Ronnie Ross

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Ronnie Ross & His Band The Armada Orchestra The Bill Le Sage / Ronnie Ross Quartet The Tubby Hayes Orchestra Ted Heath And His Music Václav Zahradník Big Band Johnny Keating And All Stars Vic Lewis And His Orchestra Don Rendell Jazz Six The Pride Of London Big Band Herb Miller Orchestra The Frank Ricotti All Stars Ronnie Ross Quintet Directions In Jazz Unit Vic Lewis And His Allstars Kenny Baker's Dozen The Tony Kinsey Quartet The International Youth Band The European All Stars Louis Armstrong Newport International Jazz Band Don Rendell Sextet Friedrich Gulda Und Sein Eurojazz-Orchester Jazz Workshop, Ruhr Festival 1962 Woody Herman's Anglo-American Herd Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band L'Ensemble De Ronnie Ross

Scottish jazz baritone saxophonist, born 2 October 1933 in Calcutta, India, died 12 December 1991 in London, England, UK.
Played with: Don Rendell, Ted Heath, Marshall Brown, Woody Herman, Allan Ganley, Bill Le Sage, and others plus recorded the sax solo for Lou Reed on ‘Walk On The Wild Side’. Notable for being the saxophone tutor for a young David Bowie.

ALBUMS

Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Dlx, RM, Real Gone Music Company

The Jazz Makers, Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley And The Jazz Five, Harry Klein (2) & Vic Ash

The Jazz Makers / The Hooter!

2014, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

Stompin' With The Ronnie Ross Quintet/The Swingin' Sounds Of The Jazz Makers

2008, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Acrobat

Attila Zoller • Wolfgang Dauner • Ronnie Ross

2000, CD, Comp, INMUS,

Bop/Post Bop/Modal

Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley, Joe Castro

The Jazz Makers/Joe Castro Groove Funk Soul

2000, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Collectables,

Cleopatra's Needle

Ronnie Ross Plays (No. 1)

1967, 10", MiniAlbum, Harmonic (2)

Bill Le Sage / Ronnie Ross

Twice Times Keyboard

Gert Wilden, Ronnie Ross

1965, 10", Harmonic (2),

Ronnie Ross - Allan Ganley

The Jazz Makers

Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley

The Jazz Makers

Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross

National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1

1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire

Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross

National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 2

1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire

Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross, The Tony Kinsey Trio With Tommy Whittle

N.J.F. Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1

1954, LP, Album, Mono, Esquire,

The Tony Kinsey Quartet

Fascinating Rhythm

Ronnie Ross & His Band

Unforgettable Ronnie Ross

2000, CD, Album, INMUS,

The Armada Orchestra

Vic Lewis And His Allstars

Big Band Explosion

1973, LP, Album, RE, Ember Records

The Tubby Hayes Orchestra

The Tubby Hayes Orchestra

Cool Jazz/Big Band

The Bill Le Sage / Ronnie Ross Quartet

The Bill Le Sage - Ronnie Ross Quartet

The European All Stars

Ronnie Ross Quintet

Don Rendell Jazz Six

Packet Of Blues

1959, 7", EP, Decca

Ted Heath And His Music

Our Kind Of Jazz

Ted Heath And His Music

Don Rendell Jazz Six

Don Rendell Jazz Six

Johnny Keating And All Stars

Panorama Du Jazz Européen Vol. 4 - Angleterre

The Tony Kinsey Quartet

1956, 7", Decca,

The Tony Kinsey Quartet

In A Ditch / A Smooth One

1956, Shellac, 10", Decca,

Johnny Keating And All Stars

Don Rendell Sextet

Don Rendell Sextet

1955, 7", EP, Tempo (14)

