Brandon Ross

{{Short description|American jazz guitarist}}

Brandon K. Ross is an American jazz rock guitarist. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Career

Ross did clerical work for Leroy Jenkins before playing with Archie Shepp and Marion Brown in the second half of the 1970s.Gary W. Kennedy, "Brandon Ross". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.

He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Gene Lake, Marcus Rojas, John Lurie, Henry Threadgill, Don Byron,{{cite web|url=https://roulettenyc.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/interview-with-brandon-ross/|title=Protected Blog › Log in|website=roulettenyc.wordpress.com}} and Cassandra Wilson.{{Cite web|url=http://acousticguitarvideos.com/1254/brandon-ross-performs-with-cassandra-wilson/|title=Brandon Ross Performs with Cassandra Wilson|date=30 November 2012}}

In 1998, Ross, bassist Melvin Gibbs, and drummer J.T. Lewis formed the trio Harriet Tubman, which continues to perform concerts and record, as of 2023.{{cite web |publisher=ReverbNation |url=http://www.mmmusicagency.com/harriet-tubman-the-band.html |title=harriet tubman: the band |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-11-21}}{{cite web |publisher=jazztrail |url=https://jazztrail.net/blog/2018/11/19/harriet-tubman-terror-beauty-album-review |author=Freitas, Filipe |title=Harriet Tubman: The Terror End of Beauty |date=November 19, 2018 |accessdate=2018-11-21}}{{cite web |publisher=bandsintown |url=https://www.bandsintown.com/en/a/48546-harriet-tubman |title=Harriet Tubman|date=November 2018 |accessdate=2018-11-21}}{{cite web| publisher=Constellation| date=2020| title=Constellation: Harriet Tubman, Sat, March 20, 2020, 8:30 PM| url=https://www.constellation-chicago.com/e/harriet-tubman-89665988385/| accessdate=2020-03-10| archive-date=2020-02-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202005841/https://www.constellation-chicago.com/e/harriet-tubman-89665988385/| url-status=dead}}

Discography

=As leader=

  • Costume (Intoxicate, 2004)
  • Puppet (Intoxicate, 2006)
  • For Living Lovers (Sunnyside, 2014)
  • Phantom Station - Off the End (Sunnyside, 2024)

=As co-leader=

=As sideman=

With Kip Hanrahan

  • A Thousand Nights and a Night (1-Red Night) (American Clave, 1996)
  • A Thousand Nights and a Night (Shadow Night 1) (Justin Time, 1998)
  • Beautiful Scars (American Clave, 2007)
  • Crescent Moon Waning (Yellowbird, 2018)

With Oliver Lake

  • Plug It (Gramavision, 1983)
  • Dancevision (Blue Heron, 1986)
  • Impala (Gramavision, 1987)

With Meshell Ndegeocello

  • The Spirt Music Jamia (Universal, 2005)
  • The Article 3 (Bismallah, 2006)
  • The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams (Bismallah, 2007)

With Wadada Leo Smith

  • Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform, 2009)
  • Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform, 2011)
  • Najwa (TUM, 2017)

With Henry Threadgill

  • Spirit of Nuff...Nuff (Black Saint, 1991)
  • Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom, 1993)
  • Song Out of My Trees (Black Saint, 1994)
  • Carry the Day (Columbia, 1995)
  • Making a Move (Columbia, 1995)
  • Where's Your Cup? (Columbia, 1997)
  • Everybody's Mouth's a Book (Pi, 2001)

With Cassandra Wilson

  • Blue Light Till Dawn (Blue Note, 1993)
  • New Moon Daughter (Blue Note, 1995)
  • Glamoured (Blue Note, 2003)
  • Closer to You (Blue Note, 2009)
  • Silver Pony (Blue Note, 2010)

With others

References