Join us at Club Thaw for Sweet Jazz! This concert will be held off-site in Bell Acres located at Club Thaw Address provided in confirmation email.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Limited tickets available, seating is first come, first serve.
Music will be from 7-9 p.m.
The Merrie Chef will be on-site selling meals, and you can also preorder your meal in advance. Choose from an assortment of charcuterie, crudité, salads, wraps, and dessert. The Merrie Chef will have everything packaged and ready for you to pick up at the venue before the concert begins. Please specify which Friday in June you will be attending when you check out. Orders must be received by the Wednesday before the concert. Click here to see the full menu and order.
About the band
Roger was 3-1/2 year old when his family first discovered his early talent for playing drums.
He began playing professionally at the age of fourteen. He led his own group at Carnegie Music Hall when just sixteen. “I’ve had a love for music as long as I can remember. He was encouraged by his older brothers Lawrence Jr. and Norman who were musicians at that time. Additionally, Roger’s son Roger Jr. and Norman’s son Gregory have followed in their footsteps as professional drummers.
Roger is rated by music critics as one of the most exciting percussionists in the business. He has provided the rhythmic beat for such greats as Ray Charles, Horace Silver, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Stanley Turrentine, James Moody, Lee Morgan, Dr. Billy Taylor, Benny Green, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry, J.J. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Randy Brecker, Joe Williams, Milton Jackson, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon, Nathan Davis, Pete Henderson, Don Patterson, Gene Harris, Grant Green, George Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Dogget, Jack McDuff, and a list of great musicians that goes on and on and on.
With various groups, Roger Humphries has performed at Carnegie Music Hall, the Village Gate and the Apollo Theatre in New York. He has also played at the Bohemian Caverns and Shelly Manne’s Manhole in Los Angeles; the Penthouse in Seattle, Wash.; Pep’s Lounge and Showboat, Philadelphia; the Jazz Workshop, Boston; Ronny Scott’s in London, and many other places.