Rick Rozie

US bass player. Edward "Rick" Rozie (born 1944) is an American double bass player who has emerged in both jazz and classical music. Raised in East Hartford, CT, Rozie began playing the piano at age five before switching to drums. In high school he became a double bass player and played in the school orchestra. At the Hartt School he received instruction from Bertram Turetzky, William Rhein and Orin O'Brien. He has played in the Kansas City Philharmonic since 1968. From 1977 to 1983, Rozie taught double bass at the Hartford Conservatory and the University of Connecticut. He then worked at the Hartt School as an adjunct professor, teaching jazz bass. With his brother Lee Rozie and Rashied Ali he formed the trio Afro Algonquin, which also made guest appearances in Germany. In the following years he played in the quartet of James Newton and Anthony Davis. In 1982 he guested at the Vokal Summit as part of the SWF New Jazz Meeting accompanying Lauren Newton, Urszula Dudziak, Jeanne Lee, Jay Clayton and Bobby McFerrin (album "Sorrow Is Not Forever - Love Is" released in 1983). In the field of jazz he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1978 and 1995. He can also be heard on albums by Allan Jaffe, the World Bass Violin Ensemble, Jay Hoggard, Chico Freeman and Andrea Bocelli, among others.[2] He has been a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for more than 30 years, where he is Principal Bass.