On Broadway, Ross played harp on-stage as part of a trio in the 1943 revue Artists and Models. She recorded with Paul Whiteman, Quincy Jones, Carol Hall, Don Sebesky, George Benson, Carly Simon, Luther Vandross, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Chaka Khan, and Judy Collins. More off-beat assignments included Christmas in the Stars (the Star Wars Christmas album) and Louis Farrakhan's 1980 album Heed The Call Ya'll. She was a session player on the soundtracks to The Wiz, the film version of A Chorus Line, and The Cosby Show.