BNY Mellon presents Pittsburgh Jazz Live Tuesdays from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at the Allegheny Overlook Tuesday 5-7pm

Roger Humphries

July 6 | Roger Humphries + RH Factor

Roger Humphries began playing professionally at the age of fourteen. He led his own group at Carnegie Music Hall when just sixteen. "I've had a love for music as long as I can remember." He was encouraged by his older brothers Lawrence Jr. and Norman who were musicians at that time. Additionally, Roger's son Roger Jr. and Norman's son Gregory have followed in their footsteps as professional drummers.

After playing with various groups around the country, ace drummer Roger Humphries decided to organize his own group in 1972 which he calls RH Factor and in 1996 he assembled Roger Humphries' Big Band. Roger gives special thanks to Dr. Harry Clark, founding principal of The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) who has allowed him to have such a beautiful experience teaching the kids at the school, and also to the late Dr. Nathan Davis who gave him an opportunity to teach students at the University of Pittsburgh. Roger has also influenced the careers of a number of his students and musicians through participation in a number of clinics such as the Slippery Rock University Summer Jazz workshop, Mellon Jazz Masters Class and Concerts, and the teaching goes on especially on the stage.

Find more about Roger Humphries and his band, RH Factor, at rogerhumphriesband.com.

LOCATION: Allegheny Overlook is a new pop-up park located in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District on Fort Duquesne Boulevard between 7th St. and Stanwix St. Anchored by a stage and featuring Janel Young's Pathway to Joy street mural, it offers visitors expansive riverfront views, fresh food, drinks, live music, and more in a park-like setting, all summer long.