Birth name Barron W. Rogers Role Musician Name Barry Rogers | Genres Jazz, Pop, Salsa, Soul | |
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Born May 22, 1935 ( 1935-05-22 ) Origin The Bronx, New York,
United States Occupation(s) Musician, Arranger, Producer Associated acts Average White Band
Dreams
Fania All-Stars
Machito
Eddie Palmieri
Tito Puente
James Taylor
White Elephant Orchestra Died April 18, 1991, Washington Heights, New York City, New York, United States Music groups Fania All-Stars, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers Albums Live At The Red Garter Vol1, Our Latin Thing (Nuestra, Viva La Charanga, Latin‑Soul‑Rock, ¿Que Pasa? The Best of Fa | ||
Instruments Trombone, Wagner tuba | ||
Barry Rogers Trombone Solo in “Comadrita”
Barron W. "Barry" Rogers (May 22, 1935 – April 18, 1991) was a salsa musician and jazz fusion trombonist.
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Life and career
Born 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. 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, 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. He was the father of noted trumpeter Chris Rogers.
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 Hank Crawford
With Conjunto Libre
With Lalo Schifrin
With Stanley Turrentine
With Herbie Mann