Jason Crosby

Jason Crosby had an auspicious musical beginning at the age of 2 when he started playing the violin, and shortly after it was discovered that he possessed perfect pitch. As a young boy, he immersed himself in classical music, and was playing piano at a professional level at a very young age. He then took on the guitar, the viola, the French horn and the trumpet and pursued those instruments with equal vigor for many years. A multi-instrumentalist with extensive and varied musical pursuits, Crosby has previously been a member of such bands as Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Susan Tedeschi Band, and many others. Jason has played on dozens of albums and has toured with members of the Allman Brothers, The Dead, and the Meters. Over the last few years Crosby has also toured with artists like Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Pete Seeger, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Dave Mathews.

After touring with the Long Island Youth Orchestra as a teenager to countries such as China, Russia, Australia and Cuba, Crosby expanded his classical horizons by embracing other varied art forms, such as Jazz, Funk, Rock and Latin music. His first three solo albums, Out of the Box(2000) and Four Chords and Seven Notes Ago (2003) and Words in Glass (2007) display his diverse array of virtuosic talents, as he switches instruments from song to song, as well as the styles of music he creates and explores. Crosby continues to develop his own style of music, by fusing the Classical he was raised on with the Jazz that inspires his melodic maneuverings. Modern Drummer Magazine gave Four Chords four stars, and the review raves: Crosby shines on keys, trumpet, and violin, and his playing and writing combines the eclectic flair and sophistication of the new Southern fusion.
Jason’s playing has graced over forty albums, from Susan Tedeschi’s Grammy nominated blues album, Wait for me to Anastacia’s pop hit, Freak of Nature. His musical interests are as diverse as the instruments he plays.
Jason has also become an eminent organ player, playing B-3 on DVDs like Live at Austin City Limits, Eric Claptons Crossroad Guitar Festival, and Pete Seegers 90th Birthday at Madison Square Garden.
Jason Crosby has also had the honor of playing violin solos with Carlos Santana, and keyboard with Dave Mathews and Bruce Springsteen. Having shared the stage with B.B. King and The Rolling Stones, Crosby is no stranger to the forces of music that have defined the musical scene for decades.
Jason has been featured many times on television shows, most notably Austin City Limits, Conan OBrien, David Letterman, Jay Leno and Jools Holland. During his first Grammy appearance in 2004 with Robert Randolph, Jason played keyboard in the tribute to Funk, along with Outkast, the original P-Funk, and Earth Wind and Fire.

Jason Crosby has defied definition in his career, but one thing about him is blatantly obvious, this is a musician whose intrinsic talent and grace are rare gifts to the music scene today. Crosby’s music is almost a melting pot of different sound and form, a profundity of creative elements as varied as the instruments he plays and the styles he explores.

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