Paul Rogers Studio

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

April 14 It’s an honor to have designed the poster for the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I’ve...

Five Guys Named Moe

May 22 The Arena Stage in Washington DC has been producing beautifully illustrated posters for years. Art director Nicky...

Grace Kelly and the Music

December 18 One of my favorite projects of the year was this illustration for a CD issue of music from the movies of Grace Kelly...

Harold and Eddie

March 15 My favorite new client, Milan Music in Paris, is re-issuing a lot of great American music and film soundtracks.They...

Fats Domino

June 25 Here’s the second in the series of CD covers I’m doing for the wonderful  French record label,...

Dig This

June 1 Here’s a piece for the Playboy Jazz Festival Program to accompany an article by Don Heckman about the state of...

Nina Simone

February 10 Got a call (well, e-mail) from Milan records in France asking if I’d be interested in doing some jazz record...

Wynton Marsalis 50th Birthday

October 15 It doesn’t happen every day that you meet one of your heroes. When that meeting turns into a friendship and...

Esperanza Spalding

February 12 Here’s a recent drawing I did for Omega Lifestyles Magazine of the bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding....

Sunday's NYT Book Review

November 1 Cathy Gilmore-Barnes at The New York Times called for a portrait of Stephen Sondheim to accompany a review of...

Jazz ABZ at The Cummer Museum

January 11 The Cummer Museum of Art in Jacksonville, Florida is mounting an exhibition of the illustrations for the book Wynton...

Lester Young on WKCR

August 12 This month marks the centennial of the saxophonist Lester Young. His music is filled with the vitality and...

Ain't Misbehavin'

March 18 The Ahmanson Theatre in downtown LA is staging a revival of the Fats Waller musical revue ‘Ain’t...

Make It Easy On Yourself

February 20 An old friend from Art Center, Douglas May, called for a portrait of the beautiful Dionne Warwick to benefit Dallas...

Max Roach on WKCR

January 8 Saturday January 10th is the 88th anniversary of the drummer Max Roach’ s birth. WKCR 89.9 in New York City will...

The Studio Museum in Harlem

September 17 The Studio Museum in Harlem called the other day. They carry the book Jazz ABZ  in their bookstore and...

Playboy Jazz Festival

May 19 This June is the 30th anniversary Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Every year they produce a nice program...