Rossi has performed with some of the most recognized names in music, including Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Lou Rawls and Aretha Franklin. An accomplished jazz musician, Rossi has shared the stage with Clark Terry, Dave Liebman, and Darius Bruebeck. His CD of original jazz compositions, Beauty and the Blues features jazz greats Rufus Reid, Tom McKinley and Billy Hart. For the past 15 years, Rossi has lived and performed in South Africa where he works as professor of Jazz and Woodwinds at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is well published and regularly visits colleges and universities worldwide as a clinician.

Rossi is the first recipient of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music. He presently serves as president of the South African Association for Jazz Education, following three terms as secretary and is a member of the Jazz Education Network and the International Association of Schools of Jazz.

The 2011-12 Jazz at Wolfson Presents season continues Nov. 8 with the Wolfson Jazz Ensembles; trumpeter Brian Lynch on Nov. 9; pianists Kemuel Roig on Dec. 7 and Michael Orta on Jan. 18, 2012; drummer Nate Smith on Feb. 15; the Wolfson Jazz Ensembles will return on Mar. 20; vocalist Nicole Yarling on Mar. 21; and vibist Dick Sisto will close out the series on April 18.

For more information about MDC’s Jazz at Wolfson Presents, contact Dr. Michael Di Liddo at 305-237-3930.

WHAT:     Miami Dade College’s Jazz at Wolfson Presents Featuring Saxophonist Mike Rossi

WHEN:     Wednesday, Oct. 5, noon

WHERE:   Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
              300 NE Second Ave.
              Wolfson Auditorium, Building 1, Second Floor, Room 1261