American jazz saxophonist and composer
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For tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, educator and artist Roxy Coss, jazz education is everything. When we talked in July, she and her husband, saxophonist, educator and composer, Lucas Pino, just returned from their week-long session as co-directors of the Brubeck Jazz Summit, (yes, that Brubeck-Dave Brubeck) a week-long intensive emersion of jazz education and performance for talented students worldwide. To participate, young people must have exceptional capacity. To teach, your credentials must be superior. In this episode, Roxy Coss shares her deep thoughts and intense feelings about two of her major passions: jazz education and creating an environment in the jazz ecosystem that values women and nonbinary individuals. Roxy also reveals a more personal side of herself as we talk about the socio-political-pandemic choked environment that has embraced our nation since 2016 and how these have influenced her compositions in all her recordings as a group leader. Roxy founded WIJO-Women in Jazz Organization in July 2017, a collective of over 500 professional jazz musicians and composers who identify as women or gender non-binary. WIJO is largely a New York-based organization, but it has made connections to other individuals and groups nationally and internationally to address the many inequities in the jazz music industry. Roxy currently serves as its president. It has various programs including a popular mentorship program, WIJO Mentors. It also sponsors concerts and jam sessions. In Roxy's music education career, she had numerous outstanding opportunities since she was five years old. She actually composed at an early age when she was in third grade, writing her first award-winning composition in a city-wide contest called “Reflections.” Later, she attended Garfield High School (alumnae/i include Ernestine Anderson, Quincy Jones and Jimi Hendrix), a rich and fertile place for Roxy's jazz education. She was a member of the Garfield HS Jazz Band when they set a record in 2003 and 2004. It is the only band to win the first-place trophy in two consecutive years in the highly competitive Essentially Ellington contest. The band also placed first in 2009 and 2010. Roxy is also a winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. It is no wonder, then, that Roxy currently serves on the Jazz Education Network (JEN) Board of Directors and is a Jazz Faculty member at the prestigious Juilliard School. Roxy's discography includes her self-titled recording, Roxy Coss, which is a self-released album (2010), Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016), Chasing the Unicorn (Posi-tone 2017), The Future is Female (Posi-tone 2018), Roxy Coss Quintet (Outside in Music 2019), and Disparate Parts (Outside in Music 2022). Roxy plays the same instrument she's had since 2018, a P. Mauriat. There are two tracks from Roxy's latest album, Disparate Parts, thanks to Roxy and the record label, Outside in Music. The Lineup includes: Roxy Coss, saxophones; Miki Yamanaka, piano/Rhodes; Alex Wintz, guitar; Rick Rosato, bass; and, Jimmy Macbride, drums. Obviously, you've found this podcast, but I want you to know that you can find my podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, Player FM, and iHeartRadio. Subscribe on my website and you will be one of the first to know when the next episode is released. Thanks for listening. Photo of Roxy Coss by Desmond White.
Japanese jazz pianist Miki Yamanaka, born and raised in Kyoto and Kobe Japan, now resides in New York City with her drummer husband Jimmy Macbride. Her upcoming album, Shades of Rainbow is set to drop on September 8. Excitement explodes in Miki during this hour-long interview with this jubilant pianist who is a mainstay at New York's prime jazz clubs for emerging talent, Smalls and Mezzrow, both found in the West Village in Greenwich Village in the lower west side of Manhattan. Miki's been a New York resident since 2012. She did her graduate work at Queens College in Jazz Performance 2014-2015. Her street education occurred in New York City jazz clubs and concert halls before the COVID pandemic, performing with the likes of Antonio Hart, Peter Bernstein, Nicole Glover, Joe Farnsworth, Tivon Pennicott, Roxy Coss, Mark Turner and Fred Hersch. But all of that came to a grounding halt in March 2020 as COVID wiped the streets clean, leaving all jazz musicians jobless and at home with nobody to play with. This required inventiveness. Taking the cue from friend and fellow jazz pianist Emmet Cohen, Miki began to assemble ensembles in hers and Jimmy's Harlem apartment and stream her show “Miki's Mood” on the internet. Perhaps not as successful as “Live at Emmet's Place” it became a place where Miki, Jimmy and friends could play and jam once more and make a little money. In 2015 she was one of three pianists selected to participate in “Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead”, an intensive composition residency at the Kennedy Center. She earned her Master of Music degree from Queens College, receiving the Sir Roland Hanna Award. Recently, Miki was one of ten new talent identified by The Academy (Grammy) as top emerging jazz talent. Shades of Rainbow is Miki's fourth release, her second for Vancouver-based record company, Cellar Music. Her debut release, Miki, was also from Cellar Music. Her previous two recordings, Human Dust Suite and Stairway to the Stars can be found on the Outside in Music label. You can find this episode on all of the major podcast streaming providers. Support live jazz. Support women in jazz. Subscribe to be one of the first to receive SJS podcasts, news and information. Photo by Martina DaSilva. Thanks for listening. Steve Braunginn
