Ian Ross

Ian Ross is an Ohio based musician who plays rock, blues, funk, jazz, and pop, but also dabbles in classical and bluegrass. His main instrument is guitar, but he is also an accomplished vocalist and composer/arranger. He currently has songs registered at BMI and has written music for radio, T.V. and film.

A professional musician since age 13, Ian grew up in the clubs of the bustling Cleveland music scene. He has played with Jeff Healey, Will Ray, Wanda Hunt Band, Sonny Robertson and the Howard Street Blues Band, andthe Alan Greene Band. He has opened up for such national acts as Johnny Winter, Ted Nugent, Deep Purple, Earth Wind and Fire, Henry Townsend, and LynyrdSkynyrd.  His original project, The Lucky 13 Band has won numerous awards and accolades, including Best Rock Band at the Cleveland Music Festival in 2002, and a personal invite to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The group went on to record their first EP with Grammy-award winning producer/engineer Jim Gaines (whose credits include Carlos Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughn). 

Ian is also a 2006 graduate of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where he studied jazz guitar performance with professor James Smith. His jazz organ trio has played such music festivals as the Big Bend Jazz & Blues Fest(Ohio), Oxford Jazz Festival(Michigan), Altoonia  Jazz Festival(Pennsylvania) & Midpoint Music Festival(Ohio), and in 2005 was the house trio at Kentucky’s Jazz Mania.  He has studied privately with jazz legends Pat Martino & Wilbert Longmire, and virtuoso country guitarist Scotty Anderson.   Ian can provide jazz and/or rock-blues for your club or event, in a variety of settings – solo, duo, trio, or quartet.