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Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen was born in 1961 in Philadelphia. His family moved to Long Island, N.Y. in 1964. Jay's musical interest took shape from recorded music that was played around the house as well as two aunts and a brother that were all musicians. Musical vibrations affected Jay in deep, profound ways. Jay began music lessons at age eight on guitar and then piano. However, after seeing (and hearing) Tony Williams (with Sonny Rollins) at Carnegie Hall in 1971, Jay switched to the drums exclusively.

Upon hearing Charlie Parker and John Coltrane at the age of 13, Jay decided to pursue jazz as a serious course of study. Jay has studied with Barry Altschul, Kenwood Dennard, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, and Joe Morello among others. Jay has been an active member of the New York jazz scene since 1990. Since then he has been deeply involved in the creative improvised and new music scenes in New York City and beyond.

Jay Rosen has earned a considerable reputation as a first-rate drummer, lending his talents to diverse musical projects. He has performed throughout Europe, Canada and the U.S. and/or recorded with

Dr. Lonnie Smith
Mark Whitecage
Perry Robinson
Paul Smoker
Herb Robertson
James Carter
Anthony Braxton
Dave Taylor
Michael Marcus
Jaco Pastorius
Ivo Perelman
Steve Swell
Kenny Werner
Michael Bisio
William Parker
Roy Campbell
Sonny Simmons
Howard Johnson
Mike Stern
Dominic Duval
Joe McPhee
Matt Shipp
Charles Gayle among many others

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Album Review

Kirk Knuffke / Joe McPhee Quartet + 1: Keep The Dream Up

Read "Keep The Dream Up" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Synergy might be the best way to describe the result of this assemblage of musicians. Cornetist Kirk Knuffke and saxophonist Joe McPhee combine their various ensembles to create an effect much greater than the sum of their separate parts. Knuffke has worked extensively with bassist Michael Bisio in duo and trio formats, plus in the bassist's quartet Accortet. Likewise Bisio and McPhee have a lengthy relationship, performing in settings from duos to quintets. Add to the mix drummer Jay Rosen, ...

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Blue Reality Quartet: Blue Reality Quartet!

Read "Blue Reality Quartet!" reviewed by John Sharpe


Back in 2001 when reedman Michael Marcus' trio waxed a disc under the title Blue Reality (Soulnote, 2002), he could scarcely have imagined the circumstances under which he might resurrect the name. As the four masked faces on the cover of Blue Reality Quartet! show, times are sadly very different. Joining Marcus in the studio in November 2020 are and drummer Jay Rosen from the original date, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee and percussionist Warren Smith. A plethora of connections informs the ...

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Brian Groder Trio: Luminous Arcs

Read "Luminous Arcs" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Il sessantasettenne trombettista newyorchese Brian Groder, alla testa di un trio coi fiocchi, confeziona uno di quegli album che rappacificano con la storia del jazz e le sue diramazioni. Solido quanto scevro da ogni banalità o facile aggancio con tracciati troppo battuti, Luminous Arcs, inciso alla fine del 2018 e uscito giusto un anno dopo, è infatti uno di quei lavori capaci di mantenere i piedi saldi per terra, memori di una tradizione che non si fa ...

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Album Review

Jay Rosen: Songs for Samuel

Read "Songs for Samuel" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Dedicated to Jay Rosen's recently deceased father Samuel, this solo date carries an abiding air of necessary solemnity. But as he asserts in his notes, Rosen's wish was to celebrate his father's living rather than lament his passing. The disc's dozen tracks do just that in dynamic fashion, relying on a kit augmented by peripheral devices like a propeller, organ pipes, and xylophone in addition to the usual battery of snare, toms, cymbals, chimes, etc.

Rare for a ...

