Ian Ross
4/17
Ian Ross is an Ohio based musician who plays rock, blues, funk, jazz, and pop, but also dabbles in classical and bluegrass. His main instrument is guitar, but he is also an accomplished vocalist and composer/arranger. He currently has songs registered at BMI and has written music for radio, T.V. and film, and was the fleet arranger for Princess Cruise lines from 2017-2019.
A professional musician since age 13, Ian grew up in the clubs of the bustling Cleveland music scene, playing alongside such local greats as Colin Dussault, the Wanda Hunt Band, Sonny Robertson and the Howard Street Blues Band, and the Alan Greene Band. Ian went on to perform with such internationally recognized musicians as Jeff Healy and Will Ray of the Hellecasters. His various and eclectic original projects have performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Oxford Jazz Festival, the Midpoint Music Fest and opened up for such national acts as Tony Bennett, Harry Connick Jr., Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Deep Purple, ABBA, Peter Frampton, Lyle Lovett, Earth Wind and Fire, The Beach Boys, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. His organ trio was the houseband at Kentucky's Jazz Mania 2005-2006 and he was named best guitarist by Cincinnati Magazine in 2007. Since 2012 Ian has worked for Princess Cruises, rising quickly to become one of fleet's top guitarist and given the honor of being asked to be a part of the inaugural crew of Princess' newest ships, the Regal in 2014 and Majestic in 2017. In 2018 Ian relocated back to NE Ohio to be closer to family and spend more time developing his own original projects.
Ian's group this evening will feature accomplished west-coast based musicians bassist Graham Shackelford and drummer Andre Copher, performing 2 full sets of primarily original instrumental music by the leader, as well some lesser-known jazz standards and the group's own reworking of some pop classics. There's something for everyone, so come out and enjoy!