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Kelly Rossum
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Welcome to the official website of jazz trumpet player and composer Kelly Rossum. Here you can find out more about his music, projects, and upcoming performances. For bookings, please contact Kelly at KRossum(at)aol.com. Thanks for visiting.

New Video

Snow Playground
Music: After the Snow
Photographs taken during the December 26 Snowstorm in NYC
See the video on YouTube


Latest Recordings
Conflict
2009
Family Family
2008

FREE Improvisations
New Project: ASK
(Andrew Munsey, Stephanie Richards, and Kelly Rossum)
Recorded May 27, 2010
     Improvisation Bb Trumpets w/ Perc (6:52)
     Improvisation Pic Trumpets w/ Perc (4:42)

Kelly Rossum Quartet
Improvised Concert, January 30, 2010
Live at the Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
recorded by Dean Lambrecht

     Part One, Opening (6:59)
     Part Two, Minneapolis (3:45)
     Part Three, The Center (4:58)
     Part Four, Anthem (5:05)
     Part Five, Let Go (9:06)

Electropolis
Unreleased "Botched" Sessions
Recorded October 2003 by Steve Roehm
Mixed and Produced by Steve Roehm
     Botched ONE
     Botched TWO
     Botched THREE


Press
"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

Record
Blog
March 16, 2011
The New Record Deal

"Have University positions become the new major label record deal for today's jazz musician? When I moved to New York in the late '80s/early '90s, [we] were either looking to play in the band of someone famous or to get signed by a major record label. Today, since neither is an option, university positions seem to be the "new hustle," as one of my colleagues likes to put it." - Sam Newsome, quoted from Downbeat, June 2010. He is on faculty at Long Island University Brooklyn Campus. .... Read More

Radiate
News

JOMAMA JONES - RADIATE
music direction
by Bobby Halvorson
directed by Kym Moore

"Musically, RADIATE glows, making it hard not to surrender to this sequin-encrusted earth mother’s soulful embrace." - New York Times


Free Download
Renovation

Cheap Cigars
(3:48)
Renovation
2004


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Email: Krossum(at)aol.com
Phone: 917-291-8139

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Jazz At Christopher Newport University

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For more information email:
kelly.rossum(at)jsu.edu


Links
Three Dances -
dance company, Minneapolis & NYC
Woody Witt -
saxophone, Houston, TX
Michael O'Brien -
bass, New York, NY
Steve Roehm -
drumset and vibes, Minneapolis, MN
Bryan Nichols -
piano, Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie Richards -
trumpet, New York, NY
Chris Bates -
bass, Minneapolis, MN
JT Bates -
drums, Minneapolis, MN
Jeremy Walker -
piano, New York, NY
Chris Thomson -
saxophone, Minneapolis, MN



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