The 2018 Mike Rossi Project from left to right: Marco Maritz, Mike Rossi, Kevin Gibson, Wesley Rustin, William Haubrich, Andrew Ford
Photo taken by Diane Rossi at the South African College of Music, UCT, Cape Town - January 2018
Photo taken by Diane Rossi at the South African College of Music, UCT, Cape Town - January 2018
Mike with Hugh Masekela in 2015 Cartoonist Zapiro, Darius Brubeck, Mike - Olympia Bakery,
Cape Town International Jazz Festival Kalk Bay December 2017
Cape Town International Jazz Festival Kalk Bay December 2017
The 2016 Mike Rossi Project from left to right: Kevin Gibson, Andrew Ford, Charles Lazar, William Haubrich, Mike Rossi, Marco Maritz (absent: Darren English)
Photo taken by DianeRossi at The Nut House Recording Studios, Cape Town
Photo taken by DianeRossi at The Nut House Recording Studios, Cape Town
2015 highlights: Alessio Menconi Trio - Cape Town; performing with Dee Dee Bridgewater and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in Cape Town; Jesi Jazz Festival, Jesi, Italy; Emilio Marinelli Trio and special guest - Jesi, Italy; Mike and Gianni DiNitto at the Rampone & Cazzani saxophone factory in Quarna Sotto, Italy; Impronte Mediterranee concerts with Gionni di Clemente and Francesco Savoretti - Italy; UCT students at the Arcevia Jazz Feast; Italian jazz students who visited Cape Town since 2012; 2nd anniversary of The Crypt Jazz Club, Cape Town; Veronika Gruber - Advance Music/Schott Music - at the JEN Conference in California - publishers of my books
The MIKE ROSSI PROJECT performed at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and at the Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg in 2014. L to R: James McClure - trumpet/flugelhorn, Mike Rossi - saxophones, William Haubrich - trombone, Kesivan Naidoo - drums, Andrew Ford - piano, Wesley Rustin - bass
Mike Rossi/Darius Brubeck Duo concert - Quarna Sotto, Italy - July 2013
The MIKE ROSSI PROJECT performing at the JAZZKIF International Jazz Festival, Kinshasa, DRC - June 2013
Mike Rossi - saxophone, William Haurbrich - trombone, Lee Thomson - trumpet, Andrew Ford - piano, Wesley Rustin - bass, and Kesivan Naidoo- drums
Mike Rossi - saxophone, William Haurbrich - trombone, Lee Thomson - trumpet, Andrew Ford - piano, Wesley Rustin - bass, and Kesivan Naidoo- drums
ITALY August 2011 - Gabriele Pesaresi bass, Darius Brubeck piano, Mike Rossi saxes, and Roberto Desiderio drums
Darius Brubeck Quartet - Romania tour - May 2010
John Thomas (trumpet) - USC, LA, Mike Rossi and Mike Campbell - UCT. Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival 2008
Darius Brubeck Quartet - London 2008
Mike Rossi, Dave Liebman and Roberto - Roberto's Woodwinds, NY December 2009. SAJE SAXOPHONE FESTIVAL - TENOR MADNESS April 2009 - Mike Rossi - UCT, Cape Town, Mark Ginsburg - Sydney, Australia, & Salim Washington - NY.
Jazz und Electronik - Live at the Baxter 2008 - Patrick Bebelaar - piano, Ulrich Suesse - electronics, Mike Rossi - woodwinds.
Mike Rossi with the ANEMOS Quartet performing at the Museo Instrumenti Musicali in Quarna Sotto, Italy July 2007. Mike with Claudio Zolla in the Rampone and Cazzani saxophone factory - Quarna Sotto, Italy - July 2007.
