Rashawn Ross's Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds

In the record

Rashawn Ross (born January 16, 1979) is an American trumpeter and arranger. The birth-card coordinate for January 16 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2024 Performers with Dave Matthews Band induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2024 Performers — inducted member of Dave Matthews Band

The Jack of Diamonds coordinate

Rashawn Ross's birthday maps to the Jack of Diamonds (The Successful Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Rashawn Ross. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works.

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Rashawn Ross in the public record

His contributions to the Dave Matthews Band, first as a touring member and now a full-time member, have garnered him visibility. Ross is an accomplished session musician. Ross has worked with artists in many different genres of music including funk, pop, rock, jazz, hip hop, gospel, and country music. Some of the notable artists whom Ross has supported include Yerba Buena, Soulive, Lettuce, The 1975, and DJ Quik. Ross attended the Berklee College of Music from 1996–2000. On June 18, 2005, Ross first appeared on stage with the Dave Matthews Band, performing "Louisiana Bayou" from the album Stand Up. He continued to appear sporadically throughout 2005, with his workload increasing as the tour progressed. Initially, he joined the band on the road for the December 2005 final run of the tour, culminating in a 12-song appearance at the final stop of the tour.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Rashawn Ross (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for J♦, J♣, 3♠, 6♣, 2♦, 8♠, 4♥, 4♦, 2♠, 8♥, 6♠, Q♥, 10♣, 8♦, K♠, 3♥, A♣, Q♣, 10♠. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. In 2006 Ross joined the band full-time on the road, performing at all full band tour dates of the year, as well as contributing backing vocals as his contributions increased by the tour's end.
2. Ross has appeared at every performance since 2006 as trumpet player and background vocals.
3. As of August 2025 Ross has appeared with the Dave Matthews Band for 1067 shows.
4. Some of the other artists he has performed with include: The Fugees, Maceo Parker, Christian McBride, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, The Edge, Rodney Jerkins, Christina Milan, Fred Hammond, Sean Paul, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Questlove, Common, Pharoah Monch, Mark Batson, Robert Randolph, Doug E.

Other inductees with this card

• Alex Van Halen — 2007 Performers with Van Halen
• Annette Beard — 1995 Performers with Martha and the Vandellas
• Atticus Ross — 2020 Performers with Nine Inch Nails
• Bill Legend — 2020 Performers with T. Rex
• Bill Withers — 2015 Performers
• Bob Bogle — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
• Chris Frantz — 2002 Performers with Talking Heads
• Doris Kenner-Jackson — 1996 Performers with The Shirelles
• Eddie Hazel — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Garth Hudson — 1994 Performers with The Band
• James Taylor — 2000 Performers
• Jeremy Spencer — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
• 11 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Rashawn Ross's birth card?

The Jack of Diamonds. January 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Rashawn Ross's dates come from?

Birth date 1979-01-16 is the day-precision date on Rashawn Ross's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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