Frank Rosaly

about

Words from All About Jazz: Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amoros b. 5/30/74 Phoenix, AZ) is a Chicago drummer and composer who has been involved in the improvised and experimental music community for 10 years. He has developed a unique approach to creating music and sound with a visceral, energetic stature behind the drums. Frank has become an integral part of the Chicago music scene navigating a fine line between the vibrant improvised, jazz, rock, and experimental communities. He contributes much of his time to performing, composing, as well as organizing musical events, while also touring domestically and internationally on a regular basis. Frank is currently active in 23 musical projects throughout the city of Chicago, as well as ensembles based in New York and Europe. Rosaly also leads his own Quintet, Viscous, featuring Jaimie Branch, Kyle Bruckmann, James Falzone and Kevin Davis, as well as his clarinet sextet, Cicada Music. Some of the groups he is involved with as a sideman include Matana Roberts Chicago Project, Nels Cline/Jeff Parker Quartet, Rob Mazurek’s Mandarin Movie, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Rempis/Rosaly Duo, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten Quintet, Josh Abrams’ Remindring, Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Valentine Trio, The Fast Citizens, Keefe Jackson's Project Project, The Josh Berman Quartet, The Jeb Bishop Trio, Jason Adasievicz’s Rolldown, Jorrit Dijkstra’s Flatlands Collective & Pillow Circles, Chicago Lucern Exchange, Toby Summerfield’s Never Enough Hop

top songs

albums

Milkwork

Cicada Music

Neolithic Extraction – The Malo Remixes

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The Wire - Below The Radar Vol 10

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Malo

Centering and Displacement

Frank Rosaly's Todos de Pie

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Frank Rosaly's Viscous

Viscous

Le Petit Verdon, Swiss Tower, True Value, 5.10a

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Cicada Music (feat. Jason Adasiewicz, Keefe Jackson, Jason Roebke & Jason Stein)

Center and Displacement

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