Ronnie Ross
Ronnie Ross (* 2. October 1933 in Calcutta as Albert Ronald Ross , † 12. December 1991 in London ) was a British jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute). He was considered the best European baritone saxophonist for much of the 1960s. He played the famous saxophone solo on Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side (1972).
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Ross moved to Great Britain with his (Scottish) parents in 1946 and began his career as a tenor saxophonist . He first played with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath and Don Rendell . He later switched to the baritone saxophone . In 1958 he played at the Newport Jazz Festival and then recorded a record with Gábor Szabó . Together with drummer Allan Ganley , he directed the Jazzmakers in England in 1959 ; in the same year he toured Europe with the Modern Jazz Quartet and was part of Woody Herman's Anglo-American stove . From 1961 to 1966 he had a quartet with Bill Le Sage and played in projects by Maynard Ferguson and Tubby Hayes as well as in larger formations by Hans Koller . He was later a member of the Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band and led a sextet. Recordings were also made with John Dankworth , Friedrich Gulda , Acker Bilk , CCS , Stan Tracey , Les Brown , Václav Zahradník , Matt Bianco and Clark Terry . In 1985 he was a guest musician on the album Picture Book by the British band Simply Red .
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- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Géza Gábor Simon, immensely good. Attila Zoller. His life and his art. Budapest 2003. ISBN 963-206-928-5
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| SURNAME | Ross, Ronnie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ross, Albert Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1991 |
| Place of death | London |