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
Frank Rosaly was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1974. His mother Carmen was a secretary, his father Francisco was an accountant. He has one sister Frances who is a teacher. Frank graduated from Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona in 1992. He subsequently 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 to 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 to 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:- 2005 - One and Two
- 2006 - Solo
- 2008 - Puerto Rico
- 2009 - Milkwork
- 2010 - Live at Experimental Sound Studio 05/30/10
- 2012 - Centering and Displacement
- 2013 - Cicada Music
- 2013 - Viscous
- 2015 - Malo
- 2016 - Neolithic Extraction - The Malo Remixes
- 1999 - Live Somewhere We Used to Know
- 1999 - The Full Hookup
- 2003 - Ends Meet
- 2003 - Long Lines
- 2006 - Boombox Babylon
- 2007 - Duo
- 2009 - Cyrillic
- 2011 - Sack
- 2012 - At the Hideout
- 2015 - Resounder
- 2015 - Sticks and Reed
- 2016 - Marshmallow Moon Decorum
- 2016 - Shipwreck 4
- 2016 - Labrys
- 2017 - Twins
- 2017 - ...Don't Buy Him a Parrot...
- 2018 - ICOCI
- 2012 - Where My Dreams Go to Die
- 2012 - Live at Jazzfestival Willisau
- 2014 - A Mothers Work Is Never Done
- 2018 - Morose
- 2018 -''All Ellington''
As sideman
;With Northern Arizona University Jazz Ensemble- 1993 - The Year of the Cow
- 1994 - Herding Cats
- 1996 - Vintage Year
- 2001 - Sphinx
- 2003 - The City
- 2004 - Chicago 2004
- 2005 - Mandarin Movie
- 2005 - Circular Logic
- 2006 - Rip Tear Crunch
- 2007 - Hunter-Gatherers
- 2009 - The Disappointment of Parsley
- 2011 - Montreal Parade
- 2013 - Phalanx
- 2015 - Cash and Carry
- 2017 - Cochonnerie
- 2005 - Sweet Is the Anchor
- 2009 - I Will Miss the Trumpets and the Drums
- 2011 - Live at Simon's
- 2014 - Funeral Bonsai Wedding
- 2005 - Decidedly Against Going
- 2005 - Nervous Center
- 2006 - Nocturns
- 2006 - Ready Everyday
- 2009 - Two Cities
- 2012 - Gather
- 2008 - The Chicago Project
- 2007 - Terminal Valentine
- 2007 - Just Like This
- 2007 - Folk Forms Evaporate Big Sky
- 2007 - Kentucky Princess
;With The Flatlands Collective
- 2008 - Maatjes
- 2008 - The Gift Economy
- 2015 - The Gravity of Our Commitment
- 2008 - Free Coffee at the Banks/Push My Heavy
- 2008 - The Year of the Boar
- 2009 - Sycamore
- 2012 - Versions
- 2009 - At the Hideout
- 2009 - At Elastic Arts
- 2009 - Get in to Go Out
- 2009 - 2009
- 2010 - Melaza
- 2011 - Made in Norway
- 2010 - Natural Information
- 2013 - Unknown Known
- 2014 - Represencing
- 2010 - Aviary
- 2010 - This Is Only a Test: Live At The Hungry Brain
- 2015 - Ultraviolet
- 2018 - Counterbalance
- 2010 - Portrait of Jack Johnson
- 2010 - Pillow Circles
- 2011 - Anar
- 2011 - Joan of Arc Present Oh Brother
- 2011 - Lightbox
- 2011 - The Story This Time
- 2011 - Next Delusion
- 2011 - The Big Lift
- 2012 - Live at Jazzfest Saalfelden
- 2012 - Three:four Split Series Vol. 4
- 2012 - There Now
- 2015 - A Dance and a Hop
- 2013 - For the Unknown
- 2013 - Aquarius
- 2013 - Circuitous
- 2014 - Afterimage
- 2013 - The Lost Songs of Lemuria
- 2014 - Silver Cornet
- 2015 - The Delaware River
- 2014 - The Dragon and the Griffin
- 2015 - The Time Inside a Year
- 2014 - Combination
- 2014 - The Double Trio
- 2015 - Automaginary
- 2015 - Primrose Green
- 2016 - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
- 2015 - Bios 1
- 2016 - Tim Stine Trio
- 2015 - Next Delusion
- 2016 - Hearts & Minds
- 2017 - ''Simultonality''