Roger Sellers
Roger Sellers (born July 18, 1939 in Melbourne ) is an Australian jazz drummer. He was a member of the jazz rock band Nucleus in the 1970s.
Sellers began his career in Australia and New Zealand and played with Dave MacRae and Mike Nock in 1959 . In 1972 he went to the USA for a year and a half and then moved to England, where he was part of Nucleus from 1976 to 1980 . In 1978 he was in India for several weeks, where he played the first Jazz Yatra in Bombay . In England he also played with Ronnie Scott , Neil Ardley , Sonny Stitt , Art Farmer , Al Gray and Ernestine Anderson . In 1981 he finally moved to New Zealand, where he teaches at the New Zeland School of Music , among others .
He also played with Mark Murphy , Bruce Forman , Phil Broadhurst and Emily Remler .
Lexical entry
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
Web links
- New Zealand School of Music
- Roger Sellers at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ There listed as Roger Sellars .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sellers, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |