U of Soul

U of Soul is a San Francisco-based band and production company featuring the music of RJ Ross.

Over a long career of performing on stage and in studios, RJ Ross always followed his own course - in the pursuit of new musical worlds.

U of Soul is a San Francisco-based band and production company featuring the music of RJ Ross.

Over a long career of performing on stage and in studios, RJ Ross always followed his own course - in the pursuit of new musical worlds.

It was always my goal to invent something new. I didn’t want to merely work within existing styles, I wanted to invent new styles............” I wanted to use all the elements of the many genres of music I loved, and see if I could synthesize them into something new and surprising.

“When I began work on U of Soul’s latest productions, I wondered, in an age of algorithms, is it possible to create a music that stands out as original and authentic?”

“We asked ourselves, could we create something that was simple and yet sophisticated?

Something that had the exciting dance grooves and uplifting melodies of Pop, but was also informed by the long history of great American Jazz?

A music that’s easy and fun but draws on the knowledge of the incomparable composers of European and American Classical music?”

Since the songs started to be released over the last 7 or 8 months, U of Soul, has received over 5 million views on YouTube, and millions more on other platforms……..

“In my long career as a professional musician, I’ve never seen anything like the response to this music—young, old, white, black, hispanic, asian, male, female, ordinary people, and the highest level music professionals are all blown away by it. The level of enthusiasm expressed in the hundreds and hundreds of messages we receive from all around the world is simply jaw-dropping.”