Roxy Coss Quintet with Alex Wintz, Caili O'Doherty, Dave Baron & Cory Cox

Roxy Coss (tenor & soprano saxophones), Alex Wintz (guitar), Caili O'Doherty (piano/keys), Dave Baron (bass), Cory Cox (drums)

GRAMMY Award-winning Saxophonist, Composer, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss has been a celebrated figure on the New York scene for the past twenty years. She is the recipient of a Downbeat Critics’ Poll "Rising Star" Award, an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, The AFM Local 802’s four-year “Emerging Artist” grant, Jazziz Magazine’s “Artist to Watch", and Hothouse Magazine’s “Tenor Saxophone” Award. Coss is a prolific composer and established bandleader, having released six albums to critical acclaim. Her newest release, a digital and vinyl-exclusive EP, Never Meet Your Heroes, released on November 14th, 2025 (OiM). Coss is currently Director of Jazz Studies at Stony Brook University, President of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO), and Co-Artistic Director of the Brubeck Jazz Summit. The Roxy Coss Quintet explores a multitude of textures and modalities …