Bohall, Lassila and Rogers perform at the Jazz Station in Eugene
Robert Bohall, Robert Lassila and David Rogers play a program of Jazz, Brazilian Choro and Baroque music on guitar, double bass and keyboard.
- Robert Bohall keyboard
- David Rogers guitar
- Robert Lassila bass
Robert Bohall is an active pianist in the Eugene/Springfield area. He has earned his Master's in Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon and performs regularly with The Willamette Jazz Trio and Inner Limits. He has composed pieces performed by the UO Chamber Choir, The Oregon Jazz Ensemble, and Jazzarts Oregon. Robert teaches privately and has experience teaching in the University setting, teaching classes such as functional jazz piano, small jazz combo, jazz tech for music education majors, and more.
Robert Lassila is a bassist and composer living in Eugene, Oregon. Being a versatile sideman, he finds himself performing many different genres on both electric and acoustic bass. For his personal projects, the main focus is composing and performing original jazz music for both small and large ensembles. He recently graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s degree in jazz studies, and is now pursuing a Master’s degree in jazz studies also at the University of Oregon. He studies composition and arranging with Steve Owen and Paul Krueger, and jazz improvisation with Tyler Abbott and Idit Shner, and Keith Brown.
Termed, ‘a prominent guitarist,’ by the New York Times, David Rogers Fuses classical, jazz and world music elements into beautiful, expressive and virtuosic performances. The Washington Post has praised his ‘astonishingly florid’ solo improvisational passage work. He has been called a 'modern master’ of the classical guitar' by 20th Century Guitar. ClassicsToday.com has praised his ‘first rate instrumental artistry,’ and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has written-‘David Rogers played like a lead guitarist in a rock band. He laced the likes of De el pobo with improvised, speedy solos way up into the wailing region of the fingerboard…’
