He later moved to New York City, where he developed into a professional jazz musician, signing with Blue Note Records.

He, along with his twin brother, Josh,[2] began learning drums at the age of three, playing at a Baptist church where their father was choir director.

[3][4] He joined a middle school band at age ten, and switched to playing xylophone, as Josh got the drum slot.

It was released on Blue Note Records in 2019, after Ross was brought to the attention of label executive Don Was by his son, Sol Was.

When he leads a group, the members do not all play with the same pulse, so as to allow them to "[talk] to each other with different forms of rhythm", an approach inspired by Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet.