Johnny Rodgers

Johnny attended New World School of the Arts in Miami and started college with a scholarship to Florida State's prestigious Musical Theater program. Unfortunately, the head of the program was on sabbatical, Johnny felt the syllabus was redundant, and— he was lonely. Back to Miami for a year at community college and then The Jazz Program at the University of Miami. He eventually followed one of his instructors to and graduated from Western Michigan University.

2014 - Russia. St. Petersburg and Moscow for The Triumph of Jazz festival hosted by Igor Butman

2014 - Malaysia. US Embassy and the US Department of State's American Music Abroad tour in Malaysia. (with special guest Michelle Lambert).

2013 - Russia. Performances and workshops in Tula, Kaluga, Tomsk, Moscow, Sochi and Yaroslavl

2012 - Malaysia. A special invitation from the Embassy to perform at the KK Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival and other events.

Legends Of American Music, Volume 1 - Melody Thread 2012 - Produced by Johnny Rodgers Band

2011 - Middle East and North Africa. Performances and workshops in Bahrain, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, and Egypt

Liberace The Musical. Composer and Lyricist with rights holder Barbara Carole Sickmen. Johnny's work started in 2011 on this new Broadway project about the life of Liberace.

Motherhood the Musical - Cast Recording, Sue Fabisch Mommy Music 2011

2010 - Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Philippines

Motherhood: The Musical. Musical Director, Orchestrator, Arranger for this successful touring off-broadway production that debuted in 2010. He is also Produced the original cast album and is co-writer on 5 of the musical's songs.

Firecracker Jack. Part of this musical was workshopped with ASCAP in New York City in 2010. This original work co-written with Nathan Crone is not yet completed but is an original musical with baseball prowess at the center of the story.

Let's Make A Date - Melody Thread 2008 - Produced by Richard Barone

Bound Together - Melody Thread 2008 - Produced by Richard Barone

Liza's At The Palace "I Would Never Leave You" - Hybrid Recordings 2008

Liza's At The Palace "ACT II" - Hybrid Recordings 2008

Hallways: the Songs of Carol Hall "Change In Me" - LML Music 2008

Sweethearts: Multi-Artist Pop Hits Vol 1 "Special Light" - Oceanlight Records 2008

Jule Styne in Hollywood "Brooklyn Bridge"- PS Classics 2006

3 Men and a Baby...Grand, Salute the Rat Pack - LML Music 2006

Little Kisses, co-written & performs - Jolie Jones Music 2006

Box of Photographs - PS Classics 2005 - Produced by Richard Barone

Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt - Brian Lane Green LML Music 2005

Johnny Rodgers Band (New York, NY) came together in New York City in 2003 and its mission is to bring musical depth to new, original songs. They are masters of an array of styles ranging from pop to jazz to classic rock. Music from the Johnny Rodgers Band provides a guided tour of Americana pop, from the piano-driven energy of rock and roll, to the supreme sophistication of jazz. This ensemble cultivates connections with audiences through performances, discussions, demonstrations, and exchange. The Johnny Rodgers Band has performed and recorded with artists such as Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Randy Brecker, and Tom Harrell, among others. Besides their own award winning recordings, this ensemble has been featured on recordings that celebrate Maury Yeston and Jule Styne. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) selected The Johnny Rodgers Band to interpret and perform the music of Billy Joel in a command performance for the "Piano Man" himself in The Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. They have also been selected as Music Ambassadors for the U.S. Department of State and Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rhythm Road international music tour and other cultural exchange programs.

Maury Yeston Song Book "Danglin" - PS Classics 2003

Liza Minnelli met Johnny while he was entertaining at lyricist Fred Ebb's Christmas party in 2002. She recognized Johnny's talent taking him on her world tours as her pianist and then as featured singer, dancer, pianist, and songwriter in the Tony Award-winning Liza's at The Palace...!, which played on Broadway in 2009/2010 and now shows on PBS television. Johnny co-wrote the featured song "I Would Never Leave You" and is included on the show's DVD release as well as the Grammy-nominated CD.

Johnny Rodgers (born John Daniel Rodgers on June 5, 1974) is a singer-songwriter, pianist, Broadway star, and recording artist whom The New York Times described as an entertainer "[who] can't be found anywhere else" with "fused elements of Billy Joel, Peter Allen and Johnny Mercer."