First-place winner of the 2025 Vandoren Emerging Artist Award in Jazz, George Rogers (georgerogersmusic.com) is a saxophonist, composer, educator, and organizer from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently based in Northeast Ohio. Drawing inspiration from a diverse array of genres, Rogers's playing and composing styles blend elements of traditional, modern, and avant-garde jazz, while also embracing influences from experimental, popular, and singer-songwriter music.

Rogers—a mentee of saxophone legends Gary Bartz, Justin Robinson, and Dann Zinn—has performed at venues across the nation, including New York City (Dizzy’s Club, Nublu, Prospect Jams), the Bay Area (SFJAZZ, California Jazz Conservatory, Bird & Beckett, The Backroom, Tom’s Place), Southern California (LIBRETTO, The Stowaway, The Green Room), Northeast Ohio (The Feve, Hanson Records, All Things Great, the Cleveland Museum of Art), and in numerous other states, from Vermont to Alaska, as part of diverse programmingl. He has performed in settings involving artists such as Gerald Cannon, Dan Wall, Luis Perdomo, Zack Brock, Bob Lanzetti, Petros Klampanis, Eva Scow, Soweto Kinch, Bill Nace, and Lorin Benedict.

Personnel: George Rogers, saxophone + compositions; Brahm Sasner, piano; Lorenzo Wolczko, upright bass; Max Simas, drumset, the Bay Area, Southern California, Northeast Ohio and in numerous other states, from Vermont to Alaska.

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