| March 7 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet performed at Ovations Night Club in Houston, Texas |
| March 9 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet clinic performance at Houston Community College |
| March 11 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet performed at P.O. Pears in Lincoln, Nebraska |
| March 18 |
Electropolis at Triple Rock Social Club
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| March 24 |
New website version of “Life on Mars”
available on the Audio Downloads page |
| March 25 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet performance at Hopkins High School
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| April 3 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet performance at Twin Cities Jazz Society’s 25th Anniversary Party
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| April 8 |
Electropolis performance in Chicago, Illinois at Martyr's Live |
| April 15 |
Kelly Rossum performed with Pete Whitman’s X-tet at the Artists’ Quarter |
| May 6 |
| Kelly Rossum performed with Nachito Herrera at a fundraising event for MacPhail Center for Music |
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New CD Renovation going for adds |
| May 10 |
Performance with the Cedar Big Band at O'Gara's in St. Paul
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| May 12 |
Premiere performance of “Circus Symphony,” a commission combining student Band and Orchestra
with teacher performers.
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| May 24 |
Renovation breaks top 10 at KBEM, Jazz 88 in Minneapolis.
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| May 26 |
CD Release - Renovation at The Cedar, This recording assembles some of the best and brightest stars of the urban jazz underground: Kelly Rossum, trumpet; Chris Thomson, tenor sax; Chris Lomheim, Piano; Micheal O'Brien, Bass; and J.T. Bates, drums.
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| May 27 |
Electropolis performed at the Uptown |
| May / June |
Read Theskini.com feature article “What's all this Jazz about Kelly Rossum?” |
| June 17 |
Gallery Grooves Art and Jazz Party Featuring Kelly Rossum's Renovation |
| June 18 |
Renovation listed as Chartbound on JazzWeek.com |
| June 25 |
Renovation still listed as Chartbound on JazzWeek.com
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| July 2 |
Electropolis performed at 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, MN
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| July 12 - 16 |
MacPhail Center for Music’s Jazz Camp. This year’s teaching artists are: Kelly Rossum, trumpet; Greg Keel, saxophone; Chris Olson, guitar; Nachito Herrera, piano; Tom Pieper, bass; Steve Roehm, vibes and drums. Read more about the MacPhail Jazz Program.
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| July 14 |
Kelly performs with the Pat Moriarty/ Ellen Lease Quintet at the Kitty Kat Club
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| July 15 |
MacPhail Jazz Trio performed at Minnesota Museum of American Art’s “Patio Nights” |
| July 16 |
MacPhail Faculty with Kelly Rossum and Nachito Herrera perform at the Dakota, 9:00pm |
| July 23 |
Renovation listed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune among the best local CDs of 2004. |
| July 29 |
Kelly Rossum performed with Pete Whitman’s X-tet at the Artists’ Quarter
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| August 5 |
MacPhail Jazz Trio performed at Minnesota Museum of American Art’s “Patio Nights”
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| August 6 - 15 |
Three Dances presented “Spilled Drinks” at the Minesota Fringe Festival Kelly Rossum’s collaboration
on “Phoebe” will be performed at each show.
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| August 29 |
Blowzone performed at the Dakota |
| September 1 |
Kelly Rossum nominated for Best Jazz Acoustic Artist and Best Jazz Recording by
the Minnesota Music Academy |
| September 13 |
Kelly performed with the Cedar Avenue Big Band at O'Garas
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| September 16 |
Macphail Jazz Quartet on Nicollet Mall |
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Electropolis at the Uptown Bar |
| September 28 |
Kelly Rossum Quintet performed at the Dakota |
| October 11 |
Kelly performed with the Cedar Avenue Big Band at O’Garas
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| October 16 |
Kelly performed with Cedar Avenue Big Band (private event)
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| October 16 |
MacPhail Jazz Trio performed (private event)
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| October 23 |
MacPhail Jazz Quintet at the Minneapolis Heart Institute annual fundraiser |
| October 29 |
Electropolis played the music for Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” at the Cedar |
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Kelly presented a Natural Trumpet clinic at St. Olaf College |
| November 3 |
Kelly performed with a natural trumpet trio at the University of Minnesota
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| November 4 |
The Jazz Is Now! Orchestra premier performance at a private fundraising event for Jazz Is Now!
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| November 6 |
Electropolis at the Uptown Bar |
| November 13 |
Blowzone concert at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie
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| November 26 |
Special ‘free jazz’ performance with Kelly Rossum and bassist Thomas Helton at Super Happy Fun Land
in Houston, Texas
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| December 5 |
Kelly Rossum performed in Vicky Mountain's Don't Go To Strangers release show at the Dakota. Kelly is featured as composer, arranger and soloist on the new CD.
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| December 10 |
Jazz Is Now! presented the Kelly Rossum Quartet at the Bryant Lake Bowl for a special late show featuring Kelly Rossum, Chris Thomson, Chris Bates and J.T. Bates.
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| December 11 |
Kelly Rossum Trio performed (private event)
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| December 14 |
Macalester College Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. Mac Jazz and the Mac Jazz Workshop presented an evening of combo and big band jazz featuring guest artists Nachito Herrera on piano and Kelly Rossum on trumpet. Each artist was featured with ensembles and the big band. Included in the program were Rossum's arrangement of “Summertime” and a new work by Mac Jazz guitarist Nick Grondin:
“La Salle de Salsa.”
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| December 15 |
City Pages picks Renovation as one of the Top 10 local albums of 2004 |
| December 31 |
Twin Cities Critics Tally: The top 20 local albums of 2004
Kelly Rossum Quintet, Renovation (612 Sides) Trumpeter Rossum's second CD with his all-star jazz quintet has modern, innovative flavor but never falls too far from the Miles tree.
- Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune
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