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”— Lao Tzu Music moves the soul in so many ways. It moves the spirit and inspires living beings to become one with the music. Argentinian Julieta Eugenio was just that person from a young age. She's not entirely sure why. Her parents didn't play an instrument though they played recordings around the house. As long as she can remember, music was in her life. Her personal interest wasn't piqued until she saw a piano when she was about five years old. It was like magic, Julieta recalls. She was visually pinned to the piano. That's love at first site. Music grabbed her and it hasn't let her go since. Later, when she was in middle school, when she joined the school band, Julieta nonchalantly selected a saxophone when presented with a choice of instruments. A tenor saxophone. Julieta Eugenio hails from Argentina and now lives in New York city. She made this bold change in her life at 23 years old. Alone. No family or friends to accompany her. Julieta's formal music studies began following high school in Buenos Aires at Conservatorio Manuel de Falla (Bachelor 2012) and the Conservatorio Nacional Lopez Buchardo (IUNA) where she studied jazz. In New York, Julieta attended Queens College where she studied jazz and performed in area clubs with the masters, including pianist Johnny O'Neal, David Kikoski and Pasquale Grasso. The mental journey Julieta took was immense. She loves jazz and knew she had to take the leap, leaving the familiar settings and family, the beautiful landscape of Argentina, and the comfort of her home country to challenge herself in New York City. It seems, though, to be paying itself off as Julieta was recently recognized as one of the top ten emerging jazz talents by the Recording Academy in their online publication, “Grammys.” In 2017, Eugenio won the International Women in Jazz Competition as a member of the SIJ Trio, which she formed with pianist Sarah Slonim and bassist Inbar Paz. With her own trio, she won the DCJazzPrix 2022, a competition presented by the DC Jazz Fest. I think we all know what it's like to be somewhere new, far from home and vastly different from home. Thrust a global pandemic into this formula. That's what Julieta had to face, alone in New York. Then, good fortune showed up. One of her beloved sisters decided to immigrate to New York for work, which saved Julieta. And those are her words describing the arrival of her sister. Jazz also saved her. Thank you for listening to this podcast. Subscribing will make sure you're one of the first ones to receive future episodes. Check out my website for other articles and photos. As usual, you will be treated to two complete tracks of music. These compositions will come from Julieta's 2022 debut recording, Jump, which can be found on Greenleaf Music. Jazz Journalists Association president, Howard Mandel, gave the album a four-star rating in DownBeat Magazine. This features her trio with Julieta on tenor sax, Matt Dwonszyk on bass and Jonathan Barber on drums. Upcoming episodes include saxophonist Roxy Coss, pianist Miki Yamanaka, who has a new album soon to be released, and harpist Brandee Younger. You can listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and other streaming services. Thank you for listening.
Abrimos número de La Montaña Rusa con el nuevo álbum del pianista Franco D’Andrea, Sketches of the 20th Century, publicado este 2023, en el que encontramos los estupendos arreglos del pianista y compositor tinerfeño, Eduardo Rojo. Después, un poco más del gran John Zorn, Parables, publicado en 2021 junto al talentosísimo trío de guitarras de Bill Frisell, Gyan Riley y Julian Lage. Nuestro Clásico de la Semana fue el saxofonista Clifford Jordan, del que se ha publicado este 2023 estas sesiones de 1974, Drink Plenty Water. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa 30.2023. Franco D’Andrea y Eduardo Rojo. John Zorn. Clifford Jordan. Roxy Coss. Èlia Lucas Quartet. Adriano Clemente en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.
Jazz musician and composer Roxy Coss joined as the musical guest at our November Get Lit, and discussed her work as founder and president of the Women In Jazz Organization. She performed original songs with guitarist Alex Wintz, including one from her most recent album, Disparate Parts.
