Reuben Rogers's guest appearances

Reuben Rogers

Contrabass Conversations

The Process with Peter Martin

Christian McBride

Paul Simon

Brian Johnson

Willie Nelson

Henry Chen

William Parker

Steve Metcalf

Scott Dixon

John Davis

Chris West

Leonard Bernstein

Paul Johnson

Miles Brown

Kevin Brown

Rick Jones

OwlTail

In this episode of The Process, Peter sits down with celebrated bassist Reuben Rogers to discuss his incredible musical journey — from a small school on the island of St. Thomas, to some of the most famous stages and studios in the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Process, Peter sits down with celebrated bassist Reuben Rogers to discuss his incredible musical journey — from a small school on the island of St. Thomas, to some of the most famous stages and studios in the world. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Reuben Rogers | The Process #3

Reuben Rogers and I got connected through our mutual friend Allan Santos. I wasn't even sure where to begin with a player like Reuben.   I mean, he has played with Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Roberts, Nicholas Payton, and a long list of jazz luminaries.  He's played on some of the best jazz albums of the past 20 years. Where to even start? So I reached out to Allan, and he told me: "You've got to ask Reuben about the time he fell asleep on the bandstand during a set." That's how we kicked it off.  It was the first of many stories like that.  In fact, I was sore from laughing so hard after we finished talking! We dig into:  how to get work done at 3 am on the road Reuben’s first blizzard experience living in Boston and how it nearly drove him back to the Virgin Islands how Reuben’s high school music teacher Georgia Francis helped him repeatedly during his younger years mistakes that derail the careers of many young musicians  ...and much more! This was a super fun conversation.  Reuben is an awesome guy, and you'll have a great time and learn a lot from this conversation! Links to check out:  Reuben's website (click the bass trunk for a surprise!) The Things I Am (Reuben's solo album)  Reuben even has a set of bass loops available from the Loop Loft! Here's a clip featuring these groovy tracks. Be sure to subscribe to Contrabass Conversations to get these episodes delivered automatically to your mobile device! Thanks to our sponsor! This episode is brought to you by D’Addario Strings! Check out their Zyex strings, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut. Enter the D’Addario strings giveaway for Contrabass Conversations listeners at contrabassconversations.com/strings!

<a href="https://www.reubenrogers.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Reuben Rogers</a> and I got connected through our mutual friend <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2016/10/19/262-allan-santos-finding-purpose/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Allan Santos</a>. I wasn't even sure where to begin with a player like Reuben.   I mean, he has played with Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Roberts, Nicholas Payton, and a long list of jazz luminaries.  He's played on some of the best jazz albums of the past 20 years. Where to even start? So I reached out to Allan, and he told me: "You've got to ask Reuben about the time he fell asleep on the bandstand during a set." That's how we kicked it off.  It was the first of many stories like that.  In fact, I was sore from laughing so hard after we finished talking! We dig into: <ul> <li>how to get work done at 3 am on the road</li> <li>Reuben’s first blizzard experience living in Boston and how it nearly drove him back to the Virgin Islands</li> <li>how Reuben’s high school music teacher Georgia Francis helped him repeatedly during his younger years</li> <li>mistakes that derail the careers of many young musicians</li> </ul> ...and much more! This was a super fun conversation.  Reuben is an awesome guy, and you'll have a great time and learn a lot from this conversation! Links to check out: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.reubenrogers.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Reuben's website</a> (click the bass trunk for a surprise!)</li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2fnuOuj" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Things I Am</a> (Reuben's solo album)</li> </ul> Reuben even has a set of bass loops available from the Loop Loft! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2T9j8FH18" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Here's a clip featuring these groovy tracks</a>. Be sure to <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/subscribe" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to Contrabass Conversations</a> to get these episodes delivered automatically to your mobile device! Thanks to our sponsor! This episode is brought to you by <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/daddario1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">D’Addario Strings</a>! Check out their <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/daddario2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zyex strings</a>, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut. Enter the D’Addario strings giveaway for Contrabass Conversations listeners at <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/strings" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">contrabassconversations.com/strings</a>!

272: Reuben Rogers is a "Super-Sideman"