Frank Rosaly


Frank Rosaly is a Puerto Rican American drummer, composer, and sound designer associated with a transparent compositional approach to drumming across various styles of music including jazz, improvisation, rock and experimental music. Rosaly also composes for film.

Biography

Rosaly attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona where he earned a bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance. Starting out in the Flagstaff and Phoenix, Arizona music scenes, Rosaly relocated to Los Angeles for a time before returning to NAU from 1999-2000. It was in this time that Rosaly performed extensively with composer/bassist Joel DiBartolo in Raging Jazz Project which also included future Big Gigantic founder Dominic Lalli. Rosaly studied with Billy Higgins from 1998-1999.
Rosaly relocated to Chicago in 2001 where he was awarded Best Jazz Musician by The Chicago Reader 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 Amsterdam 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:
Raging Jazz Project
Shortbus
Design Flaw
Thread Quintet
Tim Daisy & Frank Rosaly:
Keefe Jackson & Frank Rosaly:
Dave Rempis/Frank Rosaly
Christoph Erb, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke & Frank Rosaly:
Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Frank Rosaly:
Aram Shelton, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Frank Rosaly:
Aram Shelton & Frank Rosaly:
Thurston Moore & Frank Rosaly:
Aaron Bennet, Darren Johnston, Lisa Mezzacappa & Frank Rosaly:
Shane Parish & Frank Rosaly:
Fred Jackson, Stéphane Payen, Edward Perrud & Frank Rosaly:
Christoph Erb, Jim Baker & Frank Rosaly:
Dave Rempis, Jasper Stadhouders & Frank Rosaly:
Tres Hongos:
The Luzern-Chicago Connection
The Young Mothers
All Ellington
;With Northern Arizona University Jazz Ensemble
;With Katie Haverly
;With Paul Hartsaw Tentet
;With Mandarin Movie
;With The Rempis Percussion Quartet
;With Steve Dawson
;With Subliminal 3
;With Boxhead Ensemble
;With Fast Citizens
;With Matana Roberts
;With Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio
;With Keefe Jackson's Project Project
;With Who Cares How Long You Sink
;With Princess, Princess
;With Jason Adasiewicz
;With The Flatlands Collective
;With Never Enough Hope
;With Musket
;With Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Quintet
;With David Daniell & Douglas McCombs
;With Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra
;With Paul Giallorenzo
;With Jeb Bishop Trio
;With Scorch Trio
;With Josh Abrams
;With Nick Mazzarella Trio
;With Karl E. H. Seigfried
;With Jorrit Dijkstra
;With Marketa Irglova
;With Joan Of Arc
;With Jason Stein Quartet
;With Boris Hauf Sextet
;With Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago
;With Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Chicago Sextet
;With Matt Clark
;With Josh Berman
;With Iñigo Ugarteburu
;With Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal
;With Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet
;With Devin Hoff
;With Bradford/Gjerstad Quartet
;With Dave McDonnell Group
;With Jason Roebke
;With John Dikeman
;With Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas
;With Ryley Walker
;With Tim Stine Trio
;With Next Delusion
;With Hearts & Minds
;With Josh Abrams & Natural Information Society