Ronald S. Russ

All About Jazz user Ronald S. Russ

Member since 2006.

CD/DVD Reviewer

Home: Little Rock, AR

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Ron has been travelling the spaceways for over 28 years. Sometimes he takes the time to write about it.

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. My father introduced me to jazz when I was about 10. I came across some of his old albums like Moanin' by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. The photo on the front made an impression on me, enough so, that I would check it out and other albums that he had. Who knew that I would spend the next 28 years involved with this music. In college, I spent time as a jazz DJ, was involved in concert production, and wrote some features for the college newspaper. Since 1994, I've been writing jazz book reviews for Library Journal. I've been based in Little Rock, AR since 1996.

My Music

  1. Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
  2. Lee Morgan - The Last Session
  3. Weather Report - Live & Unreleased
  4. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  5. Art Blakey - Moanin'
  6. Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple
  7. Grachan Moncur III - Exploration
  8. Elvin Jones - Very Rare
  9. Mingus Big Band - Live in Tokyo
  10. Jaco Pastorious - Invitation
  11. One for All - Optimism
  12. Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong
  13. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
  14. Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - Out Louder
  1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  2. Sun Ra - Space Is The Place
  3. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
  4. Billy Bang - Rainbow Gladiator
  5. Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
  6. Pharoah Sanders - Live
  7. Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues
  8. George Russell - 80th Birthday Concert
  9. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
  10. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments

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