Jorge "Jordi" Rossy (born August 21, 1964) is a

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drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.

Early life

Rossy was born in Barcelona. He started playing drums at age 11.

Later life and career

Between 1980 and 1989, Rossy toured and recorded extensively with several musicians in the Spanish jazz scene, as well as with internationally acclaimed artists such as

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, David Schnitter,

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, 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

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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

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, and played on several early recordings of many of his Boston contemporaries, including Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake,

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. He also accompanied several other musicians then living in New York, including

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, Avishai Cohen, Joe Martin, and Freddie Bryant. 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 has also worked and recorded with

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, and Ben Street. Rossy moved back to Barcelona in 2000, to raise his family and to shift his focus to piano. Since then, he 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

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in New York and at the Library of Congress Auditorium in Washington, DC. In 2006, Rossy recorded his first album as leader, with Albert Sanz on Hammond organ and R J Miller on drums. His second album, featured the same rhythm section but added Chris Cheek on saxophone and his son Felix Rossy on trumpet. As a pianist, Rossy has toured Spain, the United States, Morocco, Italy and

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, Switzerland. Rossy has continued to support other musicians on drums, including the Lee Konitz and Ethan Iverson quartet,

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’s Quartet Europa, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet, the Seamus Blake Quartet, Trio 2000 with Chick Corea and

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, and another trio with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden. His first recording playing the vibes was ''Stay There'', with saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Doug Weiss, and drummer Al Foster.Kato, Yoshi (February 2017) "Jorge Rossy: Stay There". ''Down Beat''. p. 73.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

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'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1993) *''Wicca'' (Fresh Sounds Records, 2007) *''Ivlianus Suite'' (ContraBaix /Karonte, 2010) *''Iri's Blues'' (Moskito Records, 2012) *''Gershwin'' (Swit Records, 2015) *''Stay There'' (Pirouet, 2015) *''Beyond Sunday'' (Jazz & People, 2018) *''Puerta'' (ECM, 2021)

As sideman

; With

*'' New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 1'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1993) *'' New York-Barcelona Crossing, Volumen 2'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1993) *'' Introducing Brad Mehldau'' (Warner Bros., 1995) *'' The Art of the Trio Volume One'' (Warner Bros., 1997) *'' Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two'' (Warner Bros., 1998) *'' Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume Three'' (Warner Bros., 1998) *'' Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard'' (Warner Bros., 1999) *''

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'' (Warner Bros., 2000) *'' Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5'' (Warner Bros., 2001) *'' Largo'' (Warner Bros., 2002) *''

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'' (Warner Bros., 2004) *'' House on Hill'' (Nonesuch, 2006) ; With

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*''I wish I knew'' (Fresh Sound, 1997) *''A girl named Joe'' (Fresh Sound, 1997) *''Vine'' (Fresh Sound, 1999) *''Live at Jamboree: Guilty'' (Fresh Sound, 2002) *''Live at Jamboree: Lazy Afternoon'' (Fresh Sound, 2002) *'' Blues Cruise'' (Fresh Sound, 2005) *''Saturday Songs'' (Sunnyside, 2017) ; With The Bloomdaddies *''Mosh for lovers'' (1995) *''Racer X'' (2002) ;With Avishai Cohen *''

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'' (Stretch, 1997) ; With Paquito D'Rivera *'' Havana Cafe'' (Chesky Records, 1992) ; With

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*'' Costumes Are Mandatory'' (HighNote, 2012) with Lee Konitz and

; With Mark Turner *''

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References

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