Roxy Coss is a saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader, Recording Artist, Educator and Activist (Founder and President of WIJO). Sounds busy, huh? We didn't even mention that she recently became a new mother! Anyone with even half as busy a life could testify that it's easy to get caught up in so many different roles. Without hardly noticing, you start to compartmentalize. Pre-pandemic and pre-baby, Roxy Coss was feeling a separation between various parts of her life. She was working on new music, and the more it emerged, the more she realized it was a manifestation of these “Disparate Parts.” Ultimately, it became a four movement suite: “The Body,” “The Mind,” “The Heart,” and “The Spirit.” Tune in to hear Roxy's take on each movement and how she's learned to accept herself and the many facets of her life. Plus, Roxy shares the personal impact of the late pianist Harold Mabern and how he inspired the song “Mabes.” Resources: Learn more about Roxy Coss on her website or social media. You can find Disparate Parts anywhere you stream music. It's also available for purchase through Amazon Music. Stay tuned to Bite-Size Jazz in by following us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter. And if you'd like to support Bite-Size Jazz and our mission to spread great stories about amazing music, you can buy me a coffee :) Thanks for listening!
This week: Roxy Coss; Ava Selimi Memisi; The Pyramids; Billy Higgins; Sabib Shihab; Shyamal Mitra; Lata Mangeshkar; Vijay Kumar Kichlu; Wadi Al Safi; George Wasouf; Billy Higgins; Rich West; Buck Hill; The Orchestra Soledad; Candido; Kunle Ayo; Simaro; Orchestra Shika Shika; Susan Howe ;much more... Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast: via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/ We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's posting online. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
In this final episode of Timber Lines, artist Mary Coss considers what she has learned throughout this series and the evolution of this project. Coss introduces and plays her masterful sound piece entitled Ghost Timbre, which she created to accompany her sculpture Ghost Log. Listen to Ghost Timbre here; Learn more about the Jack Straw Artist Support Program here; Visit ALMA Studios here; Hear more of Roxy Coss' music here or wherever you listen to music.
This week we focus on new and upcoming albums featuring emerging guitarists like Reinier Baas and Gilad Hekselman, electro-acoustic projects and more... The playlist also features Johannes Wallmann; Bill O'Connell; Roxy Coss; Deadeye; Eric Harland; Antoine Berjeaut; Freakson; Mark Turner, Jason Palmer, Joe Martin, Jonathan Pinson. The detailed playlist is at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16060706/Mondo-Jazz (from "Precarious Towers" onward). Happy listening!
Caroline Davis, Keith LaMar & Albert Marques, Samora Pinderhughes, Roxy Coss, Jeremy Siskind, Lisa Hilton, Jason Fabus Trio, Dan Schnelle, Anthony Wilson, Gerald Clayton, Yves Leveille, Augustine Yates, Way North, James BrownPlaylist: Caroline Davis - Yesterday's Seven Thousand YearsAlbert Marques, Keith LaMar, featuring Adam O'Farrill, Xavier Del Castillo, Patricia Brennan, Walter Stinson & Zack O'Farrill - Tell 'Em the TruthSamora Pinderhughes, featuring Lucas Pino - KinglyRoxy Coss - Disparate PartsJeremy Siskind, featuring Nancy Harms & Lucas Pino - Drinking SongLisa Hilton, featuring Luques Curtis & Rudy Royston - Nightingales & Fairy TalesJason Fabus Trio, featuring Shane Savala & Brian Ward - Another StandardDan Schnelle, featuring Josh Nelson & David Binney - Unknown TerritoryAnthony Wilson , featuring Gerald Clayton, David Piltch & Jay Bellerose - No Recap, No IntroGerald Clayton, featuring Charles Lloyd - Peace InvocationYves Léveillé - Une journée comme caAugustine Yates - Untitled10000Way North - New Dreams, Old StoriesJames Brown, featuring Clark Johnston & Anthony Michelli - Song Within the Story
In episode one of Timber Lines, visual artist Mary Coss discusses Ghost Log, her monumental-scale sculpture located on Coast Salish land. The public artwork sits at Dickman Mill Park on Ruston Way in Tacoma, Washington. Coss sits down with her Project Manager and Public Art Specialist Rebecca Solverson, from the Office of Arts and Cultural Vitality, City of Tacoma. Solverson asks Coss about her artistic process from the development, design and research phases through to fabrication and installment. Learn more: Mary Coss - City of Tacoma Arts Program - Tacoma Metro Parks Public Art. Music by Roxy Coss can be heard here and streaming everywhere.
In the third episode of Timber Lines, host Mary Coss is joined by Amber Sterud Hayward, Language Program Director of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. They have a conversation about Lushootseed, the Coast Salish language of the Puyallup Tribe. Hayward shares the Lushootseed words used in Coss' sculpture Ghost Log, and explores additional phrases and songs. Coss and Hayward discuss the implications of the Language Program's sustained efforts to revitalize Lushootseed. Learn more about the Puyallup Tribal Language Program Watch the video of honor song for the cedar here Music by Roxy Coss can be heard here and streaming everywhere.
Timber Lines Host Mary Coss is joined by guests Brandon Reynon, Cultural Resource Manager of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians' Historic Preservation Department, and Michael Sean Sullivan, Writer, Historian and Co-Founder of Artifacts Consulting. Reynon and Sullivan discuss their perspectives on the history of the Ghost Log site, the city of Tacoma and its surrounding areas. Coss, Reynon and Sullivan discuss pre-colonial times, the colonization of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and the logging industry. Related Links: Click here to learn more about the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Historic Preservation Department, and here to see stories and photos of the history of Tacoma. Music by Roxy Coss can be heard here and streaming everywhere.
In this episode, we discuss recordings of “Schütz: David & Salomon, Psalmi, Canticum Canticorum” by Les Cris de Paris / Geoffroy Jourdain, “Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra” by Marco Serino, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento / Andrea Morricone, “Salonen / Ravel” by Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk, “12 Stars” by Melissa Aldana, “Disparate Parts” by Roxy Coss, and “Barionda” by Helga Plankensteiner. The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's Best 60 Jazz Podcasts Episode 60 Deezer Playlist “Schütz: David & Salomon, Psalmi, Canticum Canticorum” (Harmonia Mundi) Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain https://open.spotify.com/artist/18WClKhoOmHFZasTywJX1n/discography/all?uri=spotify:album:4IHga5Dxw2dZRkQjBkfWuh https://music.apple.com/mv/album/schütz-david-salomon-psalmi-canticum-canticorum/1606789893 “Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra” (Arcana) Marco Serino, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento / Andrea Morricone https://open.spotify.com/album/2l6kVFsEXYnA28LqtRDDKd https://music.apple.com/mv/album/morricone-cinema-suites-for-violin-and-orchestra/1593642933 “Salonen / Ravel” (Alpha) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cL0X4b1plWkd1Tre8kmR0/discography/all?uri=spotify:album:45oPbLNaamCquX8SokyadN https://music.apple.com/mv/album/salonen-cello-concerto-ravel-sonata-for-violin-and-cello/1604871827 “12 Stars” (Blue Note) Melissa Aldana https://open.spotify.com/album/3DFIvcm119lRoa5NxyiBDC https://music.apple.com/mv/album/12-stars/1599823297 “Disparate Parts” (Outside in Music) Roxy Coss https://open.spotify.com/artist/07cS0WJM9SV1cQLQRvuyaV/discography/all?uri=spotify:album:47e8N5Yg2DqoSNOgrbUtgi https://music.apple.com/mv/album/disparate-parts/1606393730 “Barionda” (Jazzwerkstatt) Helga Plankensteiner https://open.spotify.com/album/47oT3gDcN1F3OeHWvvOnxL https://music.apple.com/mv/album/barionda-feat-rossano-emili-massimiliano-milesi-giorgio/1617895218
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist Roxy Coss on the 2022 Release Disparate Parts .. This new Outise in Music release ushers in a new chapter in her life as a mother and surviving a pandemic … Her band is is evolving its concept and features familiar personnel in a brand new context: Coss on tenor and soprano saxophone, Alex Wintz on guitar, Miki Yamanaka on piano and keyboards, Rick Rosato on bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums. She opens up about this and so much more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4
This content is for Members only. Come and join us by subscribing here In the meantime, here's some more details about the show: It's a warm welcome then to the man himself: Dr. Brad Stone - the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year 2017, who's here every Thursday to present The Creative Source - a two hour show, highlighting jazz-fusion and progressive jazz flavours from back then, the here and now, plus occasional forays into the future. Please feel free to get in touch with Brad with any comments or suggestions you might have; he'll be more than happy to hear from you: brad@soulandjazz.com or follow him via Facebook or Twitter. Enjoy! The Creative Source 17th March 2022 Artist - Track - Album - Year New Standard Quintet Another Time, Another Place Another Time, Another Place 2021 Gabor Bolla Quintet Blue Tarif On the Move 2021 Scott Burns, John Wojciecowski, Geof Bradfield Corea Tenor Time 2022 Melissa Aldana Los Ojos de Chile 12 Stars 2022 Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra feat. Cyrille Aimée Down Petite Fleur 2021 Jami Templeton Can't Help Lovin' That Man The Shape of My Heart 2022 Irene Jalenti Alma Desnuda Dawn 2021 Mark Wade Trio The Soldier and the Fiddle True Stories 2021 Bill O'Connell Chaos A Change is Gonna come 2022 Quentin Angus Enigma The State of Things 2022 Cecile McLorin Salvant Wuthering Heights Ghost Song 2022 Javon Jackson Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni 2021 Doug Scarborough Tinder and Spark The Color of Angels 2022 Roxy Coss Disparate Parts Disparate Parts 2022 Ethan Iverson The Eternal Verities Every Note is True 2022 Dan Carillo & Common Ground Que Dios Bendiga a la Mariposas (God Bless the Butterflies) Witness 2021 Danilo Pérez feat. The Global Messengers Al-Musafir Blues Crisálida 2022 The post The Creative Source (#CreativeSource) – 17th March 2022 appeared first on SoulandJazz.com | Stereo, not stereotypical ®.
Roxy has a new album entitled "Disparate Parts" coming out March 25. We talk a good deal about her new album and about jazz in general. You will not want to miss this episode!!!
Whether you're new to the show, missed one of these, or just want another round of wholesome goodness, these are the episodes I believe best capture the essence of The Happy Musicians. Thanks Matt Kilby, Meagan Johnson, Mikel Patrick Avery, Brent Wallarab, Roxy Coss, and Sean Jones for your wisdom and support!
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In this episode I interview Karen Cubides, CEO of Karen Cubides Agency, saxophonist, podcaster, coach and avid educator. Karen and I became friends over the past year, meeting through her work with Calliope Brass and then working together on launching an online community called The Greenroom. The best part of this episode is you can hear how excited we are to be in the same room! After a year of meeting on zoom and talking on the phone, I traveled to Nashville and we had a whirlwind 48-hour "meeting of the minds." I think you can hear the energy we bring to each other and the delight of connecting with someone who brings out the best in us. Follow @greenroom_community on IG to stay up to date on all our big plans! Karen has frequently lectured on arts marketing and branding, appearing at the New England Conservatory, the Colburn School, the Curtis Institute of Music, Vanderbilt University, and Boston Conservatory, among other institutions. One of her greatest passions is serving young professionals as they navigate the tumultuous transition from student musician to professional artist. Karen created the Emerging Artists Program within KCA to meet this end. Her unique program allows these musicians to access mentorship, resources, and a thriving community of like-minded creatives at a fraction of the price. As such, their transition is much more tangible and attainable, and these young professionals can easily tap into the guidance they need. Karen is also the founder and host of The Musician's Guide to being Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. This podcast interviews cutting edge, deeply personal, and wonderfully insightful professionals in the music world and serves as a platform and resource for musicians of all levels. Featured guests on the podcast include Jennifer Wharton, Christian Griego, Jeremy Wilson, Demondrae Thurman, Roxy Coss, and more. Karen resides in Nashville, Tennessee with her brilliant husband Nick Laufer, Killebrew Coffee, and their rescue dogs, Aldo and Reina.
Patrick Feher is a saxophonist and music educator currently working on his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Arizona State University. Previously, he received his Bachelor's in Music Education from Penn State University, followed by a Master's in Music Performance from Arizona State University. Through performance and education, he practices the importance of being a well-rounded and open-minded musician. He has had the privilege of working with musicians ranging from H. Robert Reynolds, Maceo Parker, and Roxy Coss, as well as having studied with Dr. David Stamber, Dr, Christopher Creviston, and Mike Kocour. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicast-podcast/support
Use code "spit1020" at checkout to receive $500 off the purchase of a brand new instrument through January 31st!www.houghtonhorns.comIn this episode, Karen Cubides and I dive into what the first year of working together has looked like for me.Karen Cubides is the passionate and engaging founder and CEO of the Karen Cubides Agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her holistic approach to coaching her clients allows her to serve a wide range of well-established musicians and young professionals alike in unique and personal ways. Through her intimate understanding of the relationship between personal growth and professional achievement, Karen builds up the individual, the artist, and the professional within each of her clients as they master goal-setting, lifestyle balance, and the nuances of our evolving industry. Her commitment, care, and creativity have connected her with incredible individuals and organizations across the world. Karen founded her agency early in her career out of her empathy for the people she worked with and admired. She firmly believes that musicians do not have to choose between promising careers and fulfilling personal lives. Her compassion has driven her time and again to better herself and her agency to bring out the best in each of her clients, both personally and professionally. By understanding and assessing the whole individual and not the performer exclusively, her clients continue to thrive in their creative passions and In their personal relationships. Karen has had the privilege of working with musicians of all backgrounds, from bird land to broadway and from the Philharmonic to the Blair School of Music. As CEO of KCA and as an avid educator, Karen is a frequent lecturer on arts marketing and branding, appearing at the New England Conservatory, the Colburn School, the Curtis Institute of Music, Vanderbilt University, and Boston Conservatory, among other institutions. One of her greatest passions is serving young professionals as they navigate the tumultuous transition from student musician to professional artist. Karen created the Emerging Artists Program within KCA to meet this end. Her unique program allows these musicians to access mentorship, resources, and a thriving community of like-minded creatives at a fraction of the price. As such, the transition is much more tangible and attainable, and these young professionals can easily tap into the guidance they need. Karen is also the founder and host of The Musician’s Guide to being Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. This podcast Interviews cutting edge, deeply personal, and wonderfully insightful professionals In the music world and serves as a platform and resource for musicians of all levels. Featured guests on the podcast include Jennifer Wharton, Christian Griego, Jeremy Wilson, Demondrae Thurman, Roxy Coss, and more. Karen resides in Nashville, Tennessee with her brilliant, husband Nick Laufer, Killebrew Coffee, and their rescue dogs, Aldo and Reina. Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)
Get a taste of Roxy's latest album "Quintet" while listening to her talk about the struggles of women in jazz and her organization to combat those issues, WIJO.
Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss has performed around the world, headlining at the Newport Jazz Festival, Melbourne Big Band Festival, NYC Winter JazzFest, Earshot Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Summerfest, Jazz Standard, and Jazz Showcase. A recipient of an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, the Downbeat Critics’ Poll listed her as a "Rising Star" on Soprano Saxophone the past six years, called her "An exceptional young talent”, and Jazziz Magazine listed her an “Artist to Watch in 2019”. She has performed as a side musician with Clark Terry, Billy Kaye, Maurice Hines, Rufus Reid, Louis Hayes, Claudio Roditi, Willie Jones III, Jeremy Pelt, Darcy James Argue, and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Her fourth album as a leader, The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone Records), received 4.5-Star reviews from Downbeat and All About Jazz. The Roxy Coss Quintet, featuring some of the world’s finest young musicians, is the first ever recipient of the Emerging Artist Project, a four-year grant from the Local 802 Musicians Union. Roxy is on the Board of Directors for the Jazz Education Network, is on Jazz Faculty at The Juilliard School, The New School, BMCC (A CUNY College), and is the Founder of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO). Roxy is an endorsing Artist for P. Mauriat, Vandoren, and Key Leaves.
As far as powerhouse musicians go, Roxy Coss is at the top of the game. In the modern music business, she has carved her own path as a saxophonist, band leader, educator, and activist in a way that very few others have. From founding the Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO) to teaching at the Juilliard school, she leaves a path of change for the better everywhere she goes in any role. She also has a unique impact through her playing and composing, pulling inspiration from many aspects of life, all while bringing an astoundingly positive view to everything she does. This conversation is incredibly inspiring and definitely not one to miss! Follow Roxy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/roxycoss/, Instagram @roxycoss, and her website www.roxycoss.com/
ELEW, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Human Feel, Ted Poor, Jim Black, Gordon Grdina, Mike Rud, Troy Roberts, Roxy Coss, Elsa NilssonPlaylist: ELEW - A Shifting DesignKurt Rosenwinkel & Bandit 65 - Bloomer (Philadelphia)Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio - Ugly BeautyHuman Feel, featuring Andrew D'Angelo, Chris Speed, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jim Black - Eon HitTed Poor, featuring Andrew D'Angelo - Only YouJim Black Trio, featuring Elias Stemeseder & Thomas Morgan - Astrono Said SoGordon Grdina's Nomad Trio, featuring Matt Mitchell & Jim Black - NomadMike Rud - Salome's DanceAlex Goodman, featuring Ben van Gelder, Martin Nevin & Jimmy Macbride - No Man's LandTroy Roberts - Little RoomRoxy Coss - Mr. PresidentElsa Nilsson - Trickle DownJim Brenan 11 - Eleven ElevenOded Tzur - The DreamSean Irvine, featuring Matthew Walden, Graydon Cramer, Karl Kohut & Will Bonness - Nightmare
Check out the fifth episode of Outside in Happy Hour! Featuring Nick Finzer, Roxy Coss, Jen Allen, Dan Pugach, Nicole Zuraitis, and Brian Scarborough! Listen to what they have been working on, their upcoming projects, and how they've been keeping busy during the social distancing.
Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, educator, and activist Roxy Coss joins me to discuss how she maintains her wellbeing through a jam-packed, multifaceted career. She also speaks about her Women In Jazz Organization, actions we can take to better support women and non-binary musicians, and how happiness is a choice.
This week Mondo Jazz turns "100 episodes old". So we open with the uplifting "celebration" by South African pianist Bheki Mseleku before delving into what we like best, unearthing precious gems from around the world. During the first hour segment we feature another great stack of new releases, including the upcoming "The Fantastic Mrs. 10" by Tim Berne's Snakeoil and a special focus on the French and Italian scenes, including one of the albums destined to make many 'best of 2020' listicles, Zeno De Rossi Trio's "Elpis". In the second hour we focus on new releases by Kirk Knuffke and Paul Bryan as well as upcoming Blue Note albums by Charles Lloyd and South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. To top off Mondo Jazz's 100th episode, a celebration of Federico Fellini's centennial through his soundtrack maestro, Nino Rota, as interpreted by Carla Bley and producer Hal Willner. The playlist features also Théo Ceccaldi, Roxy Coss, Sébastien Brun, Vincent Courtois, Robin Fincker, Daniel Erdmann, Federica Colangelo, YES! Trio, Fredrik Nordström and Junius Paul. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/dj/80823/Leonardo-Granvassu Photo credit: Annamaria Lucchetti
Roxy Coss grew up with a motto in her house that always stuck with her: do what you love, and the money will follow. She's taken that idea to heart, "making decisions based on passion rather than fear," she says. The music Coss makes is passionate, fearless and incredibly cool. The proof is in her new retrospective album, Quintet .
My guest today is Lydia Liebman, founder and CEO of Lydia Liebman Promotions, a boutique public relations agency and consulting firm based in New York City, and London. Their roster of artists is mind-blowing from Orrin Evans, Emma Frank, Ben Wolfe, Brandee Younger, The Curtis Brother, Roxy Coss, Ralph Peterson, the list seems endless, so I'll leave it there. In our interview, we talk about how she got involved in the business side of Jazz, how she grew her company from helping out some friends to representing some of the biggest names in Jazz, what young musicians who are just starting out can do proactively before they are ready for representation, and much more. Lydia is both a guardian of the tradition and a trailblazer of new directions, with a perspective that is definitely worth checking out. www.lydialiebman.com
Linus hosts another episode of The Jazz Hole, this time with music from the brand new album “There From Here” by the Toronto-based collective TuneTown (to be released this Friday, September 20th), as well as tracks from Carmela Rappazzo’s New Orleans-inspired album “Howlin’ at the Moon”. Additionally, you get to hear music from Florida-based bassist (and EMMY® Award winning director) Brandon Robertson’s debut album “B.O.A.T.S - Bass’d on a True Story”, from Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra’s album “Special Kay! – The DIVA Jazz Orchestra Celebrates the Life and Music of Stanley Kay”, plus more from Andrew Munsey’s “High Tide”. TuneTown - “Split Infinity” & “The Monks of Oka” Album: There From Here Kelly Jefferson (ts, ss), Artie Roth (b, composer of “Split Infinity”) and Ernesto Cervini (d, perc, composer of “The Monks of Oka”) Carmela Rappazzo - “Rush Of Heat” & “Revenge” Album: Howlin’ At The Moon Carmela Rappazzo (voc), Oscar Rossignoli (p, arr), Jasen Weaver (b), Gerald T. Watkins Jr. (d), Mahmoud Ghouki (lutar), Pete Snell (g), Steve Lands (tp), Jeronne Amari Ansari (saxes), Mark McGrain (tb), Steve Glenn (tuba), Mark Carroll (hand cymbals, back voc), Paul Sanchez (bck voc) Brandon Robertson - The Next Thing To Come Album: B.O.A.T.S - Bass’d on a True Story Brandon Robertson (b), Lew Del Gatto (ts), Zach Bartholomew (p) and Gerald Watkins Jr (d) Brandon Robertson - Mr. Lonious Album: B.O.A.T.S - Bass’d on a True Story Brandon Robertson (b), Mason Margut (p) and Leon Anderson (d) -------- The DIVA Jazz Orchestra – Did You Do That? Album: Special Kay! – The DIVA Jazz Orchestra Celebrates the Life and Music of Stanley Kay Sherrie Maricle (dir, d), Noriko Ueda (b), Tomoko Ohno (p), Tanya Darby, Jami Dauber, Carol Morgan, Barbara Laronga (tp), Deborah Weisz, Jennifer Krupa (tb), Leslie Havens (b-tb), Sharel Cassity, Leigh Pilzer (as, fl), Janelle Reichman (ts, cl, ts solo), Roxy Coss (ts, cl, ts solo), Lisa Parrott (bs), Stanley Kay (comp) and John McNeil (arr) The DIVA Jazz Orchestra – Three Sisters And A Cousin Album: Special Kay! – The DIVA Jazz Orchestra Celebrates the Life and Music of Stanley Kay Sherrie Maricle (dir, d), Noriko Ueda (b), Tomoko Ohno (p), Tanya Darby, Jami Dauber, Carol Morgan, Barbara Laronga (tp), Deborah Weisz, Jennifer Krupa (tb), Leslie Havens (b-tb), Sharel Cassity (as, fl, solo), Leigh Pilzer (as, fl, as solo), Janelle Reichman (ts, cl, ts solo), Roxy Coss (ts, cl, ts solo), Lisa Parrott (bs, bs solo), Stanley Kay (comp) and John LaBarbera (arr) -------- Andrew Munsey - “High Tide” & “Requite” Album: High Tide Andrew Munsey (d), Steph Richards (tp, flh), Ochion Jewell (ts, kalimba), Amino Belyamani (p, fender rhodes) and Sam Minaie (b) 00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 01:42 - Split Infinity - TuneTown 06:40 - The Monks of Oka - TuneTown 11:37 - Rush Of Heat - Carmela Rappazzo 15:48 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 18:33 - Revenge - Carmela Rappazzo 21:46 - The Next Thing To Come - Brandon Robertson 27:38 - Mr. Linious - Brandon Robertson 34:23 - Did You Do That? - Sherrie Maricle, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra 40:37 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 43:45 - Three Sisters and a Cousin - Sherrie Maricle, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra 47:41 - High Tide - Andrew Munsey 53:16 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 54:47 - Requite - Andrew Munsey 61:52 - Finish
In this episode we talk with Roxy Coss about her latest release, being a jazz musician in New York, and her advice for young musicians.
