Brandon Ross

Brandon K. Ross (New Brunswick, ...) è un chitarrista statunitense.

Carriera

Ross ha lavorato per Leroy Jenkins prima di suonare con Archie Shepp e Marion Brown nella seconda metà degli anni '70.

Si è esibito con Wadada Leo Smith, Gene Lake, Marcus Rojas, John Lurie, Henry Threadgill, Don Byron e Cassandra Wilson.

Nel 1998, Ross, il bassista Melvin Gibbs e il batterista JT Lewis hanno formato il trio Harriet Tubman, che continua a eseguire concerti e registrare, fino al 2020.

Discografia

Come leader

• Costume (Intoxicate, 2004)
• Puppet (Intoxicate, 2006)
• For Living Lovers (Sunnyside, 2014)

Come sideman

Con 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)
• Crescent Moon Waning (Yellowbird, 2018)

Con Oliver Lake

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

Con Meshell Ndegeocello

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

Con Wadada Leo Smith

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

Con 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? (Colombia, 1997)
• Everybody's Mouth's a Book (Pi, 2001)

Con 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)

Con altri

• Pheeroan akLaff, Fits Like a Glove (Gramavision, 1983)
• Arrested Development, Unplugged (Chrysalis, 1993)
• Marion Brown, La Placita (Timeless Muse, 1979)
• Marion Brown, Five Improvisations (B. Free, 2014)
• Don Byron, Plays the Music of Mickey Katz (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993)
• Don Byron, Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy, 2012)
• Alana Davis, Blame It on Me (Elektra, 1997)
• DJ Logic, Project Logic (Ropeadope, 1999)
• Fred Hopkins, Prophecy (About Time, 1990)
• Graham Haynes, Transition (Antille, 1995)
• Graham Haynes, BPM (Knitting Factory, 2000)
• Leroy Jenkins, Leroy Jenkins Live! (Black Saint, 1993)
• Leroy Jenkins, Urban Blues (Black Saint, 1984)
• Bill Laswell, Jazzonia (Douglas Music, 1998)
• Bill Laswell, Moody's Mood for Love (Douglas, 1998)
• Myra Melford, The Image of Your Body (Cryptogramophone, 2006)
• Myra Melford, The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12, 2010)
• Ron Miles, Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle, 2003)
• Lawrence Butch Morris, Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (Sound Aspects, 1985)
• Ivo Perelman, Children of Ibeji (Enja, 1992)
• Julian Schnabel, Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud (Island, 1995)
• Archie Shepp, There's a Trumpet in My Soul (Arista/Libertà, 1975)
• Archie Shepp, Attica Blues Big Band Live at the Palais Des Glaces (Blue Marge, 1979)

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Brandon Ross, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Brandon Ross, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• La pagina MySpace di Brandon Ross
• Intervista del 2007 a David Garland della radio WYNC