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Dana Rogers
Born in Port Arthur, Texas; raised "on the bandstand" by her father, Bill Rogers, bass trombonist and tenured orchestrator/conductor for the Sinatra Family (over 35 years).
After gaining regional recognition in Houston and in Las Vegas, Dana worked and recorded with master-mentor, Shelly Berg, past-president of the International Association of Jazz Educators. Upon Berg's recommendation, Dana was recruited and retained by The U. S. Army Jazz Ambassadors in Washington D.C.. As a Senior, Non-Commissioned Officer, SSG Rogers was featured internationally in thousands of appearances (1992-1999) as their featured vocalist and clinician.
U. S. performances venues have included The Kennedy Center, CNN, Air America Radio; in Las Vegas: Caesars Palace, The Sands, The Frontier and The Four Queens; shows with Frank Sinatra, Jr., Toots Thielemans, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Buddy Childers, Barry Manilow, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (playing piccolo on "The Stars and Stripes Forever"), The Four Freshmen, and two-time Grammy-winners Floyd Domino and Johnny Gimble.
A Contributing Editor for JazzHouston.com, Dana has also managed Cezanne (Houston's Premier Jazz Club), produced Crabby Daddy, a thriving live music venue in The Woodlands area, and and continued to be enriched by the great wealth of talent in the area.
After gaining regional recognition in Houston and in Las Vegas, Dana worked and recorded with master-mentor, Shelly Berg, past-president of the International Association of Jazz Educators. Upon Berg's recommendation, Dana was recruited and retained by The U. S. Army Jazz Ambassadors in Washington D.C.. As a Senior, Non-Commissioned Officer, SSG Rogers was featured internationally in thousands of appearances (1992-1999) as their featured vocalist and clinician.
U. S. performances venues have included The Kennedy Center, CNN, Air America Radio; in Las Vegas: Caesars Palace, The Sands, The Frontier and The Four Queens; shows with Frank Sinatra, Jr., Toots Thielemans, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Buddy Childers, Barry Manilow, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (playing piccolo on "The Stars and Stripes Forever"), The Four Freshmen, and two-time Grammy-winners Floyd Domino and Johnny Gimble.
A Contributing Editor for JazzHouston.com, Dana has also managed Cezanne (Houston's Premier Jazz Club), produced Crabby Daddy, a thriving live music venue in The Woodlands area, and and continued to be enriched by the great wealth of talent in the area.
