Yvonne Rogers: Odes
About This Event
Yvonne Rogers brings Odes to Roulette; she is a New York–based jazz vocalist and bandleader often heard at Ornithology Jazz Club. Known for collaborations with Todd Herbert, Jeremy Manasia and Jason Clotter, Rogers moves between straight‑ahead repertoire and flexible small‑group settings, favoring clarity, close attention to lyric shape and time feel, with an emerging presence on Spotify but a reputation best tracked in the room.
About Odes
Horace’s *Odes* began as four books of Latin lyric poems, published in late Republican and early Imperial Rome, and later became a template that poets have adapted for centuries. At Roulette, *Odes* is reframed for a New York setting by Yvonne Rogers, a city-based vocalist and bandleader associated with Ornithology and a network of small-group collaborators. The program treats classical source material as living text rather than museum artifact. Its cultural significance lies in how it tests what “classical” can mean in NYC performance practice today.
About the Artist
Yvonne Rogers
Yvonne Rogers is a New York City–based jazz vocalist and bandleader heard at Ornithology Jazz Club. She has worked with Todd Herbert, Jeremy Manasia, Jason Clotter, Larry Banks, Anthony Pearlman, Brent Lerman, Jules Gardener, and Charlie Lincoln, moving between straight-ahead repertoire and flexible small‑group settings.