On April 16, 2021, 22 of the advocates, activists and altruists from across the U.S. who the Jazz Journalists Association hailed as Jazz Heroes joined a Zoom town hall produced by Bret “JazzVideoGuy” Primack. Here is what 2021 Jazz Hero Louise Rogers from Washington Heights, New York had to say.
A gifted singer with a pure, natural delivery, clear diction, impeccable intonation and impressive scatting chops, Louise Rogers is also an educator who has been spreading her love of jazz to children and grown-ups in her Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan for the past 23 years, currently via Jazz WaHI.
