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Jazz Rosco is the brainchild of national recording artist, keyboardist and chart-topping contemporary jazz all-star Roger Smith, featuring some of America's top-drawer musicians. Check out the pages of this site: you can find audio and video footage, samples of the new 2008 CD Sittin' In just released on June 6, 2008, background and bios on the players, photos, and lots more. Simply use the menu in the left column to navigate the site.
This is arguably Roger's best work ever! For more information about this absolutely superb contemporary jazz CD, visit Roger's Web site at http://www.rogersmith.net. You can order this CD right now via the Strokeland Records Web site, Amazon.com, CDBaby.com, or you can get the digital version at any of these Web sites: Amazon.com, eMusic.com, Napster.com, Real.com, or Yahoo.com.The CD is also available to download to your iPod directly from Apple's iTunes Music Store: 
. Hear samples of this great CD!
Colonel Roger Smith!
On April 17, 2009, Tower of Power appeared at the Norton Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky. Roger and the other nine members of the band were honored by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the honorable Steven L. Beshear, by being commissioned as Kentucky Colonels. This is an honorary title bestowed upon selected individuals based upon the nominee's service and contributions to the global community. Past recipients include President Lyndon Johnson, General Omar Bradley, Muhammed Ali, Tiger Woods, Sir Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, and many, many more individuals recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions to society.
Each member of the band received a framed certificate. Roger wants all his fans and friends in Kentucky (and around the world) to know and understand how deeply moved and honored he is to be a recipient of this special recognition. Here is Roger with his certificate:
If you are a Roger Smith fan, you might want to add these April 2009 photographs to your collection (Norton Center for the Performing Arts, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky).
Photo credit: Bob Burchfield.
Photo by Brian Snyder, Snyder Photography, www.snyderphotography.net.
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