Brandon Ross

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Brandon K. Ross is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Career

Ross did clerical work for

Leroy Jenkins before playing with Archie Shepp and Marion Brown in the second half of the 1970s.[1]

He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Gene Lake, Marcus Rojas, John Lurie, Henry Threadgill, Don Byron,[2] and Cassandra Wilson.[3]

In 1998, Ross, bassist

Harriet Tubman, which continues to perform concerts and record, as of 2023.[4][5][6][7]

Discography

As leader

  • Costume (Intoxicate, 2004)
  • Puppet (Intoxicate, 2006)
  • For Living Lovers (Sunnyside, 2014)

As sideman

With Kip Hanrahan

  • A Thousand Nights and a Night (1-Red Night) (American Clave, 1996)
  • A Thousand Nights and a Night (Shadow Night 1) (Justin Time, 1998)
  • Beautiful Scars (American Clave, 2007)
  • Crescent Moon Waning (Yellowbird, 2018)

With Oliver Lake

  • Plug It (Gramavision, 1983)
  • Dancevision (Blue Heron, 1986)
  • Impala (Gramavision, 1987)

With Meshell Ndegeocello

  • The Spirt Music Jamia (Universal, 2005)
  • The Article 3 (Bismallah, 2006)
  • The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams (Bismallah, 2007)

With Wadada Leo Smith

  • Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform, 2009)
  • Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform, 2011)
  • Najwa (TUM, 2017)

With Henry Threadgill

  • Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (Black Saint, 1991)
  • Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom, 1993)
  • Song Out of My Trees (Black Saint, 1994)
  • Carry the Day (Columbia, 1995)
  • Making a Move (Columbia, 1995)
  • Where's Your Cup? (Columbia, 1997)
  • Everybody's Mouth's a Book (Pi, 2001)

With Cassandra Wilson

  • Blue Light Till Dawn (Blue Note, 1993)
  • New Moon Daughter (Blue Note, 1995)
  • Glamoured (Blue Note, 2003)
  • Closer to You (Blue Note, 2009)
  • Silver Pony (Blue Note, 2010)

With others

References

  1. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld
    .
  2. ^ "Protected Blog › Log in". roulettenyc.wordpress.com.
  3. ^ "Brandon Ross Performs with Cassandra Wilson". 30 November 2012.
  4. ^ "harriet tubman: the band". ReverbNation. 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  5. ^ Freitas, Filipe (November 19, 2018). "Harriet Tubman: The Terror End of Beauty". jazztrail. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  6. ^ "Harriet Tubman". bandsintown. November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  7. Constellation. 2020. Archived from the original
    on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

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