Roger Humphries

ROGER HUMPHRIES ART BLAKEY TRIBUTE - Smithfield Stage

A Great Pittsburgh Drummer Pays Tribute to Another Great Pittsburgh Drummer

Roger Humphries is rated by music critics as one of the most exciting percussionists in the business. He has provided the rhythmic beat for such greats as Ray Charles, Horace Silver, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Stanley Turrentine, James Moody, Lee Morgan, Dr. Billy Taylor, Benny Green, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry, J.J. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Randy Brecker, Joe Williams, Milton Jackson, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon, Nathan Davis, Pete Henderson, Don Patterson, Gene Harris, Grant Green, George Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Dogget, Jack McDuff, and a list of great musicians that goes on and on and on.

Roger Humphries is still going strong, still one of the most powerful drummers in the world, and lives in Pittsburgh with his wife. He is a loving husband, father and doting grandfather to a large loving family. Roger Humphries is truly a living legend, and an example of how jazz is life, pure, authentic and powerful.