Born in the Bronx, trained at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston [double major, performance of early music / third stream] with Ray Devol, Gerri Martin and Ran Blake.(the more detailed stuff is here: http://www.weatheroutpost12.com/members/Alida_Rohr )
Performed and/or recorded with: Joe Pass, Joann Brackeen, Larry Coryell, Stuart Hamm, D. Sharp, Manny Williams, Jon Davis, Harvey Diamond, Lowell Skinner Davidson, Bruce Arnold, Pedro Ito, David Rozenblatt, Matt Herskowitz, MaDFusion, Esperanza Spalding, Richie Barshay, Nando Michelin, Oz Noy, Midnight'sExile, Ivan Sierra & Dev Avidon.
A Band leader, producer, arranger & songwriter, she has had many different bands. Her current band is Weatheroutpost12.
'Weather Outpost 12 is the brainchild of Midnight'sExile & Alida Rohr.
It is a constellation of recording & performing musicians, as well as graphic artists, designers, photographers, audio technicians, sound engineers, writers, poets, film makers & weatherspotters who all work with one another in varying capacities, but are autonomous in their own career & artistic vision. It is an actual Weather Station that spots for a major metropolitan area & is a member of NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/SKYWARN.' (from the website-Weatheroutpost12.com)
Most recent performances: the House of Blues & the Acton Jazz Cafe w/ Dave Maxwell, the Regattabar w/ Sergio Brandao and Manga Rosa, the Lizard Lounge w/ Club D'elf, WGBH radio, Eric in the Evening, w/ Sergio Brandao, Western Front, 'Fernando's Hidaway' TV Show, The Hartford Jazz Festival '07, Ryles w/ Nando Michelin Trio, & Ryles w/ Weatheroutpost12 (Phoenix Editor's pic twice)
"ALIDA ROHR is a fearless performer, risking everything in her experimental, go-for-broke performances. With firm grounding in jazz improvisation, she draws material from all over the world, and her
WEATHER OUTPOST 12 is as much artists’ collective as band, with poets and visual artists as well as musicians." ~
Boston Phoenix/Editor's Pics/March,2007
" keep crazy for me as a favor...you ozone child."
~Steve Vai, guitarist/1981
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CDs { music from from 1979 to 2006 }
Alida Rohr / 'Hot & Cold Running Years'
collector's CD up on Amazon~
"She is gifted with one of the most remarkable instruments that I've ever heard."
~Steve Elman, WBUR, Boston
"Creation on a mortal level is hard to come by. Alida Rohr is a creator of song styling ...who must be heard from."
~Tony Cennamo, WBUR, Boston
"What a voice!" Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops
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Alida Rohr-Weatheroutpost12 /
'The Legend of Chico Shanghai' @CDBaby
"...WOW, your band has such an unusual and great sound! "
~Tony Carnes, Senior News Writer, CHRISTIANITY TODAY
"..one of the most unique voices and remarkably captivating story tellers I have heard for a long, long time. Her feats of vocal virtuosity and musical timing expertly displayed...will not only send chills up your spine but will, no doubt on every level, stupefy any living breathing musician. ..an extremely eclectic twist and wildly creative arrangements beautifully executed by sensitive and obviously carefully chosen musicians. You must own... whatever she has conceived in the past and whatever she wishes to put out in the future. To put it mildly, La Gringa just blew me away!"
~David Rozenblatt ,New York Drummer and Percussionist with Barry Manilow
"After reviewing CDs for awhile, you want to hear something different. Anything, good or not. Luckily, this CD is different. This is a Great CD!"
~Dave Howell, fmsound.net
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Alida Rohr-Weatheroutpost12 /
U.S.D.A.*BLUES 'it don't smell funny yet!' @CDBaby
"..a band that will not and cannot be labeled. This is music for musicians."
~David Jacintho, Freelance Journalist
"Weird & Wonderful,in the Nu-Blues field,... strong,straightforward vocals,in the "Cleo Laine" vein. I cannot say that I have ever heard anything like this before."
~Adrian Blacklee, BLUES MATTERS!MAGAZINE.UK
"psychedelic/soul/blues band.....astonishing voice of LA GRINGA from U.S."
~Dave Hill, radio station Rock CCAD,UK
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Alida Rohr-Weatheroutpost12 /
Barrio Norte 'Dark Avenues of the Heart'
@CDBaby
"YOU SURE ARE DIFFERENT! CONGRATULATIONS-you have made a convert!
~Kenny Wheeler, trumpet/flugelhorn player,UK
"I think you're an amazing singer - particularly the fluidity between ranges...
I could not believe what I was hearing....and your colors. The group is very together; ... it's really wonderful!"
~Lori Laitman, American composer of art songs
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Alida Rohr-Weatheroutpost12 / 'electric gull'
available on website ONLY!:
"Your music is quite lovely and unique.....keep making that wonderful music no matter what! "
Damien @ Pajamasmedia.com
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