American jazz pianist, composer and improviser Russ Lossing, based in New York City for over 35 years, is a master of jazz and improvised music with a singular, original language and phraseology.     He has toured world-wide playing major jazz clubs and festivals both as leader and side-man.He has performed with Paul Motian, Mark Helias, Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie   Billy Hart, Samuel Blaser, Michael Formanek, Tim Berne, Billy Mintz, Cameron Brown, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Oliver Lake, Wallace Roney and many others.     Lossing played with master drummer Paul Motian over a period of 12 years performing and recording including week-long stints at the Village Vanguard as a member of Motian's Quintet.   With 23 albums as leader on European and American record labels, Lossing electrifies audiences worldwide.   A deeply intellectual and emotional improviser, he casts a spell over the room and gives audiences an unforgettable musical experience.   He was named Rising Star in the Down Beat Magazine Critics Poll from 2015-2023.       “Lossing shines as brightly as any of the jazz pioneers who preceded him in mapping out their own musical journeys.” -  Downbeat Magazine     “Russ Lossing is a step beyond Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett without being particularly derivative of any earlier pianist.”   - All Music Guide   “Strikingly lyrical”. - jazztimes