Florian Ross (born 1972) is a German
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
pianist, composer and arranger.
Life and career
Ross was born in
Pforzheim
Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany.
It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...
in 1972.
His debut recording as leader was made for
Naxos Records in 1998 – ''Seasons & Places''. In 2011, he was commissioned to write a new arrangement of a
Bobby Wellins
Robert Coull Wellins (24 January 1936 – 27 October 2016) was a Scottish tenor saxophonist who collaborated with Stan Tracey on the album '' Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"'' (1965).
Biography
Robert Coull Wellins was ...
composition for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.
Ross released ''Ties & Loose Ends'', his first recording of his own big band project, in 2013. In the same year, the Florian Ross Elektrio, featuring the leader on
Hammond B3
Hammond may refer to:
People
* Hammond Innes (1913–1998), English novelist
* Hammond (surname)
* Justice Hammond (disambiguation)
Places Antarctica
* Hammond Glacier, Antarctica
Australia
* Hammond, South Australia, a small settlement in S ...
organ, was released.
[Bailey, C. Michael (28 June 2013]
"The Little and Big of Florian Ross"
AllAboutJazz.
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Florian
1972 births
German jazz pianists
Living people
People from Pforzheim
21st-century pianists
20th-century jazz composers
Bandleaders
Pirouet Records artists
Naxos Records artists