August 16th, 2010

Professor RJ Ross will perform LIVE on the Blake Aaron radio show this coming Thursday, August 19th, at 3:00 in Mission Viejo, Ca. This contemporary music interview program (hosted by Blake Aaron and Tina Anderson) can be heard every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. on Jazz FM 88.5 KSBR and many other jazz stations across the country. I hope you can catch the interview and performance. You can also check it out on line at KSBR.org

August 2nd, 2010

An amazing new promotional video has just been released. It was produced by Bay Area videographer Ben Flanigan, and it's getting rave reviews! To see it, just go to the "media" page and click on "video".

May 28th, 2010

The Radio Campaign Heats Up! "Face To Face" makes it onto the national smooth jazz charts. Some of the good stuff this week:

There was a reported ADD at Groove Jazz from KORL/Honolulu, and a DEBUT onto the Smooth Indie chart at #50. AND a DEBUT into CHARTBOUND on the JazzWeek album chart. We also got an ADD from KOKY/Little Rock, AR...Nice to see some of those positive moves forward. We'll keep you posted as more news comes in.....

May 28th, 2010

On Wednesday, August 25th, The Professor and his trio will appear at Spaghetttini's, a top music venue in Seal Beach (Orange County). This show will be in conjunction with KSBR, which has been playing "Face To Face" in pretty heavy rotation. The show starts at 7 p.m.

April 9th, 2010

In week 4, Professor RJ Ross' Face To Face CD continues to get more adds and spins from top stations! KSBR in Orange County has continued their early jump on the record spinning "Face To Face" 8 times this past week. Seeing a great number of spins (11) from WVSU in Birmingham which is an important reporting station. KORL in Honolulu WUMR in Memphis have also jumped on the record. KCOZ in Branson and WEIB in Springfield, MA are bolstering their support of the record giving you 16 and 12 spins this week respectively. Also, KTSU in Houston is spinning both songs, as they are a half jazz/half smooth jazz station.

Stations and spins are continuing to rise with you being among the most added on R&R/Billboard Indicator. Some of the stations that are tough to get have jumped on your record early, which is a good sign of things to come.

Here's some of the radio stations currently playing the new CD:

KABF Little Rock ARKANSAS

KCOZ Branson MISSOURI

KIHT-HD St. Louis MISSOURI

KMUW Wichita KANSAS

KORL Honolulu HAWAII

KPVU Houston TEXAS

KSBR Orange County CALIFORNIA

KSHK Kauai HAWAII

KTSU Houston TEXAS

KUR Reading PENNSYLVANIA

WBZC Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA

WEIB Springfield MASSACHUSETTS

WFSS Fayetteville NORTH CAROLINA

WJAB Huntsville ALABAMA

WLFM Chicago ILLINOIS

WMWM Salem MASSACHUSETTS

WQTQ Hartford CONNECTICUT

WRTC Hartford CONNECTICUT

WSNC Winston-Salem NORTH CAROLINA

WUMR Memphis TENNESEE

WVCR Albany NEW YORK

WVOD Manteo NORTH CAROLINA

WVSU Birmingham ALABAMA

And here's a list of internet radio currently playing Face To Face:

RadioIO Smooth Jazz

Rhythm & Jazz

Smooth Jazz America

Smooth Jazz Excursion

Smooth Jazz Expressions

SmoothJazz.com

Jazz Excursion

JazzNet 24/7

March 20th, 2010

The national radio campaign begins! In the first week, 9 stations start playing the Professor's Face To Face CD.

Here's a breakdown of radio activity for week 1:

Face To Face is the #4 most added record for the week on the SmoothJazz.com chart with 9 reporting stations spinning the record! The biggest station at this early stage is KSBR in Orange County. Also we're excited to see adds in Philadelphia as well as secondary markets such as Springfield, MA, Hartford, CT and Albany, NY. Below is a list of all the stations that added us this week:

Jazz Excursion - Internet

Smooth Jazz Excursion - Internet

Smooth Jazz Expressions - Internet

KABF - Little Rock, AR

KSBR - Orange County, CA

KCOZ - Branson, MO

KUR - Reading, PA

WBZC - Philadelphia, PA

WEIB - Springfield, MA

WFSS - Fayetteville, NC

WMWM - Salem, MA

WQTQ - Hartford, CT

WVCR - Albany, NY

WVOD - Manteo, NC

February 28th, 2010

In this week's edition of The San Francisco Bay Times, there's a great feature on Professor RJ Ross. Mike Ward, the new cabaret reviewer for the paper, talks about Face To Face, the new CD, and gets into some interesting biographical bits from The Professor's life story. You can see the article online by going to http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=12479.

February 11th, 2010

Two shows coming up for the Professor. One solo, and one with his band, The University of Soul. Both shows are at Sheba Lounge, on Fillmore Street in the jazz district of San Francisco.

The solo performance is on Wednesday, February 24th, from 7:30 PM to 10:30. RJ's performance with his trio, The University of Soul, is on Friday, March 5th, from 9:30 PM to 12:30.

Sheba Lounge is at 1419 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 phone:(415) 440-7414.

January 11th, 2010

Back by popular demand! The Professor returns to Sheba Piano Lounge in San Francisco on Thursday, Jan. 21st, from 8PM to 11PM. He played there a few weeks ago and it was a great night.

The club is located in the beautiful Jazz district on Fillmore Street, one block from Yoshi's. There's plenty of public parking nearby. It's a cosy club with a fireplace and elegant furniture. A real nice, intimate place for music.

The address is: 1419 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115. Phone: 415-440-7414.

December 1st, 2009

Check out the YouTube clip of RJ performing with Lua Hadar at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco. Watch Now.

November 30th, 2009

A special-edition, super high quality "audiophile" version of RJ's Face To Face CD is about to be released by First Impressions Music.

First Impressions Music is a label that specializes in re-releasing great jazz and classical records after re-mastering them to the absolute highest standards of audio perfection. Your ears are gonna love this special edition! And it all comes in a deluxe package with a hard booklet, lots of new pictures and some very interesting commentary.

The Professor will be amongst great company on the FIM label. Their previous releases include Getz/Gilberto, The Oscar Peterson Trio and Placido Domingo! Last year one of their CD's was nominated for a Grammy. We'll keep you posted on when it will become available and how you can get it.

September 22nd, 2009

Check out the Professor's blog. At the top of this page, click on "about" and then click on "blog". In the last five entries, RJ has begun telling some great travel stories from his early twenties. Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll! (Well, not entirely...)

August 30th, 2009

Lua Hadar has asked Professor RJ Ross to sing with her at the Rrazz Room on Sunday, September 13th at 3PM. RJ and Lua will be singing one of RJ's original songs from the Face To Face CD. It's a wonderful room for music. Please join us there!

June 24th, 2009

Acadamy Award Nominated actress and singer, Sally Kellerman, has asked Professor RJ Ross to perform with her on June 29th at San Francisco's premier nightclub The Rrazz Room. They will perform the duet they did on her latest album. Call the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko at 415-394-1111 for details.June 17th, 2009

In the late 70's, Professor RJ Ross' legendary Detroit soul band, Brainstorm, recorded Lovin' Is Really My Game. Today the Brainstorm recording was featured on the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance! Check it out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gWQmcmaj6Y

June 15th, 2009

Professor RJ Ross' CD, Face To Face, was #18 on WHLI Radio's Top 50 Releases of 2008. WHLI is out of Long Island, and broadcasts to the Greater New York Area. WHLI, 1100AM, plays all-time favorites - the standards of yesterday and today! Check out the whole list at http://whli.com/top-50-2008.htm

May 19th, 2009

Last week, RJ's show at The Revolution Cafe in San Francisco was quite a hit! The management has asked him to come back in August and also to play their other music venue The Socha Cafe.

The Revolution Cafe is a wonderful venue for live music located in the Mission District of San Francisco. RJ will perform there on August 25th, from 8:30 to 11:30PM. The address is: 3248 22nd Street (between Bartlett St & Mission St). Telephone: (415) 642-0474.

On Thursday, June 18th, from 8:30 to 11:30, RJ will perform for the first time at The Socha Cafe. Another really hip San Francisco Mission music venue, The Socha is located at 3235 Mission Street (@ Valencia). The phone is 415-643-6848.

On Wednesday evening, June 24th, from 6 to 9 PM, RJ will be performing at The Ace In The Hole at 3100 Gravenstein Highway North in Sebastapol. This is a unique and popular music venue in the North Bay Area. Their phone number is (707) 829-1101. Check it out!

February 18th, 2009

John Shelton Ivany has just reviewed RJ's new CD, Face To Face. John has been the editor-in-chief of numerous music magazines over the years including Grooves, Hit Parader, Rock N Soul and Country Song Roundup. Each week he picks 21 of his favorite new releases to showcase and here's what he had to say about Face To Face:

"Re-imagined jazz standards and a soulful crooning are RJ Ross's highlights on Face To Face. Solid renditions, interesting approaches....yeah, I think this is another great jazz record."

November 3rd, 2008

Today, and for the next few weeks, CRN, Digtal Talk Radio, which reaches 25 million homes, will be featuring Professor RJ Ross' Face To Face CD on it's contest page. Just go to crni.net and click on the "contests" button on the left. You could win the new CD and a $500.00 Visa Card!

October 22nd, 2008

Veteran radio promoter, Don Graham has just begun pitching the new CD, Face To Face to radio stations and nationally syndicated radio shows that feature the Adult Standard format. This is in addition to the promotion that will be done by our record label Music Force. And so far, the response has been incredible! We're getting played on hundreds of stations across the U.S.

WHLI (New York, New Jersey), KSGL (Wichita), The Big Band Jump Show (131 stations), WKNY (Kingston, NY), The Joey Reynolds show (New York City, with 9 million listeners nationwide), WPLM (Boston), The Bill Miller Show (119 stations), The Jim Raposa Show (129 stations), Dick Carrs Big Band Ballads and Blues (Syracuse, Utica), KABI (Abilene KS), are among the stations currently playing songs from the new CD. They're playing the songs in between artists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, and Diana Krall!

October 21st, 2008

Today, Music Force Media Group released Face To Face, the new 14 song CD by Professor RJ Ross. It features some of the songs from the first CD plus 5 new, highly original arrangements of American Standards. The CD includes songs by The Beatles, America, George Gershwin, Gladys Knight and Steely Dan.

October 12th, 2008

On the immensely popular music website, GarageBand.com, The Professor is currently rated #2 male vocalist of all time, in the Jazz category! He is also rated #3 best keyboardist of all time in Blues Rock.

September 13th, 2008

The Academy Award Nominated actress, Sally Kellerman, has asked Professor RJ Ross to sing a duet with her for her upcoming CD. The song will be produced by Val Garay. Val has had tons of hits, including the 6th biggest selling record OF ALL TIME, Bette Davis Eyes. BTW, Sally is a great singer and we'll keep you posted on the release date for her CD.

February 26th, 2008

Professor RJ Ross and The University of Soul has just signed a marketing deal with Mark Sterling, of Sterling Artists Management in Los Angeles. The campaign will initially focus on internet marketing and Adult Standard radio.