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Kelly Rossum

Kelly Rossum is an American (USA) jazz trumpet player and composer. He has released four albums as a leader and has appeared on over 40 recordings as a sideman.


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Album Review

Kelly Rossum: Family

Read "Family" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Minneapolis trumpeter Kelly Rossum's previous release, the excellent Line (612 Sides, 2007) was in some ways as abstract and linear as its title. Family, fittingly, is as comforting and warm as its predecessor was austere--but also, appropriately, slightly bittersweet and elegiac.Partly, the difference is due to the presence of pianist Bryan Nichols. Line is a piano-less disc in the grand tradition of 1960s New Thing ensembles like Archie Shepp's. Here, Nichols adds warmth in the chords and accents ...

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Kelly Rossum: Line

Read "Line" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Those listeners who know Kelly Rossum only as the self-styled “electrumpet" virtuoso from Electropolis (Innova, 2006), by the Minneapolis group of the same name, will be surprised by Line. In contrast to Electropolis' deep-groove, sci-fi jazz, Rossum's band here offers an entirely acoustic combination of the sounds of those marvelous, piano-less “New Thing" groups circa 1967, and Tim Berne's fearless experiments circa 1987, which winds up sounding like the perfect jazz for 2007.The disc is ...

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Kelly Rossum: Renovation

Read "Renovation" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Renovation, Minneapolis-based trumpeter Kelly Rossum's second recording as a leader, opens with a Rossum original, “Cheap Cigars," coming to life on a Fender Rhodes chime, repeated like church bells, as an introduction to the leader's muted horn, a sound of yearning in front of the sharp punctuation of a shuffling rhythm. Miles Davis' sound, of the mid-sixties' Miles Smiles time, comes to mind, especially on “Lead Soldiers," which has a melody that gets close to Jimmy Heath's “Ginger Bread Boy," ...

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Kelly Rossum: Party's Over/Begun

Read "Party's Over/Begun" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Trumpeter Kelly Rossum and the quintet open up Party's Over/Begun relaxed and loose-jointed on bass man Michael O'Brian's "Scatterlogic", a rollicking straight ahead quintet workout. Stretched (like a rubberband) trumpet lines, rhythm rolling free and easy. Sounds like the band tried and tried to record it just right, then gave up and said, "What the hell; let's just cut loose and have a good time on this take." And they nailed it. Reviewer speculation, to be sure, but it's a ...

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Trumpeter Kelly Rossum Releases New CD - "Family"

Trumpeter Kelly Rossum Releases New CD - "Family"

Source: All About Jazz

Announcing the release of a new jazz CD by trumpeter Kelly Rossum, Family. The album features regional musicians: Bryan Nichols, Chris Bates and JT Bates. “If you are looking to see what kind of jazz music Minnesota can produce, look no further than Kelly Rossum" --Rift Magazine. About Kelly Rossum “Rossum is gifted to a philosophical level of musical understanding" --Jazz Improv Magazine. Kelly Rossum is gaining a regional reputation as a creative force in the definition of modern jazz. ...

"Kelly Rossum is one of the most fearlessly inventive musicians in a region teeming with new sounds. His recorded projects have redefined what is new in jazz, and his tireless dedication to outreach projects of all shapes and sizes make him an invaluable resource in the education world." - Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Family

612 Sides
2008

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Line

612 Sides
2007

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Renovation

612 Sides
2004

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Party's Over/Begun

Yebo Productions
2002

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Mr. Blueberry

From: Family
By Kelly Rossum

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