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Brandon Ross | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 14, 2004)
• Original Release Date: December 14, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Intoxicate Records
• ASIN: B0006V4D24
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #855,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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About the Artist

Since moving to New York City in 1983, Brandon Ross has been active in a variety of musical genres. As a guitarist, he has been a key member of ensembles led by visionary jazz composer/improvisors including Henry Threadgill, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake and Butch Morris. During the 1980’s, Ross led his own ensembles, blending the sophistication and rigor of a jazz improvisor’s training with the dynamism and impact of rock in various groups, performing at places like P.S.122, the Kitchen, the Knitting Factory and CBGB. In the 1990’s Ross was commissioned by the ASCAP Foundation to compose a piece in memory of John Cage for the Bang on A Can All-Stars, which was premiered at the Kitchen in May 1993. Later that year, Ross became musical director and principal arranger for jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, recording "Blue Light ‘Til Dawn" for Blue Note Records. That Grammy-nominated album featured his innovative arrangements of songs by Robert Johnson and Van Morrison,! while Ms. Wilson’s Grammy-winning follow-up album "New Moon Daughter" from 1996 further expanded on Ross’ recontextualizing arrangements on songs by Son House, U2, and Neil Young. Since then Ross has expanded his performances and recordings to include work with the hiphop group Arrested Development, the debut recording of painter Julian Schnabel ("Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud"), television appearances with folk-pop princess Jewel, classical violin virtuoso Leila Josefowicz, conceptualist-guitarist-chanteur Arto Lindsay, trumpeter Ron Miles, and funk/R&B innovator Me’Shell NdegeOcello. Ross is currently continuing development of his co-led electric trio Harriet Tubman with bassist Melvin Gibbs and drummer JT Lewis, exploring his compositional and improvisational concept of a ‘future folk music.’