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2e émission de la 41e session... Cette semaine, une pensée pour Joseph Jarman, jazz modal, post-bop et freejazz! En musique: Don Rendell - Ian Carr 5tet sur l'album Dusk Fire (Columbia, 1966); Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet sur l'album Phase III (Columbia, 1968); Roxy Coss sur l'album The Future is Female (Posi-Tone, 2018); Erik Jekabson sur l'album Erik Jekabson Sextet (Wide Hive, 2018); Jonathan Finlayson sur l'album 3 Times Round (Pi Recordings, 2018); Joseph Jarman - Don Pullen - Don Moye sur l'album The Magic Triangle (Black Saint, 1979); Joseph Jarman - Don Moye - featuring Johnny Dyani sur l'album Black Paladins (Black Saint, 1980)...
2e émission de la 41e session... Cette semaine, une pensée pour Joseph Jarman, jazz modal, post-bop et freejazz! En musique: Don Rendell - Ian Carr 5tet sur l'album Dusk Fire (Columbia, 1966); Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet sur l'album Phase III (Columbia, 1968); Roxy Coss sur l'album The Future is Female (Posi-Tone, 2018); Erik Jekabson sur l'album Erik Jekabson Sextet (Wide Hive, 2018); Jonathan Finlayson sur l'album 3 Times Round (Pi Recordings, 2018); Joseph Jarman - Don Pullen - Don Moye sur l'album The Magic Triangle (Black Saint, 1979); Joseph Jarman - Don Moye - featuring Johnny Dyani sur l'album Black Paladins (Black Saint, 1980)...
Support the Burning Ambulance podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/burningambulance Roxy Coss is a saxophonist who's put out four albums as a leader and has also recorded with Jeremy Pelt (a guest on episode 21), and as a member of the Posi-Tone Records all-star band New Faces. Her most recent releases are The Future is Female and the New Faces album Straight Forward, both of which came out this year. In addition to her music, Roxy Coss is the founder of WIJO, the Women In Jazz Organization, a collective that has a whole bunch of projects in the works in terms of education, expansion of opportunities for female musicians, and much more. We talked about that a lot in this interview, along with her various recordings, the evolution of her style on the horn, and much more. I’m sure you’re going to find it very interesting, as I did. Here's a list of the songs you'll hear in this episode: Roxy Coss, "Nevertheless, She Persisted" (The Future is Female) Jeremy Pelt, "The Calm Before the Storm" (Face Forward, Jeremy) Jeremy Pelt, "Boom Bishop" (Water and Earth) Roxy Coss, "Waiting" (Restless Idealism) Roxy Coss, "Chasing the Unicorn" (Chasing the Unicorn) Roxy Coss, "Crazy" (Chasing the Unicorn) Roxy Coss, "She Needed a Hero, So That's What She Became" (The Future is Female) New Faces, "King Cobra" (Straight Forward)
Phil Freeman talks to saxophonist Roxy Coss.
Roxy Coss is an accomplished saxophonist who has just released her fourth album as a leader, “The Future Is Female.” Roxy is an important modern voice in jazz and is doing great things in the New York scene and beyond. In this episode we talk about Roxy’s career as a player and her work as...
Nick Finzer chats with two rising stars in the jazz world - Roxy Coss and Glenn Zaleski, and visits their path to NYC, and how school played a role in their development.