In the late 1950s and early 1960s Lanphere performed with Herb Pomeroy and also with Woody Herman again.
During his time at Berklee he did a recording with legendary professor and musician Herb Pomeroy and forged relationships with lifelong musical friends including Dick Berk.
herb | Herb Alpert | Herb Kohl | Herb Caen | Herb | Herb Dean | Herb Kelleher | Nacio Herb Brown | Herb Pomeroy | Herb Plews | Herb Grubel | Herb Elliott | Kiki and Herb | Herb Trawick | Herb Shriner | Herb Hendler | Herb (from Basic Equipment) | Herb Drury | Herb Dhaliwal | Herb Curtis | Herb Butterfield | Herb Abrams | Seth Pomeroy | Herb Thomas | Herb Sutter | Herb Stempel | Herb Scannell | Herb Reed | Herb of Grace | Herb Meadow |
In 1977 he was awarded a year's scholarship to study composition and arrangement with Herb Pomeroy at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
When in the US he played with among others Herb Pomeroy, Bob Mover, Mick Goodrick and Ralph Moore, conducted his own orchestra with the commission to the anniversary concert at the Moldejazz in 1980, and was in the «New Cool Quartet» (1982).
Roger Bellon earned his Bachelor Of Music Composition degree from the Berklee College of Music, studying under music legends Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs and Herb Pomeroy among others and completed postgraduate studies in Composition and Conducting, under Pierre Petit (Grand Prix De Rome) at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Paris.