Frank Rosaly (born May 30, 1974) is a Puerto Rican American drummer, composer, and sound designer associated with a transparent compositional approach to drumming across various styles of music including

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and

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. Rosaly also composes for film.

Biography

Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amoros) was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1974. His mother Carmen (née Amoros) was a secretary, his father Francisco was an accountant. He has one sister Frances who is a teacher. Frank graduated from

Thunderbird High School Thunderbird High School is a public high school located in northwestern Phoenix, Arizona. The school is a part of the Glendale Union High School District. Feeder schools Some schools in the Washington Elementary School District feed into Thunder ...

in Phoenix, Arizona in 1992. He subsequently attended

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, where he earned a bachelor's degree in percussion performance. Starting out in the Flagstaff and

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, music scenes, Rosaly relocated to Los Angeles for a time before returning to NAU from 1999 to 2000. It was in this time that Rosaly performed extensively with composer/bassist Joel DiBartolo in Raging Jazz Project which also included future

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founder Dominic Lalli. Rosaly studied with

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from 1998 to 1999. Rosaly relocated to

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in 2001 where he was awarded Best Jazz Musician by the ''

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'' in 2013. In addition to performing and recording within the local scene and groups, Rosaly also produces the solo project ''Milkwork: A Study in Integration of Electronically Manipulated Percussion Instruments''. He also operates his own independent record label called Molk Records. In 2016, Rosaly relocated to

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and continues to work with artists and groups in Chicago, New York and other parts of Europe with such groups as OBOL LE and All Ellington.

Discography

Frank Rosaly: *2005 - ''One and Two'' (Molk) *2006 - ''Solo'' (Molk) *2008 - ''Puerto Rico'' (Molk) *2009 - ''Milkwork'' (Molk/Contraphonic) *2010 - ''Live at Experimental Sound Studio 05/30/10'' (Molk) *2012 - ''Centering and Displacement'' (Utech) *2013 - ''Cicada Music'' (Delmark) *2013 - ''Viscous'' (Molk) *2015 - ''Malo'' (Utech) *2016 - ''Neolithic Extraction - The Malo Remixes'' (Utech) Raging Jazz Project *1999 - ''Live Somewhere We Used to Know'' (Self-Released) Shortbus *1999 - ''The Full Hookup'' (DBR, Inc.) Design Flaw *2003 - ''Ends Meet'' (Future Reference) Thread Quintet *2003 - ''Long Lines'' (Future Reference) Tim Daisy & Frank Rosaly: *2006 - ''Boombox Babylon'' (Utech) Keefe Jackson & Frank Rosaly: *2007 - ''Duo'' (Molk)

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/Frank Rosaly *2009 - ''

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'' (482 Music) Christoph Erb,

Fred Lonberg-Holm Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1 October 1962) is an American cellist based in Chicago. He moved from New York City to Chicago in 1995. Lonberg-Holm is most identified with playing free improvisation and free jazz. He is also a composer of concert wor ...

, Jason Roebke & Frank Rosaly: *2011 - ''Sack'' (Veto Recordings)

Jeb Bishop Jeb Bishop (born 1962) is an American jazz trombone player. He grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He has studied music (classical trombone performance) at Northwestern University, engineering and ...

, Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Frank Rosaly: *2012 - ''At the Hideout'' (Kontrans) Aram Shelton, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Frank Rosaly: *2015 - ''Resounder'' (Singlespeed Music) Aram Shelton & Frank Rosaly: *2015 - ''Sticks and Reed''

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& Frank Rosaly: *2016 - ''Marshmallow Moon Decorum'' (Corbett vs, Dempsey) Aaron Bennet, Darren Johnston, Lisa Mezzacappa & Frank Rosaly: *2016 - ''Shipwreck 4'' (NoBusiness) Shane Parish & Frank Rosaly: *2016 - ''Labrys'' (Cabin Floor Esoterica) Fred Jackson, Stéphane Payen, Edward Perrud & Frank Rosaly: *2017 - ''Twins'' (The Bridge Sessions) Christoph Erb, Jim Baker & Frank Rosaly: *2017 - ''...Don't Buy Him a Parrot...'' (hatOLOGY)

, Jasper Stadhouders & Frank Rosaly: *2018 - ''ICOCI'' (Aerophonic) Tres Hongos: *2012 - ''Where My Dreams Go to Die'' (Molk) The Luzern-Chicago Connection *2012 - ''Live at Jazzfestival Willisau'' (Veto) The Young Mothers *2014 - ''A Mothers Work Is Never Done'' (Tektite) *2018 - ''Morose'' (Super Secret) All Ellington *2018 -''All Ellington'' (De Platenbakkerij)

