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Robert "Skeets" Ross 1926 - 2011

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A legendary jazz pianist who served the Northeast Ohio and Greater Cleveland area for over 60 years

Robert Nathaniel Ross - best known as “Skeets” was a legendary jazz pianist who served the Northeast Ohio and Greater Cleveland area for over 60 years. He was a musician's musician, and a favorite pianist for many jazz vocalists. Skeets played full and passionately. His style was noted for bringing out the very best in everyone he played with. He passed away in February, 2011. On the first day of spring, his jazz comrades joined together in tribute at the Gold Ballroom of Cleveland's Renaissance Hotel where Skeets worked for over 15 years, They offered a final farewell fitting and memorable to celebrate his life in music.

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This page was last updated on 2011-04-05.

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