Don Rendell Sextet

Didn't We / Dance Of The Ooblies

1955, 10", Vin, Tempo (14),

The Pride Of London Big Band

LP, Intersound (2),

Big Band/Swing/Easy Listening/Jazz-Funk

The Tony Kinsey Quartet

Ted Heath And His Music

APPEARANCES +

2023, 6xCD + Box, Ltd, Confront,

Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Free Improvisation/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Fusion/Free Jazz

Wisdom In The Wings

2021, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, ReSteamed,

Post Bop/Big Band

Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain

Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Modal/Fusion

The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings

Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974

Junges Forum 65

Unreleased Tapes From The MPS-Studio

2018, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, HGBS BLUE RECORDS,

2017, LP, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Mod/Rhythm & Blues/Soul-Jazz

Dave Gold Big Band

Heaven On Their Minds

2016, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Rhythm & Blues Records,

The RCA & Arista Vinyl Collection Vol. 1

2016, LP, Album, RE, RM + LP, Album, RE, RM + LP, Album,, RCA, Arista, Legacy, Sony Music

2016, CD, Comp, HGBS BLUE RECORDS

The RCA & Arista Album Collection

2016, 17x CD, Box Set,

Pop Rock/New Wave/Glam/Art Rock/Noise/Avantgarde/Industrial

Louis Armstrong And The All Stars*

Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars

2014, 9xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Swing/Dixieland/Vocal

European Cool Jazz 1951-1959

2014, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Phil Fearon & Galaxy

Ain't Nothing But A Party - The 12" Anthology

2013, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Cherry Pop,

Funk/Synth-pop/Soul/Disco/House/Downtempo

William Russo*, The London Jazz Orchestra & Kenny Baker And The Baker's Dozen*

Russo In London / Blowing Up A Storm

2013, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion

Rik van den Bergh - Bart Van Lier ⑤ Tet

High Slide Low Blow

2013, CD, Maxanter Records,

Tap Turns On The Water (The CCS Story)

The Tony Kinsey Collection 1953-61

2012, 6xCDr, Album, Comp, Acrobat Music,

John Dankworth With His Orchestra & Guests*

The Zodiac Variations & The $1,000,000 Collection

2011, Comp + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM, Vocalion,

John Cameron (2) & The John Cameron Orchestra

Cover Lover / Warm & Gentle

2011, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,

Paul Gonsalves And Tubby Hayes, The Johnny Scott Orchestra*

Just Friends / London Swings

2011, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,

Easy Listening/Big Band/Bop

Sidney Bechet-Buck Clayton Sextet

In Concert At The Brussels Fair, 1958

Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six & Tenorama Highlights

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,

Post Bop/Cool Jazz

Record Store Day - April 19, 2008

2008, LP, RSD, Comp, Promo, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia, Epic, Legacy, Aware Records, INO Records,

AOR/Pop Rock/Hard Rock/Vocal/Classic Rock

Johnny Keating And His All Stars*

British Jazz - Swinging Scots

2008, CD, Comp, RE, Vocalion,

Wes Montgomery All Stars* Featuring Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott & Martial Solal

Live In Hamburg 1965

2008, DVD-V, Mono, JazzShots,

Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal

Original Album Classics

2008, Box Set Cardboard sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl,

Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Punk/Art Rock/Glam/Classic Rock

Joy - The Best Of Apollo 100

2005, CD, Comp, Repertoire Records,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Classical

Hans Koller Free Sound

Jeanneret: The Lost Tapes

2004, CD, Album, RM, EmArcy,

Avant-garde Jazz

NDR Jazz Workshop No. 25

2004, 2xCD, Album, B.Free,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Modern Jazz Extemporisms

Modern Jazz Extemporisms

2004, CD, Album, Mint Records (2),

Sonar Kollektiv 3

2004, CD Digipak,

Broken Beat/Downtempo

Smooth Jazz/Jazzdance/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Latin Jazz

