MICK ROSSI (pianist, percussionist, composer) Rossi’s career has long been defined by the inability to comfortably define him or his work. Performing diverse and progressive work rooted in the New York Downtown scene, he has performed in every major concert hall and arena in the world, including New York City’s MoMA, The Stone, the Knitting Factory, Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, and as faculty member at The New School and the Philip Glass Institute. He is a twenty year veteran of the Philip Glass Ensemble as well as pianist and percussionist in Paul Simon’s band. He has appeared on twelve recordings with Philip Glass and nine with Paul Simon. Rossi has also conducted for Mr. Glass, including Book of Longing with Leonard Cohen and Dracula with the Kronos Quartet. He has worked with Dave Douglas, Renée Fleming, Eric Friedlander, Steve Reich, Carly Simon, Wadada Leo Smith, Sting, Foday Suso and Robert Wilson, among many others. His newest recordings Live At Barbés, Drive, 160, Cut The Red Wire, Fallout, and Variant are available now.