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British improvisational pianist and composer
Tom Rogerson has created music in a wide variety of genres, including jazz, post-rock, and ambient. The Suffolk-born musician began playing piano as a child, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of composer
Harrison Birtwistle. He began performing improvisational piano concerts during the early 2000s, making his debut at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2002. He moved to New York City for a short while, and recorded his self-titled debut album along with bassist
Reid Anderson (of
the Bad Plus) and saxophonist Michael Lewis (of
Happy Apple) in 2005. Subsequently, he moved to London and worked extensively with singer/songwriter
Jeremy Warmsley before forming electronic post-rock trio
Three Trapped Tigers along with
Adam Betts and
Matt Calvert in 2007. The band released three EPs between 2008 and 2010 (later compiled as Numbers: 1-13) before issuing their debut album
Route One or Die in 2011.
Rogerson also recorded Cable Street Shorts with saxophonist
Tomas Challenger in 2010, and worked with Hong Kong-born singer/songwriter
Emmy the Great, as well as experimental rock trailblazers
the Red Krayola.
Three Trapped Tigers' second album,
Silent Earthling, created utilizing
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies system, was released in 2016.
Rogerson then collaborated with
Eno, resulting in the full-length
Finding Shore, which was released by Dead Oceans in December of 2017. ~ Paul Simpson