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Male
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Birth:
1 August 1972(Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Florian Ross (born 1972) is a German jazz pianist, composer and arranger.
Life and career
Ross was born in Pforzheim 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 composition for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.
Ross released Ties & Loose Ends, his first recording of a big band project, in 2013. In the same year, the Florian Ross Elektrio, featuring the leader on Hammond B3 organ, was released.
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Seasons & Places | Naxos | Quintet, with Matthias Erlewein (tenor sax), Nils Wogram (trombone), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Jochen Ruckert (drums) |
| 1998 | Suite for Soprano Sax & String Orchestra | Naxos | |
| 1999 | Lilacs and Laughter | Naxos | With Ingold Burkhardt, Claus Stotter, Eric Vloeimans (trumpet), Christine Chapman, Ruth Funke (French horn), Jurgen Neudert, Nils Wogram (trombone), Ed Partyka (bass trombone, tuba), Ingmar Heller (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums) |
| 2002 | Blinds and Shades | Intuition | Trio, with Remi Vignolo (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums) |
| 2004 | Home & Some Other Place | Intuition | Quintet, with Matthias Erlewein (tenor sax), Claus Stotter (trumpet), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Stéphane Huchard (drums) |
| 2005 | Big Fish and Small Pond | Intuition | Trio, with Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Stéphane Huchard (drums) |
| 2006 | Eight Ball & White Horse | Intuition | |
| 2010* | Mechanism | Pirouet | Solo piano |
| 2013* | Wheel & Wires | Fuhrwerk | Trio, with Jesse Van Ruller (guitar), Martijn Vink (drums) |
| 2013* | Ties & Loose Ends | Fuhrwerk | With Marcus Bartelt (baritone sax), Stefan Schmid (tenor sax, clarinet), Wolfgang Fuhr (tenor sax), Frank Vaganee (alto sax, soprano sax), Christoph Mockel (alto sax), Matthias Bergmann, Volker Deglmann, Menzel Mutzke, Jan Schneider (trumpet), Klaus Heidenreich, Peter Schwatio, Felix Fromm, Ingo Lahme (trombone), Phillip Bramswig (guitar), Lucas Leidinger (piano), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Fabian Arends (drums) |