Jorge Rossy
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Jorge Rossy (b. Barcelona
, Spain 1964) is a jazz
drummer. He started playing drums at age 11.
Between 1980 and 1989, he toured and recorded extensively with several musicians in the Spanish jazz scene, as well as with internationally acclaimed artists such as Woody Shaw
, Kenny Wheeler
, Jack Walrath, Dave Schinitter, Sal Nistico, Sean Levitt, and others.
In 1989, he moved to Boston to study trumpet at Berklee College of Music
.
In Boston, Rossy became the drummer of choice for many of his peers, and joined the Danilo Perez
Trio for gigs in Panama, France, Boston and New York.
He subsequently joined the Paquito D’Rivera Sextet for two years.
in 1991, Rossy moved to New York City
, and played on several early recordings of many of his Boston contemporaries, including Mark Turner
, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Kurt Rosenwinkel
. He also accompanied several other musicians then living in the New York, including Brad Mehldau
, Ethan Iverson
, Reid Anderson
, Avishai Cohen, Joe Martin, and Freddie Bryant.
Rossy has also worked and recorded with Joshua Redman
, Bill McHenry, Bruce Barth, Mike Kanan, Ben Monder
, Nat Su, Steve Wilson, Mark Johnson, Larry Grenadier
, and Ben Street.
In 1995, Rossy started touring and recording extensively with the Brad Mehldau Trio.
He has also toured and recorded with The Bloom Daddies, an electric band composed of Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Jesse Murphy and two drummers, Rossy and, initially, Dan Reiser, but subsequently with Tony Mason.
Rossy moved back to Barcelona in 2000, to raise his family and to shift his focus to piano.
in the last ten years, Rossy has been playing and recording on piano with the Jordi Matas Quintet and the Joe Smith Septet, and has participated in several projects with Guillermo Klein
, including performances at Merkin Hall in New York and at the Library of Congress Auditorium in Washington, DC.
In 2006, Rossy recorded his first album as leader, Wicca, with Albert Sanz on Hammond organ
and R J Miller on drums.
His second album, IVLIANVS Suite, featured the same rhythm section but added Chris Cheek on saxophone and Felix Rossy on trumpet.
As a pianist, Rossy has been touring Spain, the United States, Morocco, Italy and Basel
, Switzerland.
Rossy has continued to support other musicians on drums, including the Lee Konitz
and Ethan Iverson quartet, Charlie Haden
’s Quartet West and Land of the Sun Septet, Carla Bley
’s Liberation Orchestra, Joe Lovano
’s Quartet Europa, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet, the Seamus Blake Quartet, Trio 2000 with Chick Corea
and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
, and another trio with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain 1964) is a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer. He started playing drums at age 11.
Between 1980 and 1989, he toured and recorded extensively with several musicians in the Spanish jazz scene, as well as with internationally acclaimed artists such as Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and band leader, often referred to as the "last innovator" in the jazz trumpet lineage...
, Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
, Jack Walrath, Dave Schinitter, Sal Nistico, Sean Levitt, and others.
In 1989, he moved to Boston to study trumpet at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
.
In Boston, Rossy became the drummer of choice for many of his peers, and joined the Danilo Perez
Danilo Pérez
Danilo Pérez is a Panamanian pianist and composer.-Early life:Danilo Pérez was born in Panama in 1965. He is considered one of the finest contemporary pianists and jazz composers of our era....
Trio for gigs in Panama, France, Boston and New York.
He subsequently joined the Paquito D’Rivera Sextet for two years.
in 1991, Rossy moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and played on several early recordings of many of his Boston contemporaries, including Mark Turner
Mark Turner
Mark Turner may refer to:*Mark Turner *Mark Turner *Mark Turner *Mark Turner *Mark Turner , jazz saxophonist...
, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel is an American jazz guitarist and keyboardist who came to prominence in the 1990s.-Biography:He attended the Berklee School of Music for two and a half years before leaving in his junior year to tour with Gary Burton, the dean of the school at the time...
. He also accompanied several other musicians then living in the New York, including Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Larry Grenadier, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Ballard, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Kurt...
, Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson is a pianist, composer, and critic best known for his work in the postmodern jazz trio The Bad Plus, with bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King....
, Reid Anderson
Reid Anderson
Reid Anderson is a bassist and composer originally from Minnesota. Anderson is best known for his work in The Bad Plus with pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer Dave King...
, Avishai Cohen, Joe Martin, and Freddie Bryant.
Rossy has also worked and recorded with Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
, Bill McHenry, Bruce Barth, Mike Kanan, Ben Monder
Ben Monder
-Biography:Monder attended the University of Miami. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians including Lee Konitz, Toots Thielmans, Paul Motian and Maria Schneider....
, Nat Su, Steve Wilson, Mark Johnson, Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier is an American jazz double bassist.His father, Albert, was a trumpet player, and his two brothers, Phil and Steve, would eventually play trumpet and guitar respectively. Grenadier too began on trumpet when he was 10 years old. His father taught him to read music and gave him his...
, and Ben Street.
In 1995, Rossy started touring and recording extensively with the Brad Mehldau Trio.
He has also toured and recorded with The Bloom Daddies, an electric band composed of Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Jesse Murphy and two drummers, Rossy and, initially, Dan Reiser, but subsequently with Tony Mason.
Rossy moved back to Barcelona in 2000, to raise his family and to shift his focus to piano.
in the last ten years, Rossy has been playing and recording on piano with the Jordi Matas Quintet and the Joe Smith Septet, and has participated in several projects with Guillermo Klein
Guillermo Klein
Guillermo Klein is an Argentine pianist and composer.He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994, and throughout the 1990s held a residency at Smalls, a jazz club in New York City. Known for his highly original harmonic and stylistic concepts, Klein has garnered much respect from the jazz...
, including performances at Merkin Hall in New York and at the Library of Congress Auditorium in Washington, DC.
In 2006, Rossy recorded his first album as leader, Wicca, with Albert Sanz on Hammond organ
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
and R J Miller on drums.
His second album, IVLIANVS Suite, featured the same rhythm section but added Chris Cheek on saxophone and Felix Rossy on trumpet.
As a pianist, Rossy has been touring Spain, the United States, Morocco, Italy and Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland.
Rossy has continued to support other musicians on drums, including the Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings...
and Ethan Iverson quartet, Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
’s Quartet West and Land of the Sun Septet, Carla Bley
Carla Bley
Carla Bley, née Borg, is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator Over The Hill , as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other...
’s Liberation Orchestra, Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
’s Quartet Europa, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet, the Seamus Blake Quartet, Trio 2000 with Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 * Kirk in Copenhagen 1963 * Ben Webster in Denmark 1965-1971 Live at Danish Radio studios, Jazzhus Montmartre and Odd Fellow Palæet - Universal Music Denmark*One Flight Up 1964 *Sunday Walk 1969 - Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 (with...
, and another trio with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden.