two piano:
Russ Lossing &
Charles Farrell

New York City based, American pianist, composer and improviser Russ Lossing continues to be an integral creative force, internationally renowned in the jazz and improvised music world. He is celebrated for his singular, original language and phraseology. Russ Lossing has composed over 400 works, has released 22 albums as leader and is featured on over 60 other CDs as sideman and collaborator with world acclaimed musicians. Lossing played with legendary drummer Paul Motian over a period of 12 years and was a member of the Paul Motian Quintet which played week long engagements at the Village Vanguard in New York. Lossing has five cds as leader on the Swiss avant-garde label HatHut Records, four albums on NYC label Sunnyside Records, in addition to releases on the Cleanfeed, Fresh Sound, Double Time, Steeplechase and OmniTone labels as well as 6 albums on his own label Aqua Piazza Records. Russ Lossing has performed in some of the world’s leading jazz festivals including the London, Vienna, Harlem, Cully (Switzerland), Jazzdor(Strasbourg), Toronto and Venice (Italy) Jazz festivals. He has also performed in jazz clubs and concert halls in New York and Europe including The Village Vanguard, Blue Note NYC, The Jazz Standard, Birdland, Town Hall NYC, Porgy and Bess (Vienna), BimHuis(Amsterdam), Moods(Zurich), Unterfahrt (Munich), Jazz Club Ferrara (Italy), Radio France, Sunside & Duc de Lombards(Paris)and many more over a span of over 35 years.

A world-class jazz pianist, Charles Farrell made his living working Mob clubs from the time he was a teenager in the 1960s. He later moved from music to the complex world of professional boxing, managing dozens of fighters, including former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and former gang leader Mitch “Blood” Green, who famously went toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson—once in the ring and once in the street. A fight-fixer and gangster, Farrell ran afoul of New York mobsters in the 1990s and retreated to the mountains of Puerto Rico, coming home only after an infamous boxing legend brokered his safe return. Retired from the fight game, he returned to jazz and, among other collaborators, played frequently with his friend Ornette Coleman, the godfather of “Free Jazz” and one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.