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Mick Rossi/Russ Johnson: New Math

Read "New Math" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
April 24, 2004

On New Math trumpeter Russ Johnson and pianist/flutist/percussionist Mick Rossi expand the limits of improvisation and invention. Their duets are musical poetry slams, a blueprint for performance jazz, with three-digit numbers identifying the songs on this envelope-shredding disc. “2.70” begins with a wailing trumpet salvo from Johnson that sounds like a Dixieland ululation, with Rossi’s piano trilling behind him. An elephantine burst is the opening sound of “3.30.” Johnson provides the dramatic, fragmented backdrop as Rossi articulates the landscape. On ...

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Mick Rossi: They Have A Word For Everything

Read "They Have A Word For Everything" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2000

With his first recording for Knitting Factory Records, pianist/composer Mick Rossi exhibits a thoroughly modern jazz spirit through strong multifarious compositions backed by a star studded ensemble who are among today's modern jazz pioneers - also synonymous with the New York City downtown scene. Rossi's impressive and multidimensional resume may seem like a musician/composer's dream. Here is a man who scores for Television, has worked with pop-stars, Jackson Browne, Annie Lennox, Carly Simon, Pete Townsend and others while also shedding ...