Barry Rogers

Barry Rogers

Image courtesy of Barry Rogers Jazz
Background information
Birth name Barron W. Rogers
Born May 22, 1935
Origin The Bronx, New York,
United States
Died April 18, 1991 (aged 55)
Washington Heights, Manhattan, United States
Genres Jazz, Pop, Salsa, Soul
Occupation(s) Musician, Arranger, Producer
Instruments Trombone, Wagner tuba
Associated acts Average White Band
Dreams
Fania All-Stars
Machito
Eddie Palmieri
Tito Puente
James Taylor
White Elephant Orchestra

Barry Rogers (May 22, 1935 - April 18, 1991) was a salsa musician and jazz fusion trombonist.

Life and career

Born Barron W. Rogers in The Bronx, he descended from Polish Jews who came to New York City via London and was raised in Spanish Harlem. His family (original name: Rogenstein) possessed a strong musicality; his father and several of his uncles sang in the choir of notable hazzan Joseph Rosenblatt, and his mother had taught in Africa, Mexico, and elsewhere which inspired an interest in music from other nations. In addition to this foundation, the mambo and jazz genres were simply popular in the neighborhood.

As a student of the playing of jazz trombonists Jack Teagarden, Lawrence Brown and J. C. Higginbotham, Rogers began to play Latin music in the mid-1950s and would be most associated with it from then on. He developed his style working with Eddie Palmieri.[1] Willie Colón regarded Rogers as his strongest musical influence, and would feature him in many of his productions. Bobby Valentín would feature Rogers in his classic song "El Jíbaro y la Naturaleza", which led then-singer Marvin Santiago to nickname him "El Terror de los Trombones" for the record (Rogers' trombone tone was regarded as one of the loudest in salsa music).

Rogers worked with musicians such as Palmieri, Israel "Cachao" López, Machito, Manny Oquendo, Andy González, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Cheo Feliciano, Johnny Pacheco, Manny Oquendo, Chino Rodríguez, the Fania All-Stars, and many more. Although fundamentally known as a salsa trombonist, as a studio recording musician, he collaborated with jazz, soul and pop luminaries. A founding member of the jazz-rock band Dreams, which included the brothers Michael and Randy Brecker and Billy Cobham, he also performed with James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Todd Rundgren, Grover Washington, Jr., Ron Carter, George Benson, Carly Simon, David Byrne, Bob James, Spyro Gyra, Bob Moses, Elton John and Don Grolnick, among others.

Rogers died of natural causes in his Washington Heights, Manhattan home at the age of 55.

Discography

With Alegre All Stars

With Eddie Palmieri

With Dreams

With Fania All Stars

With Todd Rundgren

With Orquesta Broadway

With Mark Dimond

With Don Sebesky

With Ron Carter

With Conjunto Libre

With Lalo Schifrin

With Stanley Turrentine

With Herbie Mann

Web sources

  1. ↑ Profile of Barry Rogers

External links