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NEW ALBUM
OUT NOW!
My Latin Heart reflects Roger Glenn’s musical journey—from his jazz-rooted NYC upbringing to performing with legends like Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie and Cal Tjader. Blending jazz and Latin influences, this original collection celebrates the rhythms, mentors, and global experiences that have shaped his vibrant career.
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Available 8.22.2025
“Congo Square by Roger Glenn”
A Spiritual Journey Through the Roots of American Music
8.29.2025
During the times of slavery for Africans in the United States, slaves in New Orleans, Louisiana, were permitted to gather, play their drums, and dance only on Sundays in an area known as Congo Square.
As the African rhythms and dance were celebrated there, a convergence of cultures began with European cultural expressions, which later developed into the Mardi Gras Indian traditions, New Orleans Second Line, and eventually American Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Blues, and Latin Jazz.
This composition “Congo Square” takes you on a celebrated journey of these cultures coming together.
ROGER GLENN
I treasure and value all the instruments I play. My father always told me to ‘create your own sound.’ Playing 18+ instruments allows me to express myself, selecting the best instrument for each song I play.
Roger Glenn is ingredient X. The secret sauce. The cat behind the cat. Now, after decades of elevating the music of bona fide legends in jazz, Latin jazz, blues, and funk, the most versatile, singular multi-instrumental master is stepping out of the shadows and into the spotlight with his first new album in four decades. His new release My Latin Heart features a program of his enthralling original compositions, offering the most revealing glimpse yet of a jazz giant hiding in plain sight.
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