Florian Ross

• Name — Florian Ross • Birthplace — Pforzheim, West Germany • Born — 1972 • Instrument — Piano • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer, arranger • Years Active — 1990s–present • Website — florianross.de

Ross was born in Pforzheim in 1972. His debut recording as leader was made for Naxos Records in 1998 – Seasons & Places. In 2011, he was commissioned to write a new arrangement of a Bobby Wellins composition for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. Ross released Ties & Loose Ends, his first recording of his own big band project, in 2013. In the same year, the Florian Ross Elektrio, featuring the leader on Hammond B3 organ, was released.

• Year recorded — Title — Label — Personnel/Notes • 1998 — Seasons & Places — Naxos — Quintet, with Matthias Erlewein (tenor sax), Nils Wogram (trombone), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Jochen Rückert (drums) • 1998 — Suite for Soprano Sax & String Orchestra — Naxos — Music for String Orchestra and Jazz Quartet, featuring David Liebman (ss) • 1999 — Lilacs and Laughter — Naxos — With Ingold Burkhardt, Claus Stötter, Eric Vloeimans (trumpet), Christine Chapman, Ruth Funke (French horn), Jürgen Neudert, Nils Wogram (trombone), Ed Partyka (bass trombone, tuba), Ingmar Heller (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums) • 2002 — Blinds and Shades — Intuition — Trio, with Remi Vignolo (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums) • 2004 — Home & Some Other Place — Intuition — Quintet, with Matthias Erlewein (tenor sax), Claus Stotter (trumpet), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Stéphane Huchard (drums) • 2005 — Big Fish and Small Pond — Intuition — Trio, with Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Stéphane Huchard (drums) • 2006 — Eight Ball & White Horse — Intuition — Music for Saxophone Section (+doubles) and Piano Trio • 2010 — Mechanism — Pirouet — Solo piano • 2013 — Wheel & Wires — Fuhrwerk Musik — Trio, with Jesse van Ruller (guitar), Martijn Vink (drums) • 2013 — Ties & Loose Ends — Fuhrwerk Musik — With Marcus Bartelt (baritone sax), Stefan Schmid (tenor sax, clarinet), Wolfgang Fuhr (tenor sax), Frank Vaganee (alto sax, soprano sax), Christoph Möckel (alto sax), Matthias Bergmann, Volker Deglmann, Menzel Mutzke, Jan Schneider (trumpet), Klaus Heidenreich, Peter Schwatio, Felix Fromm, Ingo Lahme (trombone), Phillip Bramswig (guitar), Lucas Leidinger (piano), Dietmar Fuhr (bass), Fabian Arends (drums) • 2014 — Infinite Loop ∙ One — Unit Records — Duo, with Udo Moll (trumpet, live electronics) • 2015 — Lines & Crosscurrents — Toy Piano Records — Acoustic-Electric Quintet. With Markus Segschneider (pedal steel guitar, guitar), Niels Klein (tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet), David Helm (acoustic bass), Fabian Arends (drums) • 2017 — Pigs & Fairies — Toy Piano Records — Acoustic-Electric Trio. With Dietmar Fuhr (acoustic bass, electric bass), Fabian Arends (drums) • 2018 — Swallows & Swans — Toy Piano Records — Quintet with Australian vocalist Kristin Berardi, Matthew Halpin (ts,ss), Dietmar Fuhr (acoustic bass), Hans Dekker (drums) • 2019 — Reason & Temptation — Toy Piano Records — Quartet with Sebastian Gille (ts), David Helm (bass), Fabian Arends (drums) • 2020 — Florian Ross - Architexture — Naxos — Music for Wind Ensemble & Jazz Quartet • 2020 — Front & Center — Toy Piano Records — Florian Ross/ WDR Big Band