Bob Roger's Jazz Quintet
One of Canada’s finest
trombonists, Bob started playing trombone at the age of ten. Studies at Humber
College, the University of British Columbia and Northwestern University in
Chicago garnered him Bachelor and Masters degrees in trombone performance. For
several years Bob worked in Vancouver as an in demand session and freelance
musician, performing with artists such as Natalie Cole, the O’Jays, the
Temptaions, and the Vancouver and Victoria Symphonies and Operas. He also
recorded with the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation, the West Coast Jazz
Orchestra, Aerosmith, Charlotte Diamond and the Payolas, as well as on numerous
film and television soundtracks.
In 1993 Bob re-located to the mountain town of Revelstoke where he has taught
music for the past twelve years, as well as remaining active as a performer. He
is a regular member of the Okanagan, Kamloops and Cranbrook Symphony Orchestras
, as well as the leader of the Bob Rogers Jazz Trio, which has performed to
great acclaim at festivals and venues in Vernon, Kamloops, Panorama Resort and
Revelstoke.
The Bob Rogers trio, consiting of Bob on trombone, bassist Shannon Sternloff,
and Trevor Wallach, drums, draws on their diverse and eclectic backgrounds to
play a wide variety of jazz styles, from swing and classic jazz standards to
funk and rock fusion.