Brandon K. Ross is an American

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guitarist. He was born in

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Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

and

Marion Brown Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongs ...

in the second half of the 1970s. He has performed with

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Gene Lake Oliver Gene Lake, Jr. (born January 12, 1966 in St. Louis) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of saxophonist Oliver Lake. Lake began playing drums when he was five years old, and took lessons with Pheeroan akLaff as a high schooler at The ...

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John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including '' Stranger than Paradise'' and '' Down by Law''; has composed ...

Henry Threadgill Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He h ...

Don Byron Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer. Biography His mother w ...

, and

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. In 1998, Ross, bassist

Melvin Gibbs Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and guitarist Sonny Sharrock, and in rock music ...

, and drummer J.T. Lewis formed the trio

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, which continues to perform concerts and record, as of 2020.

Discography

As leader

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

As sideman

With

Kip Hanrahan Kip Hanrahan (born December 9, 1954) is an American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist. Personal life Hanrahan was born in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in the Bronx to an Irish-Jewish family. His father left when he was 6 m ...

* ''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 Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Art ...

* ''Plug It'' (Gramavision, 1983) * ''Dancevision'' (Blue Heron, 1986) * ''Impala'' (Gramavision, 1987) With

Meshell Ndegeocello Michelle Lynn Johnson, better known as Meshell Ndegeocello (; born August 29, 1968), is a German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on so ...

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

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

* ''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

* ''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 *

Pheeroan akLaff Pheeroan akLaff (born Paul Maddox January 27, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He began playing in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan and Ann Arbor, with R & B keyboardist Travis Biggs, funk keyboardist Nimrod “The Grinder” ...

, ''Fits Like a Glove'' (Gramavision, 1983) *

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, ''Unplugged'' (Chrysalis, 1993) *

, ''La Placita'' (Timeless Muse, 1979) * Marion Brown, ''Five Improvisations'' (B.Free, 2014) *

, ''Plays the Music of Mickey Katz'' (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993) * Don Byron, ''Love, Peace, and Soul'' (Savoy, 2012) *

Alana Davis Alana Schofield Davis (born May 6, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. Her father, Walter Davis Jr., was an African-American pianist who played alongside such jazz greats as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. A record deal with Elektra R ...

, ''Blame It on Me'' (Elektra, 1997) *

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, ''Project Logic'' (Ropeadope, 1999) *

Fred Hopkins Fred Hopkins (October 11, 1947 – January 7, 1999) was an American double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement. He was best known for his association with the trio Air with Henry Threadgill and St ...

, ''

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'' (About Time, 1990) *

Graham Haynes Graham Haynes (born September 16, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cornetist, trumpeter and composer. The son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Graham is known for his work in nu jazz, fusing jazz with elements of hip hop and electronic mus ...

, ''Transition'' (Antilles, 1995) * Graham Haynes, ''BPM'' (Knitting Factory, 2000) * Leroy Jenkins, ''

Leroy Jenkins Live! ''Leroy Jenkins Live!'' is a live album by violinist / composer Leroy Jenkins. It was recorded in March 1992 at P.S. 122 in New York City, and was released by Black Saint in 1993. On the album, Jenkins is joined by guitarist Brandon Ross, synthesi ...

'' (Black Saint, 1993) * Leroy Jenkins, ''

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'' (Black Saint, 1984) *

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, w ...

, ''Jazzonia'' (Douglas Music, 1998) * Bill Laswell, ''Moody's Mood for Love'' (Douglas, 1998) *

Myra Melford Myra Melford (born January 5, 1957) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Melford was described by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' as an "explosive player, a virtuoso who shocks and soothes, and who can m ...

, ''The Image of Your Body'' (Cryptogramophone, 2006) * Myra Melford, ''The Whole Tree Gone'' (Firehouse 12, 2010) *

Ron Miles Ronald Glen Miles (May 9, 1963 – March 8, 2022) was an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. He recorded for the labels Prolific (1986), Capri Records (Jazz record label), Capri (1990), and Rykodisc, Gramavision. His final album, ...

, ''Laughing Barrel'' (Sterling Circle, 2003) *

Butch Morris Lawrence Douglas "Butch" Morris (February 10, 1947 – January 29, 2013) was an American cornetist, composer and conductor. He was known for pioneering his structural improvisation method, ''Conduction'', which he utilized on many recordings. B ...

, ''Current Trends in Racism in Modern America'' (Sound Aspects, 1985) *

Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo. Career In his youth, Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano, concentrating on tenor sax since age 19. He attended the Be ...

, ''Children of Ibeji'' (Enja, 1992) *

Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his "plate paintings" — with broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings. Since the 1990s, he has been ...

, ''Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud'' (Island, 1995) *

, ''There's a Trumpet in My Soul'' (Arista/Freedom, 1975) * Archie Shepp, ''Attica Blues Big Band Live at the Palais Des Glaces'' (Blue Marge, 1979)

References

External links

Brandon Ross's MySpace page

2007 interview with David Garland of WYNC radio
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American jazz guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) Sunnyside Records artists {{US-jazz-guitarist-stub