Jay Rosen (drummer)

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Jay Rosen
Born (1961-11-20) November 20, 1961 (age 59)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums
Labels CIMP, Cadence Jazz
Associated actsTrio X, Cosmosomatics
Website jay-rosen.com

Jay Rosen (born November 20, 1961 [1] [2] ) is an American jazz drummer. He is a member of Trio X with Joe McPhee and Dominic Duval and performs in Cosmosomatics with Sonny Simmons.

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Career

At age 10, Rosen became interested in jazz drumming after seeing Tony Williams perform with Sonny Rollins. [1] He took lessons from Tracy Alexander, son of Mousey Alexander (with an occasional lesson from the elder Alexander). [1] Later, he would study briefly with Barry Altschul. [1]

Around age 18, Rosen became a professional musician. He worked at studios, weddings, and cocktail lounges in rock, rhythm and blues, country, jazz, and Brazilian music. [1] His recording career in improvised music began in the mid-1990s, when he recorded Split Personality (GM Records) with Mark Whitecage and Dominic Duval. [1] He began an association with the CIMP label in 1996, [1] and has also recorded for Cadence). [3] [4] Todd Jenkins describes Rosen and Duval as the "house rhythm section" for CIMP, given the number of recordings on which they have appeared. [5] :231

Since 1998, Rosen has performed with Joe McPhee and Dominic Duval in Trio X. [5] :360 [6] In 2000, he joined Cosmosomatics, a quartet with saxophonists Sonny Simmons and Michael Marcus and bassist William Parker. [7] :114

Rosen describes himself as "a musician who plays percussion" rather than "'just a drummer.'" [1] He uses a set of small cymbals that he approaches "like a string player, or a reed player," and his drum kit includes objects such as a boat propeller and a set of organ pipes that he activates with foot-driven bellows. [1] Although Rosen is associated with free improvisation, he questions whether the music he plays is "free:"

"While 'free music' indicates that you're free to play whatever you want to play and you're not following chord progressions, and there's no time, there's no this, no that...The way I've been playing free music, with my constituents, doesn't really follow those guidelines. When we play, it's very well put together, in actuality. We're not just blowing to blow; there's listening going on, there's concerted effort at construction and organization, at putting things together — at minute levels — that hardly go on in 'free music' anymore." [1]

Discography

As leader or co-leader

With The Cosmosamatics

With Resonance Impeders

With Trio X

As sideman

With Andrew Cheshire

With Dominic Duval

With John Gunther

With Ivo Perelman

With Mark Whitecage

With others

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nai, Larry (April 2002). "Jay Rosen – Interview". Cadence Magazine . Redwood, NY: Cadnor Ltd. 28 (4): 5–13. ISSN   0162-6973.
  2. ↑ "Jay Rosen - Bio" . Retrieved 2010-08-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Albums Featuring - Jay Rosen". Cimprecords.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "Albums Featuring - Jay Rosen". Cadencejazzrecords.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. 1 2 Jenkins, Todd S. Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia. 2, K–Z. Westport, CT: Greenwood. ISBN   978-0-313-33314-9 . Retrieved April 8, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ Rusch, Robert D. (1998). The Watermelon Suite (CD insert). Trio X. Redwood, NY: CIMP. CIMP 183. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ Jenkins, Todd S. Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia. 1, A–J. Westport, CT: Greenwood. ISBN   978-0-313-29881-3.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Jay Rosen | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ "Jay Rosen | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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