Rick Rossi

Rick Rossi
Rick Rossi
(2001)

Rick Rossi, woodwind player extraordinare,
is an extremely active freelance musician/composer
in the Los Angeles music industry.
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Rick just completed touring with The Brian Setzer Orchestra, playing lead alto sax. Their last performance was a full house at The Greek Theatre on August 8th, 1998. Last TV appearance was Sept. 18th on David Letterman.

Their new album sold over one million copies. Congratulations Rick Rossi!!!

Rick has recorded sountracks and appeared in such current films as "The Nutty Professor", "StarTrek-First Contact", "Primal Fear", and played with Tito Puento in The Mambo Kings". He has composed music for such TV shows as Baywatch and the Wayan Bros. Show and has performed with practically every living Las Vegas performer, such as Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler as well as scores of Broadway shows and in horn sections with such notables as REM and Neil Young and Glenn Frye.

Rick loves all styles of music and feels that Los Angeles has given him the opportunity to realize his dreams of being able to be able to play with the best musicians in the world . " I love the variety that L.A. gives me in terms of being able to play everything from classical music to rock and roll. It keep me from getting bored or stale with any one style, but my real passion is jazz, in addition to music composition which also gives me a lot of satisfaction." In Jazz Rick has played with Gerry Mulligan band; Tommy Dorsey band; Clark Terry; Mel Lewis; Tony Bennett and Joe Williams as many contemporary jazz bands in the LA area and is featured on several CD's. Rick has composed several songs for John Michael Ferrari's CD (coming soon.)

Additional sampling of Feature Films:
"Naked Gun", "Mambo Kings", "For the Boys","Ruby", "Mulhulland Falls", "L.A. Confidential", "My Fellow Americans", "Death Becomes Her", "Hot Shots", "The Butchers Wife", "Soap Dish", "Lush Life", "Man Trouble", "Brain Donors", "Funny About Love", "Cobb", "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", "Blue Velvet", "The Entertainer", "Cool World", "The Last Boyscout"

Television/Cartoons:
"The Nanny", "Friends", "The Wayans Bros. Show", "Drew Carrie Show", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place", "Bay Watch", "Power Rangers", "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous", "NBC Sportsnight Theme", "Marilyn & Me", "Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story", "Life Goes On", "Sinatra", "Falcon Crest", "Worlds Greatest Magic Show", "Under Suspicion", "A Mother's Wish", "Sweet Valley High", "X-Man", "Mr. Bogus", "Widget", "Twinkle", "Denver the Dinosaur"

Jingles:
Johnson & Johnson, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Teramisu Deserts, Schick, Levi's 501's, Miller, 3M, Bill Blass

Records:
Goin' Public I & 2, P. Rainey Coalition, Tito Puente, Elissa LaLa, The Mambo Kings, 9 Christian Rock CD's, Mindy St. Clair, John Kukowski, Bobbie Sebellico, SolQuest, Drive All Night & Many Others

Live Performances/Road Shows/Big Band:

Brian Setzer Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Suzanne Summers, Glenn Frye, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Rich Little, Temptations, Spinners, Four Tops, 5th Dimension, Englebert Humperdink, Rosemary Clooney, Martha Raye, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Clark Terry, Mel Lewis, NCL Floating Jazz Festival, Shirley Jones, Connie Stevens, Rita Moreno, Joe Williams, Cab Calloway, John Michael Ferrari

Rick Rossi and John Ferrari
Rick Rossi and John Michael Ferrari
(Los Angeles circa 1991)

Broadway:

"Cats", "Phantom", "West Side Story", "Oklahoma", "Chorus Line", "Fiddler on the Roof", "Les Miserables", "Man of La Mancha", "Guys & Dolls", "Pal Joey", "They're Playing Our Song", "Peter Pan", "Godspell", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "The Wiz", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Camelot", "Hello Dolly"

Composing & Arranging:

"Bay Watch", "The Wayans Bros. Show", "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" and "National Geographic" "P. Rainey Coalition" Jazz CD ; Two "Goin' Public" Jazz CD's; "Drive All Night" CD (12 Piece Band)

Education:

Master of Music in Multiple Woodwinds (Univ. of Akron - Ohio)
Bachelor of Music Performance (Univ. of Delaware)
Composing & Arranging Program (Grove School of Music - Los Angeles)

Awards:

Nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" for solo on "P. Rainey Coalition" CD in 1996

"My earliest influences growing up were actually guitar players rather than saxophone players because I was so into rock music. I used to listen to musicians like Eric Clapton, Johnnie Winter, and Frank Zappa and try to duplicate what they were playing on my saxophone. Then eventually heard Tom Scott, Michael Brecker, and Dave Sanborn who were coming from the same place. The real jazz legend influences came later, like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and of course John Coltrane and Miles Davis. These are the guys who are the true innovators of their time and keep jazz fresh and exciting and that is what we're trying to do with the Goin' Public CD's."

Animato Trio
Animato Trio
(2000)

Links to Favorite Friends:
Pepper J. Productions Home Page
Dynamic Song Performance Home Page

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