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Roger Lent
Musician living in Manhattan.
About Me
Roger Lent lives in Manhattan and works regularly as a trumpet
player as well as a pianist. The Uptown Brass
Quintet and the Roger Lent trio and octet are his primary creative
outlets. His website address is www.rogerlent.com.
Roger was born in Florida and was raised from the age of 4 in
Houston, TX. He went on to study music at the University of North
Texas
and later at Rutgers University. Roger has had two main trumpet
teachers, Don Jacoby and Bill Fielder. He has studied piano with
Lorrie
Glaze and William Daghlian in New York. Over the years, Roger has
performed with many excellent musicians at venues such as 'Birdland', 'The Blue Note','Symphony Space', 'Jazz @ Lincoln Center', 'The McKittrick' and 'The Iridium' in New York to 'The Atlantic Music Festival' in Maine, 'The Aspen Festival' in CO, 'The Jazz Showcase' in Chicago, 'Ronnie Scotts' in London, 'The Edingurgh Festival' Scotland, 'The Montreal Jazz
Festival' and Symphony centers across the U.S. A couple of the honors
that Roger received while studying include First
prize in the International Trumpet Guild's Jazz competition in 1995
held
in Bloomington, Indiana and semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk
Trumpet
Competition in 1997 held at the Kennedy Center.
Visit his website at www.rogerlent.com