Adam Rogers is an American jazz guitarist.

Early life

The son of Broadway performers and musicians, he began playing piano and drums at just 5 or 6. He became "obsessed" with Jimi Hendrix and began collecting Hendrix recordings after starting guitar at age 11. He listened a great deal to the Hendrix recordings, and by 14 had learned to play in the style of Hendrix. It was at this time that he was exposed to the music of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Wes Montgomery and began to study jazz. His guitar teachers have included John Scofield and Barry Galbraith.

Development

For five years, Rogers studied classical guitar at Mannes School of Music. Beginning in the 1990s, he spent over ten years as a member of the jazz fusion band Lost Tribe with David Binney, David Gilmore, Fima Ephron, and Ben Perowsky. For several years he was a member of Michael Brecker's bands, and was a founding member of the quartet Forq. He leads a quartet and the trio Dice. Rogers wrote a book regarding his experimentation with heavy metal and jazz music titled Metal-Ish: An Analysis of Heavy Metal and Jazz Fusion. He has also worked with Kenny Barron, Brian Blade, Walter Becker, Michael Brecker & Randy Brecker, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Uri Caine, James Carter, Regina Carter, Larry Coryell, Eliane Elias, Marcus Miller, Joe Jackson, George Russell, David Sanchez, Bill Evans, Gil Evans Orchestra, Forq, Norah Jones, Jack McDuff, Mingus Big Band, John Patitucci, Chris Potter, Paul Simon, Alex Sipiagin, Phillip Bailey, Kenny Werner, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Wright, and John Zorn. He was a tour member with Steely Dan on their Earth After Hours 2022 tour.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

With Lost Tribe

As sideman

With David Binney With Ralph Bowen With Randy Brecker With Regina Carter With Scott Colley With Alana Davis With Bill Evans With Giora Feidman With Phillip Johnston With Norah Jones With David Krakauer With Monday Michiru With John Patitucci With Yelena Eckemoff With Chris Potter With Edward Simon With Alex Sipiagin With others