Roxy Coss

Roxy Coss
Origin Seattle, USA
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Saxophone, clarinet, piano
Associated acts Roxy Coss Quartet, The Diva Jazz Orchestra

Roxy Coss is a saxophonist and composer who is based in New York. She also is a winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, and had attracted attention from major music magazines and organizations. In addition to recording a number of albums, she has performed internationally.

Background

Originally from Seattle,[1] Coss is one of few female band leaders in the jazz field.[2] Her entry into music was at a young age: by the age of six or seven, she was playing piano and composing music.[3] She took up saxophone at age 9. Also at that time she entered into the city-wide "Reflections" composition contest and came third.

In 2015, she was serving as Faculty at the New York Summer Music Festival.[4] 2016 marked her third year in a row that Downbeat 'Critics' Polls had listed her on the "Rising Star" list as a Soprano Saxophonist.[5]

Career

Coss managed to play with Clark Terry's Titans at a venue in 2005.[6]

In November 2015, she was playing in the Jeremy Pelt Quintet for a weekend engagement at the Smoke at 2751 Broadway, at 106th Street.[7] In 2016, her album Restless Idealism was released. The album which featured 10 original tracks featured Alex Wintz on guitar, Chris Pattishall on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, and Willie Jones III on drums.[8]

In October, 2016 at the Lake George Jazz Festival, she was the featured soloist on the song "Nuthin'" which was performed by the DIVA Jazz Orchestra.[9] Also that year she won the 2016 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award.[10] Her 2016 album , Restless Idealism got to #7 on Jazzweek, the US Nationwide Jazz Chart.

Along with The James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra, she was booked to appear at the Melbourne Big Band Festival in Victoria, Australia on February 12, 2017.[11]

On March 31, 2017, her album Chasing The Unicorn which was released on Posi-Tone Records went on sale.[12] It featured the tracks, "Chasing the Unicorn", "A Shade of Jade", "You're There", "Free to Be", "Oh! Darling", "Never Enough", "Virgo", "Unwavering Optimism", "Benny's Tune", "Endless Cycle", and "Crazy". In addition to Coss on tenor and soprano saxophones and clarinet, it featured Alex Wintz on guitar, Glenn Zaleski on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, and Jimmy Macbride on drums.[13]

Discography

Albums
Title Release info Year Notes
Roxy Coss Self released 2010
Restless Idealism Origin 2016
Chasing the Unicorn Posi-Tone 2017 [14]
The Future is Female Posi-Tone 2018 [15]

References

  1. ↑ the Stranger - Roxy Coss, Chasing the Unicorn CD Release Show
  2. ↑ Australian Jazz.net, February 6, 2017 - Roxy Coss: “The lack of female representation in Jazz is hurting us all” by Nikos Fotakis
  3. ↑ All About Jazz - “Roxy Coss: Standing Out” by Paul Rauch
  4. ↑ The Register Citizen, July 15, 2015 - Waterbury: Theater club to host concert by Roxy Coss Quintet
  5. ↑ The Melbourne Big Band Festival - Roxy Coss (NY) + The James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra
  6. ↑ Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry, by Clark Terry - Page 249 Second Chance
  7. ↑ New York Times, NOV. 8, 2012 - Jazz Listings for Nov. 9-15
  8. ↑ JazzTimes, 08/14/2016 - Roxy Coss: Restless Idealism By Michael J. West
  9. ↑ Downbeat, Oct 17, 2016  - Lake George Jazz Fest Celebrates Women of Jazz in Idyllic Locale By Bill Milkowski
  10. ↑ All About Jazz - Roxy Coss
  11. ↑ The Melbourne Big Band Festival - Roxy Coss (NY) + The James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra
  12. ↑ Somethingelsereviews.com, March 25, 2017 - Roxy Coss – Chasing The Unicorn by S. Victor Aaron
  13. ↑ All About Jazz, September 6, 2017 - Roxy Coss: Chasing the Unicorn by Paul Rauch
  14. ↑ AllMusic - Roxy Coss, Discography
  15. ↑ AllMusic - Roxy Coss, Discography
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