New York City based Musician and Composer Roxy
Coss has performed around the world in places
such as Germany and Paris, and festivals including
the North Sea, Vienne, and Montreux Jazz Festivals
in Europe, IAJE in Toronto, and the JVC - New York
Jazz Festival. Roxy has also appeared on the Today
Show Live, at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center,
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, and at the world famous
Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
Originally from Seattle, WA, Roxy began winning
awards for her composition at the age of 9. She
went on to receive numerous soloist awards at
various jazz festivals, including Outstanding
Saxophone Soloist at the prestigious Essentially
Ellington Competition, while playing first Tenor
chair in the acclaimed Garfield High School Jazz
Band.
Roxy accepted a full Presidential Scholarship to
attend William Paterson University in NJ, where she
had the opportunity to study with Clark Terry,
Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, Gary Smulyan, Rich
Perry, Rich DeRosa, Steve LaSpina, Bill Goodwin,
and Bill Mobley among others. She graduated
Magna Cum Laude in 2008 with a Bachelor of
Music Degree in Jazz Studies/Perforamance.
Since moving to New York, Roxy has had the
opportunity to perform with the likes of Clark Terry,
Claudio Roditi, and Grassella Oliphant. Currently,
she is a member of Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA
Jazz Orchestra. Roxy also leads her own groups,
playing at such venues as Smalls and Cecil's Jazz
Club. She appeared twice in the 2010 Earshot Jazz
Festival in Seattle, WA; once as a featured guest
with the Garfield High School Big Band at the Triple
Door, and once with her own Quartet at Tula's,
which was recorded for Jim Wilke's Jazz Northwest
radio show on KPLU. Roxy was also chosen for this
year's Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the John
F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and the
Steans Institute's Young Artist Program for Jazz at
the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.
Coss has performed around the world in places
such as Germany and Paris, and festivals including
the North Sea, Vienne, and Montreux Jazz Festivals
in Europe, IAJE in Toronto, and the JVC - New York
Jazz Festival. Roxy has also appeared on the Today
Show Live, at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center,
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, and at the world famous
Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
Originally from Seattle, WA, Roxy began winning
awards for her composition at the age of 9. She
went on to receive numerous soloist awards at
various jazz festivals, including Outstanding
Saxophone Soloist at the prestigious Essentially
Ellington Competition, while playing first Tenor
chair in the acclaimed Garfield High School Jazz
Band.
Roxy accepted a full Presidential Scholarship to
attend William Paterson University in NJ, where she
had the opportunity to study with Clark Terry,
Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, Gary Smulyan, Rich
Perry, Rich DeRosa, Steve LaSpina, Bill Goodwin,
and Bill Mobley among others. She graduated
Magna Cum Laude in 2008 with a Bachelor of
Music Degree in Jazz Studies/Perforamance.
Since moving to New York, Roxy has had the
opportunity to perform with the likes of Clark Terry,
Claudio Roditi, and Grassella Oliphant. Currently,
she is a member of Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA
Jazz Orchestra. Roxy also leads her own groups,
playing at such venues as Smalls and Cecil's Jazz
Club. She appeared twice in the 2010 Earshot Jazz
Festival in Seattle, WA; once as a featured guest
with the Garfield High School Big Band at the Triple
Door, and once with her own Quartet at Tula's,
which was recorded for Jim Wilke's Jazz Northwest
radio show on KPLU. Roxy was also chosen for this
year's Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the John
F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and the
Steans Institute's Young Artist Program for Jazz at
the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.
"My goal is to explore new musical genres, breaking boundaries and
preconceptions of present day music. I want to make music you can feel in
your bones, full of honesty, passion, joy and awareness."
preconceptions of present day music. I want to make music you can feel in
your bones, full of honesty, passion, joy and awareness."
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"Good player with a robust tone that
catches the listener off guard"
- Jim Wilke, Jazz After Hours on Public Radio
International (PRI)
"An instant classic for oldbies and
newbies alike."
- Eric Saeger, Skope Magazine
"[Coss plays with an] unassuming clarity
and wise restraint of an oldtimer
withnothing to prove."
- David Wilson, Wilson & Alroy Reviews
catches the listener off guard"
- Jim Wilke, Jazz After Hours on Public Radio
International (PRI)
"An instant classic for oldbies and
newbies alike."
- Eric Saeger, Skope Magazine
"[Coss plays with an] unassuming clarity
and wise restraint of an oldtimer
withnothing to prove."
- David Wilson, Wilson & Alroy Reviews
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