AUGUST SCHEDULE
Short Hills NJ
Robert Ross Duo @ The Box Car
When: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Time: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Address: 25 Chatham Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078 (Eastbound side of Short Hills Train Station)
Phone: 973.912.0002
Featuring: Mal Stein (drums & percussion); and two time NY Music Award winner Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica) from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. GREAT food, GREAT Music & FREE Admission.
Staten Island
Robert Ross & Vincent Vok @ Hop Shoppe
When: Thursday, August 4, 2016
Time: 9pm to 12am
Address: 372 Van Duzer St, Staten Island NY 10304
Phone: 718-448-3400
Featuring: Two time NY Music Award winner Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica) from 9pm to 12am. Good food. Great music. FREE admission, and you can’t beat that.
Staten Island
Robert Ross @ Marie’s Gourmet
When: Friday, August 5, 2016
Time: 7pm to 9:30pm
Address: 977 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: 718-981-4664
Featuring: Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica) plus special guests from 7pm to 9:30pm. Excellent food. FREE Admission!
Bayside Queens!
Robert Ross & The Jazz-Manian Devils @ Papazzio's
When: Saturday, August 6, 2016
Time: 8pm to 12am
Address: 39-38 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361
Phone: 718-229-1962
Featuring: Don Castagno (drums); Steve Alcott (bass); and two time NY Music Award winner Robert Ross (vocals, guitar & harmonica) from 8 to 12am. It is a good idea to make dinner reservations because it can get crowded. Papacies’ is a 4 ½ stars Italian restaurant and the food is off the charts and out of this world. They have valet parking if you need it. FREE Admission.
Robert Ross Band @ Thai Rock
When: Friday, August 12, 2016
Time: 8:30pm to 11:30pm
Address: 375 Beach 92nd St, Rockaway Beach, NY 11693
Phone: 718-945-5111
Featuring: Don Castagno (drums); Steve Alcott (bass); and two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica) from 8:30pm to 11:30pm. FREE Admission! Thai Rock is a really cool Thai restaurant that serves up hot American music as well. And the view from the back deck of the ocean and the city is really worth seeing.
Red Hook Brooklyn!!
Roots 'n' Ruckus @ Jalopy Theatre
When: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Time: 9pm to 11:30pm
Address: 315 Columbia St., Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-395-3214
No Cover!
Featuring: two time NY Music Award winner Robert Ross (vocals, guitar & harmonica). The show is from 9pm to 11:30pm. Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, country, jazz, old-timey, Americana, and blues every Wednesday. You might very well see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, fiddles, washboards, tub-basses, kazoos, and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians. Always FREE on Wednesdays, NEVER a cover charge!! More info to come. Thank you Feral Foster. More info to come.
Bayside Queens
Robert Ross Jazz-Manian Duo@ Papazzio's
When: Thursday, August 18, 2016
Time: 7pm to 11pm
Address: 39-38 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361
Phone: 718-229-1962
Featuring: Dave Hofstra (bass); and two time NY Music Award winner Robert Ross (vocals, guitar & harmonica) from 7pm to 11pm. It is a good idea to make dinner reservations because it can get crowded. Papacies’ is a 4 ½ stars Italian restaurant and the food is off the charts and out of this world. They have valet parking if you need it. FREE Admission.
Rockland County!!
Robert Ross @ Helen Hayes Hospital Atrium
When: Saturday, August 20, 2016
Time: 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Address: 51-55 Route 9W North, West Haverstraw, New York 10993
Phone: 845-786-4000
Featuring: A solo performance by two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar & harmonica) in the magnificent Helen Hayes Hospital Atrium or if weather allows in the outdoor gazebo overlooking the Hudson River from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. I'll be playing a mixture of blues and jazz including some fine originals in the beautiful lobby of the Atrium Building overlooking the majestic Hudson River. FREE Admission!!
Bay Ridge Brooklyn
Speedo Jones Blues Band @ No Quarter Tavern
When: Saturday, August 20, 2016
Time: TBD
Address: 8015 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: (718) 701-9180
Featuring: Speedo “Harmonica” Jones (vocals & harmonica); Angello Olivieri (bass); George Morales (drums); & two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar).
Robert Ross in Philadelphia!!
Lisa Chavous & The Philadelphia Blues Messengers @ The Twisted Tail
When: Thursday, Saturday August 27, 2014
Address: 509 S. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: 215-558-2471
Time: 9pm to 1am
Featuring: Lisa Chavous (vocals); Larry Hambrecht (harmonica & vocals); Two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & vocals). NO COVER!!
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
The RIVERHEAD BLUES FESTIVAL in LONG ISLAND is BACK!!
Robert Ross & The Jazz-Manian Devils @ Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
When: Friday, September 23, 2016
Address: 18 Peconic Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901
Phone: 631-727-5782
Time: 8pm to 10pm
After a 3 year hiatus, the Riverhead Blues Festival is BACK!!.
The festival will take place over 3 weeks on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from mid September to early October. All performances will take place at the magnificent and historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall which was built in 1881. Featuring: Mal Stein (drums); Eric Udel (bass); and two time NY Music Award winner & NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & vocals). Opening will be The Four O’Clock Flowers, an amazing duo featuring Samoa Wilson and Ernie Vega. More info to come.
PLEASE NOTE
It is always a good idea to call a venue to confirm that we will in fact be appearing, to check on admission or cover charges, and to find out whether it is necessary to make a reservation. Thank you.
HAVING A PRIVATE PARTY OR WEDDING? HIRE THE ROBERT ROSS BAND!
Having a birthday or anniversary bash? Maybe a small dinner party? A large corporate party? Whatever event you are planning consider The Robert Ross Band, Robert Ross & The Jazz-Manian Devils. Or maybe you want something a little more “showbizzy” like Jiggles Giggles & Blues. We can put a package together to suit your entertainment needs. Let's talk. Send us an email reply with “PARTY” in the subject line. We'll get back to you.
GUITAR / BASS / HARMONICA LESSONS
From award winning recording artist & seasoned educator Robert Ross
EMAIL: Bluesman@PROTECTED
I will be taking on a limited number of dedicated guitar, bass, and harmonica students regardless of age or current level of expertise.
Robert is a two time New York Music Award winner and a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee. Robert is known for a wide variety of blues, jazz, soul, country, rock ‘n’ roll, folk, and other roots music. Robert worked and recorded with Big Joe Turner and also worked with Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, and other legends. One of Robert’s songs was recorded by Johnny Winter, and two other songs appeared on the soap opera “All My Children”. The Robert Ross Band has released 7 internationally distributed CDs and toured two continents. Robert has been teaching guitar for more then 25 years privately, and 13 years in NYC public schools. Robert’s work in the schools has been cited by the NY State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) for “best practices in arts in education programming”.
Lessons are $40 per half hour, and $60 per hour.
http://www.robertrossband.com/guitar-lessons
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