Forum West - Modern Jazz From West Germany 1962-1968

Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal

Humphrey Lyttelton

I Play As I Please

2003, CD, Comp, Lake Records,

The Real Six.Pack

Right About Now

2002, CD, Album, Dig, Rockwerk Records

Gilles Peterson

Impressed With Gilles Peterson

Big Band/Modal/Latin Jazz

One Shot '80 Volume 14 (Cool)

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Very Best Of NYJO

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Castle Pulse,

Soundtrack/Score

Louis Armstrong • Kenny Baker

Sein Leben, Seine Musik, Seine Schallplatten • Louis Armstrong Interpretiert Von Kenny Baker • Vol. 10

2000, 2xCD, Comp, History,

Louis Armstrong

His Life, His Music, His Recordings

2000, 30xCD, Comp, + B + Box, History, Oreos Verlag,

Listen To The Music

1999, 2xCD, Comp, WEA,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Ballad

Donovan's Greatest Hits

Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

Stepping Stones

1998, CD, NYJO Records,

Trav'lin' Light - The Johnny Mercer Songbook

1998, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbooks

1998, 3x CD, Box Set,

Big Band/Vocal/Bop/Swing

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Masterpieces

Symphonic Rock/Classical

Phil Fearon & Galaxy

Troubadour (The Definitive Collection 1964-1976)

Folk Rock/Folk/Acoustic/Ballad

The Gershwin Album

Johnny Dankworth*

The Roulette Years

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Roulette, Roulette,

Street Life (The 1991 Swingout Pop Special)

1991, CD, Comp, Magnum,

Samba In Your Casa

Samba/Synth-pop/Jazzdance

Whole Lotta Love

Blues Rock/Classic Rock

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

Portraits - NYJO Plays The Music Of Harry South

1990, CD, Album, Hot House Records (2),

Louis Armstrong, Kenny Baker, The New Orchestra II*

The Louis Armstrong Connection Vol. 6

1990, CD, Magic Music,

Big Band/Ragtime/Swing

The Louis Armstrong Connection Vol.13

1990, CD, Pastels,

The Best Of Matt Bianco

In A Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington

The Orchestral Sound Of Apollo 100

The Golden Mile

Soul-Jazz/Downtempo/Synth-pop

London Warsaw New York

Synth-pop/Contemporary Jazz

Latin/Jazzdance/Euro House

Leonard Feather Presents Vic Lewis & His Jazz Group, Jack Marshall & His Jazz Group

Jazz From Two Sides

1987, LP, RE, Concept Records (7),

England´s Late Jazz Great

Bop/Modal/Hard Bop

Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Neo Soul

Synth-pop/Dance-pop/Swing/Contemporary Jazz

Walk On The Wild Side

Chanson/Europop/Vocal

Louis Armstrong

Rare Performances Of The 50's And 60's

1985, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, CBS,

Cocktail Hour & Cool Emotions

Soul-Jazz/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Phil Fearon & Galaxy Featuring Dee Galdes*

This Kind Of Love

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Ballad

Kid Creole & The Coconuts* / Matt Bianco

My Male Curiosity / Whose Side Are You On

1984, 7", Jukebox, Atlantic, WEA

The Herb Miller Orchestra*

The Music Of Glenn Miller

Whose Side Are You On...

39a Raccolta - "Sax' Idea"

Whose Side Are You On

Bossa Nova/Jazzdance/Soul

Hard Rock/Synth-pop/Disco

Blue Rondo A La Turk*

Chewing The Fat

Disco/Latin/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz

Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)

1982, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Stride/Cool Jazz/Bop

Smiley's People

Soundtrack/Fusion/Classical/Easy Listening

1980, LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + Comp, Gat, RCA International,

