Mick Rossi, (born December 9, 1956) is a Grammy-nominated American pianist, drummer, percussionist, conductor and composer known for his diverse, progressive work in the New York Downtown scene.
Keyboard magazines said, "it was like nothing you've ever heard at a rock concert: Mick was improvising a cadenza that was an explosion of what sounded like Philip Glass meets Shostakovich...and it grooved.
Rossi's work has been presented at Merkin Hall, The Stone, Barbes, Routlette, Knitting Factory, MOMA, WNYC's New Sounds with John Schaefer, NPR's All Things Considered, WKCR's Musicians Show, and Tribecca New Music Festival.
Rossi has also worked with Alex Acuña, Steven Bernstein, Theo Bleckmann, Angela Bofill, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Douglas, Mark Dresser, Kermit Driscoll, Billy Drewes, Peter Erskine, Erik Friedlander, Vinny Golia, Eddie Gómez, Mark Graham, Hall & Oates, Gerry Hemingway, Russ Johnson, Carla Kihlstedt, Andy Laster, Mahavishnu Project, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Martino, Aaron Neville, Randy Newman, Jack QT, Michael Sarin, Carly Simon, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Sterman, Foday Suso, Steve Ulrich, Johnnie Valentino, and Cuong Vu.
Rossi's scores for film and television include Bored to Death (HBO), Delmar (Matt Dine), The Vagina Monologues (HBO), Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Artisan), and his scores for the award-winning independent films Born Again (Markie Hancock), The Other Side of the River, and Journey (both by Lin Chien Ping), and the prize-winning Zipper (Amy Nicholson).