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 and theater.

Biography Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amorós) was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1974. His mother Carmen Amoros was a secretary, his father Francisco Ramon was an accountant and served in the United States Air Force. He has one sister, Frances, who is a teacher. Frank graduated from Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona in 1992. He 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 and studied with Billy Higgins from 1998 to 1999 before returning to NAU from 1999 to 2000. It was in this time that Rosaly performed extensively with composer/bassist Joel DiBartolo in RJP which also included future Big Gigantic founder, Dominic Lalli.

Rosaly relocated to Chicago in 2001 where he performed in many ensembles and became deeply involved in improvised and experimental music. By 2013 , Rosaly was awarded Best Jazz Musician by the Chicago Reader. In addition to performing and recording within the local scene and groups, Rosaly also produced the solo project Milkwork: A Study in Integration of Electronically Manipulated Percussion Instruments. Since 2004, he has operated the independent record label, Molk Records.

In 2016, Rosaly relocated to Amsterdam. He co-leads Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly's MESTIZX, and leads an electronic, improvised band, Ruidoscuro, a solo transcendental drumming project, Bimini, and performs with several Amsterdam-based ensembles. He continues to work with artists in Chicago, New York and Europe.

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)

Dave Rempis/Frank Rosaly 2009 - Cyrillic (482 Music)

Christoph Erb, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke & Frank Rosaly: 2011 - Sack (Veto Recordings)

Jeb Bishop, 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

Thurston Moore & 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)

Dave Rempis, 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 Northern Arizona University 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 Jason Adasiewicz 2008 - Rolldown (482 Music) 2009 - Varmint (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 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Quintet 2008 - The Year of the Boar (Jazzland)

With David Daniell & Douglas McCombs 2009 - Sycamore (Thrill Jockey) 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 - Unknown Known (RogueArt) 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 2010 - Portrait of Jack Johnson (Imaginary Chicago)

With Jorrit Dijkstra 2010 - Pillow Circles (Clean Feed)

With Marketa Irglova 2011 - Anar (ANTI-)

With Joan Of Arc 2011 - Joan of Arc Present Oh Brother (Joyful Noise Recordings) 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 - Aquarius

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

With Devin Hoff 2013 - The Lost Songs of Lemuria (Self-Released)

With Bradford/Gjerstad 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 Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas 2015 - Automaginary (Drag City)

With Ryley Walker 2015 - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans) 2016 - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung (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)