Silver Dream Racer

Pop Rock/Score/Theme/Disco/Soundtrack

Wounded John Scott Cree*

Wivabandon Oneezone

1979, LP, Album, Pye Records,

1979, Box Set, 10x Vinyl,

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band

The Eastbound Expressway*

Eastbound Expressway

John Cleffer Band

Eastbound Expressway

Better Look Before You Leap / Turn Back The Tide

Midnight In Manhattan

1978, 7", Do It Records

Clark After Dark, The Ballad Artistry Of Clark Terry

Barbara Pennington

Soul/Funk/Disco

My Claim To Fame

The Walker Brothers

Classic Rock/Jazz-Rock/Blues Rock

I'm Just A Woman

Pop Rock/Soft Rock

The Greatest Swing Band In The World... Is

The Greatest Swing Band In The World... Is

1976, LP, Album, Pye Records,

Big Band/Swing/Easy Listening

This Is One Girl

The Greatest Swing Band In The World... Is

The Greatest Swing Band In The World Is British

1975, LP, Pye Records,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal/Instrumental

Tommy (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Caterina Valente

1974, LP, Album, RCA Records,

Folk Rock/Country Blues/Folk

A Walk In The Black Forest

Slide Hampton & Václav Zahradník Big Band

1974, Vinyl Gatefold,

Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band

Another Time, Another Place

Lou Reed / David Bowie

Walk On The Wild Side / Drive - In Saturday

1973, 7", Jukebox, RCA,

1972, LP, DJM Silverline

Parody/Experimental/Symphonic Rock

Rhapsody In Rock

Symphonic Rock/Neo-Classical

1972, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Blues Rock/Texas Blues/Delta Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues/Louisiana Blues/Electric Blues

1970, Vinyl Gatefold,

Prog Rock/Classic Rock

Isn't This Where We Came In?

Bernard Ebbinghouse

Prudence And The Pill

The Session Men

Friedrich Gulda Und Sein Eurojazz-Orchester Feat. J.J. Johnson, Joe Zawinul

Eurosuite / Variations

Eurojazz-Orchester Leitung: Friedrich Gulda

Internationaler Wettbewerb Für Modernen Jazz - Wien 1966 (Schlusskonzert Der Preisträger)

1966, LP, Album, Amadeo,

The Johnny Scott Orchestra*

Easy Listening/Big Band

Twice Times Keyboard

Contemporary Jazz

Barbara Jay, Jeannie Lambe*, Jo Searle, Kenny Day, The Lonsdale Theatre Orchestra Conducted By John Cameron

Bill Le Sage directing Directions In Jazz Unit

Road To Ellingtonia

1965, LP, Mono, Philips, Philips,

Jazz Improvisations Of Our Man Crichton

1965, LP, Mon, Colpix Records,

NDR Jazz Workshop '65

1965, LP, Mono, Norddeutscher Rundfunk,

Jazz Workshop Ost-West

John Dankworth With His Orchestra And Guests*

Zodiac Variations

Mark Richardson (15), Frenesi Watson

Winter Sunshine

NDR Jazz Workshop '64

1964, LP, Mono, Promo, Norddeutscher Rundfunk,

Directions In Jazz Unit ･ Directed By Bill Le Sage

Directions In Jazz

The London Jazz Orchestra, William Russo*

Russo In London

Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band

Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests*

What The Dickens!

Teté Montoliu* - The European All Stars

Teté Montoliu - "The European All Stars 1961"

1962, 7", EP, Telefunken,

Jazz Jamboree 1961 Nr 1 - Kronika dźwiękowa

Cool Jazz/Free Jazz

Music From The Sound Track 'All Night Long'

Friedrich Gulda, Herb Geller, Toots Thielemans, Ack Van Rooyen, Hans Koller

Jazz Workshop Concert - Ruhrfestspiele 1962

Jazz At The Flamingo - 10th Anniversary Tribute

Kenny Baker And The Baker's Dozen*

Blowin' Up A Storm

1959, 10", Columbia

The International Youth Jazz Band* , Featuring Christian Kellens, Albert Mangelsdorff, Andy Marsala, Bernt Rosengren

Newport Jazz Festival 1958

1958, 7", Mic, Philips,

Bop/Post Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Ken Moule's Music

Jazz At Toad Hall

Humphrey Lyttelton

I Play As I Please

The International Youth Band , Director Marshall Brown

European Windows

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

Tommy Watt And His Orchestra

It Might As Well Be Swing

Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six

1957, LP, Pye Nixa,

Post Bop/Cool Jazz

Cool Moule Arranges For ...

