Josh Roseman
Trombonist/composer Josh Roseman was born and raised in the Boston metropolitan area. He has been living in New York City since 1990, where he has become a prominent new voice in the improvising musicians' community.
In the mid-1980's the teenaged Roseman began playing throughout the Boston-area club circuit with several popular jazz, soul and reggae bands, doubling on trombone and bass. He attended Berklee while still in high school and later enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music on scholarship, under the guidance of George Garzone, John Swallow and trombonist Gary Valente.
In 1988 a chance recommendation began a long association with World Saxophone Quartet altoist/composer Oliver Lake. Roseman recorded and performed with Lake's ensemble for the first time that year, with a group featuring some of New York's boldest musical persona, including Greg Osby, Frank Lacy, Joe Bowie, Marty Ehrlich, Geri Allen, Michele Rosewoman, John Stubblefield, Fred Hopkins and Pheeroan Aklaff. The experience was persuasive; disenchanted with the isolated environment of the conservatory, Roseman moved to New York in 1990.
It was a fertile time for experimentation in the city. Roseman came to be known for his versatility and sound and he found himself at the center of several energetic improvisational communities. Working with clarinetist Don Byron, Roseman bonded with a dynamic, open-minded group of established players, including drummers Joey Baron and Pheeroan Aklaff, tubist Bob Stewart, violinist Mark Feldman, pianist Uri Caine and the then-unknown trumpeter Dave Douglas. Roseman recorded and performed extensively with these musicians throughout the decade, with groups including Joey Baron's bold trio Baron Down, Caine's award-winning Mahler project, Douglas' celebrated Sextet and Witness projects, and Byron's Mickey Katz, Ellington and Blaxploitation projects. This spate of activity attracted the support of fellow-trombonists Roswell Rudd and Steve Turre, who invited Roseman to join their multi-horn ensembles Broad Strokes and Sanctified Shells, and that of Robin Eubanks, who contracted Roseman to join the Grammy Award-winning Dave Holland Big Band.
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October 26, 2011
Stanford Lively Arts Kicks Off Jazz Series with Josh Roseman Sextet,...
November 14, 2010
Trombonist Josh Roseman Interviewed at All About Jazz
August 10, 2010
Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight
March 02, 2010
Act Local: Josh Roseman at Coco 66
February 05, 2010
Upcoming Josh Roseman East Coast Gigs
October 02, 2009
Josh's King Froopy Allstars AKA Extended Constellations
December 31, 2008
Jan 2009 -- Josh Roseman Announces New 12-Piece Big Band
October 13, 2008
Firehouse 12 to Present Josh Roseman's Execution Quintet October 17th
August 06, 2007
Trombonist / Bandleader Josh Roseman Releases New Constellations on...
January 10, 2005
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