T. Rogers

T. Rogers
Driven By The Blues
Selfproduced
2005
(56’07")

T. Rogers isn’t a bandleader’s name, but this hungarian group’s instead, which is comprised of 7 members : Béla Baráth on drums, Zsolt Szatai on bass, Vince Széll on percussions, Tom Quilliam on saxophone, Miklós Tóth on harmonica, Pál Sturmann on guitar and Ferenc Kovács on guitar and vocals.
Their music? Somehow classical electric blues, and yet... This is not your CD that you heard a thousand times by switchable bands. Not at all.
What makes it special?
First the obvious pleasure they’re having, but also top notch musicians, tight as can be, with a devastating swing, and most of all that communicative joy one doesn’t hear that often in this musical genre. This is most obvious on Charlie Musselwhite’s Make Me Getaway that starts the album, and totally enthusiastic on Driven By The Blues, only original by T.Rogers/ Ferenc Kovács, that ends it. According to "Ferci" Kovács, this number started as a jam in the studio. But it came out so well that the boys decided to keep it and add it to the CD. And right they were : it’s pure pleasure to the listener. But make your own opinion by paying their website a visit at www.trogers.hu : 8 songs can be heard entirely, including this infectious Driven By The Blues, so happy it’d fill a death-watch with joy.
And if you find the experience convincing, you’ll be able to order the album for a mere 10 euros from the same website.
René Malines