Marc Rossi

Mr. Rossi is a composer and pianist/synthesist proficient in the contemporary classical, jazz, and world music idioms. He has also studied North Indian classical music with sitarist Peter Row, and the form and structure of South Indian classical music with Geetha Ramanathan Bennett and R. Prasanna. Together with Peter Row, Rossi has formed a collaborative called The Row and Rossi Project which is forging a new musical language of explorations in raga and jazz. Their debut concert was held on December 20, 1998.

Marc has performed, toured, and recorded with George Russell's Living Time Orchestra, The Jimmy Giuffre 4, Bo Diddley, The Robert Moore Quartet, Stan Strickland and Ascension, Lewis Porter, The Marc Rossi Group, Ben Schwendener, Natraj, and the Row and Rossi Project, to name a few. He performed on Russell's landmark recording "African Game," which received two Grammy nominations.

 

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