About Me
Thomas Jefferson Rogers jr. {also known as }Tiger was born on April 4th, 1982. His father is the late Thomas Jefferson Rogers Sr. and mother, Mary Louise Rogers. As a child, Tiger had a unique fascination with art and music. Beginning in his sixth grade year at Whitten Middle School, his hardworking father bought him a brand new Yamaha alto saxophone for beginner's band. Tiger soon began to play at his local church, Faith Commmunity Fellowship Church, where he learned to create horn parts and play by ear while being trained at Whitten Middle School by Wayne Miller, oboe player, of the Mississippi Symphony. Tiger has always reckognized the importance of music in the world, as well as the Christian world. His music is his life. His life is his ministry. His ministry is healing a hurt world through the power of music. Tiger graduated from Wingfield High School in Jackson, MS and then enrolled at The University of Southern Mississippi majoring in Music Performance with an emphasis in Jazz Studies. Tiger began studying jazz under the direction of, Larry Panella. Though Tiger had a strong interest in classical music, he was denied the right to study classical saxophone under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Gwodz at USM because his sound leaned more towards jazz. Over the years, Tiger has continued to search for what he calls, "The Indigo Sound" in his music. Since he was a kid, he noticed that when he read letters and counted numbers, each letter of the alphabet and number from the numeric system had a color. When he decided to sit out of college, he began to put this gift to practice. From that moment on, Tiger's life has not been the same. He is thankful and humbled to be a unique servant to many listeners that hear his original compositons; This is what he was made for... to serve. Tiger plans to complete both undergrduate and graduate studies in Music Education at Jackson State University. Recently in 2009, he joined the Jackson Horns, and performed at the Mississippi Grammy's with the Williams' Brothers, Nanette Workman, Charlie Pride, Eddie Cotton, Dorothy Moore, Pinetop Perkins, and opened for Marty Stewart. On July 18th, Tiger will perform at the National Governor's Convention in Mississippi. Tiger believes in the spirit of excellence. And so far, it has paved the way in his life.
