Roxy Coss Jazz Master Class

Jazz Masterclass

Open to jazz musicians of all levels.

Roxy will perform a brief demonstration and then open it up to questions and playing from the audience, and offer feedback to anyone who plays.

Participants are encouraged to bring their instruments to participate and receive input. Participants are also encouraged to prepare questions about anything music- or jazz-related they’d like to ask Roxy about.

Topics covered may include practice routines, transcription/learning from the masters, active listening, conceptual ideas, finding inspiration, technique study, overall musicianship, bandleading, composing/arranging, building a career, building community, how to get hired, developing your unique artistic voice, finding a good jazz program, how to put together a good application, refining your sound and tone, selecting a setup/changing equipment, improving articulation and feel, jazz as “Black American Music”, and/or why “women in jazz” is everyone’s issue.

GRAMMY Award-winning Saxophonist, Composer, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss has been a celebrated figure on the New York scene for the past twenty years. She is the recipient of a Downbeat Critics’ Poll "Rising Star" Award, an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, The AFM Local 802’s four-year “Emerging Artist” grant, Jazziz Magazine’s “Artist to Watch", and Hothouse Magazine’s “Tenor Saxophone” Award. Cross is a prolific composer and established bandleader, having released seven records to critical acclaim. Her latest, Never Meet Your Heroes, came out in November 2025 (OiM). She has performed extensively around the world, headlining major festivals and venues and performing as a side musician with Clark Terry, Louis Hayes, Rufus Reid, Billy Kaye, Houston Person, Bill Charlap, Claudio Roditi, Helen Sung, Elio Villafranca, Mike Pope, Jeremy Pelt, Geoffrey Keezer, Maurice Hines, Gillian Margot, Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach Nonet, Ulysses Owens Jr., Bryan Carter, The Birdland Big Band, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the Mingus Big Band, the Diva Jazz Orchestra, and the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra. Cross is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Stony Brook University, President of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO), and Co-Artistic Director of the Brubeck Jazz Summit. She endorses Saxophones and Accessories from Vandoren, P. Mauriat and Keyleaves.

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