Jazz for Young Children:  Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers combine jazz music, storytelling and improvisational theater techniques to teach music, literature and social skills to young children.
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"The kids had a lot of fun. Louise was amazing! She worked really well with the kids and they loved the songs."

-Kirstin Anderson
Music teacher from St. Aloysius

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Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers
Jazzy Fairy Tales
Swing, boogie and dance as the playfulness of jazz gives these original versions of well known fairy tales new life! From the first sounds of Rick's bass and Louise's voice, children are transported into a magical world where chocolate pudding tames a wolf, bears boogie and sing the blues, and trolls and goats scat and dance on tippy toes over bridges. Written by Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers.

1. The 3 Jazzy Little Pigs / 2. The 3 Jazzy Goats / 3. The 3 Jazzy Bears


Louise Rogers
Come Ready and See Me
A beautiful CD featuring works by Mike Mainieri, Jerry Bergonzi, Louise Rogers, Nikki Giovanni, Richard Hundley, Gottfried Stoger, and Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern. Brilliant and expressive instrumentally and vocally with Paul Meyers, guitar: Rick Strong, bass: Matthew Fries, piano: Gottfried Stoger, saxophones: Mathias Kunzli, percussion and drums: Louise Rogers, Vocals. Engineered by Michael Brorby at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1. Islands / 2. Conjunction / 3. Be My Baby / 4. Come Ready and See Me / 5. Poetic Song / 6. Shadows of Yesterday / 7. The Song is You / 8. Louise / 9. The Lass From the Low Country

Available Spring 2007


Louise Rogers
Bop Boo Day
Louise Rogers is a growing leader in the field of jazz education for children, as well as an accomplished performer. She and her husband, Rick Strong, have been performing for adults and children for over 15 years. They are active in the public schools doing workshops and residencies, and perform in the public libraries and parks of NYC. At night they are often performing in one of the jazz clubs of the city such as Sweet Rhythm, The Triad, Cornelia Street Cafe, Kavehaz, etc.

1. Crusty Cornbread / 2. Animal Blues / 3. Ella Fitzgerald Sang Bop Boo Day / 4. Dat Dere / 5. Charlie Parker Played be bop / 6. Now's the Time / 7. So What / 8. A Tisket, A Tasket / 9. I Thought About You / 10. What Did You Have For Breakfast?


Louise Rogers and Rick Strong
Bass-ically Speaking
"The idea of a small ensemble had always interested us. We were drawn to and fell in love with the bass and voice concept: the intimacy, the space, and the woody, organic, acoustic sound. The songs on this CD were carefully chosen. We looked for pieces that were interesting, funny, or simply beautiful and that lent themselves to this instrumentation. We hope you enjoy listening to this CD as much as we enjoyed recording it."

Also available at itunes, aol.com, selected Barnes and Nobles.

1. Bass-ically Speaking / 2. Angel In The House / 3. Twisted / 4. Willow Weep For Me / 5. Autumn Leaves / 6. Peace On Earth / 7. Dat Dere / 8. Nana / 9. I Thought About You / 10. Shenandoah