Russ Lossing

Russ Lossing (born February 18, 1960 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American jazz pianist and composer .

Live and act

Lossing began taking classical piano lessons at the age of six and has lived in New York City since 1986 . Influenced by contemporary music in his piano playing and his impressionistic compositions , he recorded his debut album Dreamer in 2000 for the Double-Time label in a trio with bassist Ed Schuller and drummer Paul Motian . A number of productions for HatHut , OmniTone and Clean Feed Records followed , among others. a. with Mat Maneri / Mark Dresser ( Metal Rat , 2006), John Hébert and Michael Adkins' quartet . Lossing also worked with Billy Drewes and Michael Formanek , Daniel Guggenheim , Kyoko Kitamura , Dave Liebman , Tony Moreno , Bob Moses , Bobby Previte , Tom Rainey , Judi Silvano , Kirk Knuffke ( Witness , 2018) and Loren Stillman . He composed a number of film scores, including a. for documentaries for the broadcasters PBS and BBC .

Dreamer (Double-Time, 2000), with Ed Schuller, Paul Motian
As It Grows (HatHut, 2004), with Ed Schuller, Paul Motian
Phrase 6 (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2004)
All Things Arise (Hatology, 2006)
Russ Lossing / Mat Maneri / Mark Dresser: Metal Rat (Clean Feed Records, 2006)
Russ Lossing / John Hébert: Line-Up (hatOLOGY, 2008)
Personal Tonal (2011), with Loren Stillman, John Hébert, Eric McPherson
Oracle (Hatology, 2011), with Masa Kamaguchi , Billy Mintz
Adam Kolker , Russ Lossing & John Hébert: Change of Time (OmniTone Records, 2018)
Standards (2019), with Michael Formanek , Gerald Cleaver
Russ Losing Trio: Ways (HatHut, 2019)
Motian Music (2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Lossing, Russ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Columbus (Ohio)