1957, 7", EP, Decca

Johnny Keating And His All Stars*

The Tony Kinsey Quintet

Introducing The Tony Kinsey Quintet

She's The Tops!

Cleo Laine Sings

1956, 7", EP, Nixa

Presenting The Tony Kinsey Quartet - No. 2

1956, 7", EP, Mono, Decca

Tony Crombie And His Orchestra

Presenting Tony Crombie And His Orchestra No. 2

1955, 7", EP, Mono, Decca

The Don Rendell Sextet*

Muskrat Ramble / Thames Walk

1955, 10", Vin, Tempo (14),

Tony Crombie And His Orchestra

Flying Home / Early One Morning

Music In The Making

1954, 10", Mono, Vogue Records,

Don Rendell Quintet / "Music In Making"

Best Keller / Presque Cubain

The German Years 1957-1964

LP, Comp, Ltd, RST Records,

Cool Jazz/Big Band

Johnny Keating With All Star Combinations*

Jazztime London

7", Bertelsmann Schallplattenring,

Woody Herman's Anglo-American Herd

In England, April 1959

LP, Mono, Jazz Groove, Jazz Groove,

Kenny Baker Plays Armstrong

10xCD, Comp + Box, Membran, Documents,

7", San Carlo Junior

Piccoli Boys Degli Orsi Burloni

Mazinga Z / Marameo

Tony Kinsey Big Band & Orchestra

CD, Album, Spotlite Records

Louis Armstrong

The Louis Armstrong Connection Vol. 10 - The Orchestra

CD, Comp, RM, Pastels,

Tony Kinsey Quintet*

7", S/Sided, Promo, Decca,

Contemporary Jazz

Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks

4xCD, Comp, Dlx, Real Gone Music Company

Aspects Of Jazz

CD, Album, Chappell Recorded Music Library,

Contemporary Jazz/Dixieland/Latin Jazz/Big Band

Dankworth* And The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Hugo Rignold

Improvisation For Jazzband And Symphony Orchestra / Ebony Concerto / Rendezvous For Jazz Band And Symphony Orchestra

New York Superstar

Das Tony Kinsey Quartett*

Pierrot / Close Your Eyes

Soho Scene '62 - Jazz Goes Mod Vol 2

2023, LP, RSD, Rhythm & Blues Records

Soho Scene '67 - Jazz Goes Mod

2021, LP, Comp, 1960s Records

Soho Scene '66-'67 Jazz Goes Mod

2020, 4xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Modal/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Soho Scene '64-'65 Jazz Goes Mod

2019, 4xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Soho Scene '64-'65 Jazz Goes Mod-Bonus Discs

2019, 2xCD, Comp, Bon, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Soho Scene '59-'60 (Jazz Goes Mod)

2018, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Big Band/Swing

Soho Scene '62 - Jazz Goes Mod

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records

2011, File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, Jazz Gangsters

The Flamingo Connection- Great British Modern Jazz From The Legendary Ember Label

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Fantastic Voyage,

須永辰緒の夜ジャズ ~ Jazz Allnighters ~ No.1

2005, CD, Comp, Sony Records Int'l

The Best Of British Jazz

2000, CD, Comp, Mono, Ember Records, TKO Magnum Music,

Swing/Big Band/Dixieland

Jazz Jamboree 61 Vol. 1

Modal/Cool Jazz

National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1

1954, LP, Esquire

Another Time, Another Place

Prog Rock/Classic Rock

Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock

1986, Cassette,

Kenny Baker / The New Orchestra III*

The Louis Armstrong Connection Vol. 7

CD, Album, RE, Unofficial, Magic Music