George Rogers Quartet

George Rogers Quartet

George Rogers, saxophone Isaiah Harwood, piano, Graeham Guerin, bassMax Simas, drums Saxophonist George Rogers, a Bay Area native, graduated from Oberlin Conservatory in Northeast Ohio, and has continued in Oberlin's employ, traveling occasionally to the Bay Area and New York to perform. He'll bring a program of original music to Bird & Beckett with a quartet featuring Bay Area- and LA-based musicians Isaiah Harwood on piano, Graeham Guerin on bass, and Max Simas on drums.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 popular, experimental, and singer-songwriter music.Rogers—a mentee of saxophone legends Gary Bartz, Dick Oatts, Justin Robinson, and Dann Zinn—has performed at prestigious venues across the nation, including Dizzy’s Club, SFJAZZ, Libretto, the Concord Jazz Festival, the Vail Jazz Party, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He has also performed alongside numerous musical legends, including Wynton Marsalis, Gerald Cannon, Dan Wall, Soweto Kinch, Luis Perdomo, Eva Scow, Zack Brock, and Bob Lanzetti. Rogers was first-place winner of the 2025 Vandoren Emerging Artist Award in Jazz.