Jazz Articles about Oli Rockberger

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Richard Spaven: Light Of Day

by Neil Duggan
July 22, 2026

Acclaimed drummer, composer and producer Richard Spaven has forged a distinctive musical identity by blending jazz, drum and bass, electronica and hip hop. His technical fluency has seen him collaborate with a wide range of artists, including Cinematic Orchestra, Flying Lotus and Loyle Carner. Spaven, initially grounded in big band jazz, was heavily influenced by the London club scene, immersing himself in drum and bass, garage, dubstep and other styles. This has evolved into a singular approach that ...

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Oli Rockberger: Sovereign

by Roger Farbey
October 30, 2017

Undoubtedly, Berklee College of Music educated keyboardist and singer Oli Rockberger possesses a truly irresistible voice. True, his compositions and vocal style are vaguely reminiscent of Mose Allison, Georgie Fame and Sting (and, pray, is that a bad thing?); but there's definitely a uniqueness to the delivery of his attractive and memorable songs. He's lived in America for sixteen years but has now returned to his native London, but not before recording this fine album in New York City, released ...

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Oli Rockberger: Hush Now

by Phil DiPietro
November 2, 2005

At 25, Oli Rockberger has made short work of the distance from his London birthplace to Boston's Berklee School of Music, where he earned every formal accolade they could hand him.

Like the two most precocious new whiz-kid pianists singing “jazz today, Jamie Cullum and Nellie McKay, Rockberger's pedigree originates across the pond, but that--along with remarkable keyboard and vocal chops--is where similarities end. Rockberger's a jazz, soul, and funk piano man with a heavy melancholy streak expressed through emotive, ...