Helen Rogers

Location:
London and South East, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Nu-Jazz / R&B / Reggae
Type:
Indie
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HELEN ROGERS.



Helen Rogers, best known as the voice of the Jazzmasters and Direct Drive, encapsulates the vibe of two distinctive music movements, Lovers Rock Reggae and Smooth Jazz Funk giving a cool retro feel to her sound. Vocally she has a distinctive Smooth Sweet tone,instantly recognisable She began her singing career in London in the 80's, firstly with TNT a South London reggae label, then as lead singer with No.1 Brit funk band Direct Drive who then signed to Polydor records. They had a massive hit with their song 'Anything' which remained No 1 on the Black Echoes Soul chart for 8 weeks then crossed over to the UK National Chart.
Helen then went on to co write and record 5 hugely successful albums in the US and Japan with Paul Hardcastle of '19' fame, throughout the 90's. Under the name 'Jazzmasters' they had multiple number one hits in the Adult Contemporary Smooth Jazz charts .Helen also featured strongly on Paul's eponymous album project.
In 2007 Helen recorded an album of Reggae versions of Pop hits from the 70's titled 'Homage' with multi instrumentalist and vocalist Black Steel.
Her solo EP 'Eyes Like Midnight' released in 2008 was a departure in style, featuring violin and cello played by Tony Qunta, and remained on the CD Baby bestseller list for many months.
A collaboration with Fil Jones 'Luxury of Time' in 2009 resulted in CD Baby no 1 chart positions in the Jazzfunk, Jazz and Urban charts
Now Returning to her reggae beginnings Helen has covered a beautiful song . 'Let Me Be Your Angel' first done in Lovers Rock by Portia Morgan. The track has created a great deal of interest and has already appeared in the iTunes Luxembourg Reggae chart.



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HELEN ROGERS & DIRECT DRIVE JINGLE FOR RADIO HORIZON (1984)
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