playing – articulate, exploratory, adventurous, utterly musical and virtuosic –is eminently showcased." RANDY BRECKER: "I can categorically say that Chris is AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME on this CD!" Triad Theater $15 158 W 72nd St, NYC doors @9pm w/proof of vaccination TICKETS: www.triadnyc.com Chris Rogers & Ingrid Jensen - trumpets with Mike Holober, Jay Anderson, Steve Johns write your comments about the article :: © 2021 Jazz News :: home page |