Way to Go (Original) by Bill Rossi - Demo

Composer George Gershwin's Summertime, performed by Bill Rossi.

Summertime (Demo)

Demo only. Written by Gene de Paul in 1941.

You Don't Know What Love Is (Demo)

Composed by Ann Ronell, arranged by Bill Rossi

Willow Weep For Me (Demo)

Non-mastered home studio original, composed and performed by Bill Rossi.

Bluz For Santa Cruz Demo.WAV

Recorded 11/2018, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child shows another phase in the evolution of Bill's new style. Next up? His first LP release!

Motherless Child Demo

Bill's life ended 12/2/2022.
Artist Statement:
When I was a kid trying to make sense of the world, I turned to music for answers. Music provided a doorway into a more abstract world that made sense to me, which gave me a sense of security and peace. 

For me now, music is a way of sharing and participating in the positive spirit of life.

Bio:
Wait a minute. He hasn’t performed in 40 years, and now he’s being pushed to create a new style and perform again? Talk about Out of the Blue!

That’s sure the way it feels to Bill Rossi. Yes, he performed with small groups for over a decade after graduating from Berklee College of Music … but that was over 40 years ago. Since then, he spent most of his time teaching and directing an arts nonprofit that empowered at-risk youth.

In late 2015 he thought maybe he’d do a little playing in retirement. You know, playing the Standards he’d played and taught all his life in his familiar Blues-based style. But then his Muse kicked him into gear… and she hasn’t stopped kicking.

These days Rossi is arranging and composing in his studio almost constantly, working with his entirely new personal style that fuses the Blues, Jazz, and Spanish with his almost 70 years of maturity that includes a pretty intense life-long spiritual practice. His new music is soulful, sophisticated, rhythmic and earthy, with a simplicity that many believe makes Jazz more accessible to today’s listeners.

Bill Rossi

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