Ross Anderson

Bass player and Leader of the band, Ross began playing around 1952 in a quartet based in Echuca in northern Victoria. He joined the RAAF in 1956 and for a period of 12 years continued playing in a variety of groups in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin and Townsville. Back in Melbourne, in 1968 he fronted a jazz trio that played for 9 years at the Dorset Gardens Hotel in Croydon. Ross joined the famous Storyville Allstars in 1974 and played with them until 1981, when he left to form The New Melbourne Jazz Band. In 1984 he took this band to the USA to perform at the prestigious Sacramento Jazz Festival where they were a resounding success, and since then The New Melbourne Jazz Band has made 14 trips to the USA and Canada to perform at major jazz festivals. In 1997 Ross was appointed musical director of The Marvellous Melbourne Jazz Festival. When not playing music, Ross (a carpenter by trade) uses his wood crafting skills to design and build the Anderson Travel Bass.

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