As sideman

;With

Jazz Ensemble *1993 - ''The Year of the Cow'' (Walrus) *1994 - ''Herding Cats'' (Sea Breeze Vista) *1996 - ''Vintage Year'' (Sea Breeze Vista) *2001 - ''Sphinx'' (Sea Breeze Vista) ;With Katie Haverly *2003 - ''The City'' (Self Released) ;With Paul Hartsaw Tentet *2004 - ''Chicago 2004'' (Metastablesound) ;With Mandarin Movie *2005 - ''Mandarin Movie'' (Aesthetics) ;With The Rempis Percussion Quartet *2005 - ''Circular Logic'' (Utech) *2006 - ''Rip Tear Crunch'' (482 Music) *2007 - ''Hunter-Gatherers'' (482 Music) *2009 - ''The Disappointment of Parsley'' (Not Two) *2011 - ''Montreal Parade'' (482 Music) *2013 - ''Phalanx'' (Aerophonic) *2015 - ''Cash and Carry'' (Aerophonic) *2017 - ''Cochonnerie'' (Aerophonic) ;With Steve Dawson *2005 - ''Sweet Is the Anchor'' (Undertow) *2009 - ''I Will Miss the Trumpets and the Drums'' (Kernel Sound/Undertow) *2011 - ''Live at Simon's'' (Self-Released) *2014 - ''Funeral Bonsai Wedding'' (Kernel Sound) ;With Subliminal 3 *2005 - ''Decidedly Against Going'' (Beta:Sound) *2005 - ''Nervous Center'' (Beta:Sound) ;With Boxhead Ensemble *2006 - ''Nocturns'' (Atavistic) ;With Fast Citizens *2006 - ''Ready Everyday'' (Delmark) *2009 - ''Two Cities'' (Delmark) *2012 - ''Gather'' (Delmark) ;With Matana Roberts *2008 - '' The Chicago Project'' (Central Control International) ;With Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio *2007 - ''Terminal Valentine'' (Atavistic) ;With Keefe Jackson's Project Project *2007 - ''Just Like This'' (Delmark) ;With Who Cares How Long You Sink *2007 - ''Folk Forms Evaporate Big Sky'' (Sundmagi) ;With Princess, Princess *2007 - ''Kentucky Princess'' (Pionic) ;With

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*2008 - '' Rolldown'' (482 Music) *2009 - ''

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'' (Cuneiform) ;With The Flatlands Collective *2008 - ''Maatjes'' (Clean Feed) ;With Never Enough Hope *2008 - ''The Gift Economy'' (Contraphonic) *2015 - ''The Gravity of Our Commitment'' (Milk Factory) ;With Musket *2008 - ''Free Coffee at the Banks/Push My Heavy'' (Pionic) ;With

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Quintet *2008 - ''The Year of the Boar'' (Jazzland) ;With David Daniell &

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*2009 - ''Sycamore'' (

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) *2012 - ''Versions'' (Thrill Jockey) ;With Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra *2009 - ''At the Hideout'' (Kuro Neko) *2009 - ''At Elastic Arts'' (Kuro Neko) ;With Paul Giallorenzo *2009 - ''Get in to Go Out'' (482 Music) ;With Jeb Bishop Trio *2009 - ''2009'' (Better Animal) ;With Scorch Trio *2010 - ''Melaza'' (Rune Grammofon) *2011 - ''Made in Norway'' (Rune Grammofon) ;With Josh Abrams *2010 - ''Natural Information'' (Eremite) *2013 - ''

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) *2014 - ''Represencing'' (Eremite) ;With Nick Mazzarella Trio *2010 - ''Aviary'' (Thought To Sound) *2010 - ''This Is Only a Test: Live At The Hungry Brain'' (Sonichla) *2015 - ''Ultraviolet'' ( International Anthem) *2018 - ''Counterbalance'' (Astral Spirits/Monofonus Press/Spacetone) ;With

Karl E. H. Seigfried Karl E. H. Seigfried is a German–American jazz, rock, and classical bassist, guitarist, composer, bandleader, writer and educator based in Chicago. Seigfried has performed and taught on the double bass "in virtually all musical styles – ...

*2010 - ''Portrait of Jack Johnson'' (Imaginary Chicago) ;With Jorrit Dijkstra *2010 - ''Pillow Circles'' (Clean Feed) ;With Marketa Irglova *2011 - ''

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'' (

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) ;With

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*2011 - ''Joan of Arc Present Oh Brother'' (

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) *2011 - ''Lightbox'' (Joyful Noise Recordings) ;With Jason Stein Quartet *2011 - ''The Story This Time'' (Delmark) ;With Boris Hauf Sextet *2011 - ''Next Delusion'' (Clean Feed) ;With Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago *2011 - ''The Big Lift'' (Porto Franco) ;With Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Chicago Sextet *2012 - ''Live at Jazzfest Saalfelden'' (Tektite) ;With Matt Clark *2012 - ''Three:four Split Series Vol. 4'' (Three:four) ;With Josh Berman *2012 - ''There Now'' (Delmark) *2015 - ''A Dance and a Hop'' (Delmark) ;With Iñigo Ugarteburu *2013 - ''For the Unknown'' (Foehn/Talo) ;With Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal *2013 - ''

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'' ;With Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet *2013 - '' Circuitous'' (Driff) *2014 - ''Afterimage'' (Driff) ;With

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*2013 - ''The Lost Songs of Lemuria'' (Self-Released) ;With

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Quartet *2014 - ''Silver Cornet'' (Nessa) *2015 - ''The Delaware River'' (NoBusiness) ;With Dave McDonnell Group *2014 - ''The Dragon and the Griffin'' (New Atlantis) *2015 - ''The Time Inside a Year'' (Delmark) ;With Jason Roebke *2014 - ''Combination'' (Self-Released) ;With John Dikeman *2014 - ''The Double Trio'' (Monofonus Press/ Astral Spirits) ;With

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*2015 - '' Automaginary'' ( Drag City) ;With

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*2015 - ''

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'' (Dead Oceans) *2016 - ''

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'' (Dead Oceans) ;With Tim Stine Trio *2015 - ''Bios 1'' (Self-Released) *2016 - ''Tim Stine Trio'' ( Astral Spirits) ;With Next Delusion *2015 - ''Next Delusion'' (Shameless) ;With Hearts & Minds *2016 - ''Hearts & Minds'' (Astral Spirits) ;With Josh Abrams & Natural Information Society *2017 - '' Simultonality'' (Eremite)

References

External links

Frank Rosaly HomepageMolk Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosaly, Frank American jazz drummers 1974 births Living people Musicians from Phoenix, Arizona Jazz musicians from Chicago Puerto Rican jazz musicians Musicians from Amsterdam 20th-century American drummers American male jazz musicians Northern Arizona University alumni 20th-century American male musicians RogueArt artists