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Jay Rosen Quartet: Canticles For The New Millennium

Read "Canticles For The New Millennium" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Jay Rosen is rapidly becoming a drummer of choice within New York City’s fertile modern jazz/improv scene. Rosen has been involved on numerous sessions for the C.I.M.P label despite the fact that the liners indicate he is not the house drummer for the label. Yet the artist mans the helm on this recent release titled, Canticles For The New Millennium, featuring West Coast woodwind specialist, bandleader and composer Vinny Golia, trumpeter Paul Smoker and frequent collaborator, saxophonist Mark Whitecage.

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The Ivo Perelman Quartet: Sieiro

Read "Sieiro" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Listening to tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is sort of like watching a heavyweight boxing match. Perelman exudes power and bravado from his horn with all the charisma of a heavyweight champ. From the opening moments of “Sieiro” we hear Perelman blowing furiously, especially in the upper registers of his instrument. On his latest, Sieiro Perelman receives fine support from the venerable New York based modern-free jazz rhythm section of drummer Jay Rosen and bassist Dominic Duval. Along with the excellent ...

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Performance / Tour

Trio X with Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen at Vision Festival

Trio X with Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen at Vision Festival

Source: All About Jazz

Celebrating the art and sculpture of Angel Orensanz A Collaboration between Angel Orensanz Foundation and Arts for Art Bringing together Sound, Sculpture, Movement, Color all within the context of the artwork - projections and sculpture of Angel Orensanz 8:00 Trio X Joe McPhee - sax and trumpet Dominic Duval - bass Jay Rosen - drums 9:30 William Parker Quartet + 2 William Parker - bass Rob ...

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Trio X: Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval Tenth Year Celebration

Trio X: Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval Tenth Year Celebration

Source: All About Jazz


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Trio X: Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval Tenth Year Celebration!

Trio X: Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval Tenth Year Celebration!

Source: All About Jazz


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Drummer Jay Rosen Plays Record Release Solo Concert

Drummer Jay Rosen Plays Record Release Solo Concert

Source: All About Jazz


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Trio X: Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen 1/19/07 @ Clemente Soto Velez

Trio X: Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen 1/19/07 @ Clemente Soto Velez

Source: All About Jazz

Trio X: Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen Tonight, Jan. 19 at 9 pm

at Dance NOW Music

A six day festival featuring culturally and stylistically diverse group of dance artists at different stages in their careers - collaborating with stars of the New York avantJazz.

Place: La Tea @ Clemente Soto Velez - 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor Subway: F to Delancey Street or J,M,Z to Essex Street Cost: $20 per night / $10 students ...

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Trio X European Tour 2006: 10/25 - 11/07 - Joe Mcphee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval

Trio X European Tour 2006: 10/25 - 11/07 - Joe Mcphee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval

Source: All About Jazz

Performances: 25. October Poitiers,F, Club Le Carre Bleu 26. October Poitiers,F, Club Le Carre Bleu 27. October Willisau,CH, Club Foroom 28. October Warszawa,PL, Festival dbl bill with Matthew Shipp Solo 29. October Gdansk,PL, Club ZAK dbl bill with Matthew Shipp Solo http://www.klubzak.com.pl/ 30. October Poznan, PL, Estrada - Scena na Pietrze http:// www.estrada.poznan.pl 31. October Krakow, PL, Club Alchemia http://www.alchemia.com.pl 3. November Amsterdam, NL Bimhuis http:;//www.bimhuis.nl 4. November Wien, A, Porgy & Bess http://www.porgy.at 6. November Budapest,HU, Club A 38 ...

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Trio X: Joe McPhee with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen

Trio X: Joe McPhee with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen

Source: All About Jazz


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Event

Bob Nell w. Jay Rosen & Michael Bisio @ An Die Musik Baltimore - sat july 9

Bob Nell w. Jay Rosen & Michael Bisio @ An Die Musik Baltimore - sat july 9

Source: All About Jazz

AN DIE MUSIK LIVE! 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201 www.AndieMusikLIVE.com (410) 385-2638 SATURDAY, JULY 9@ 8 & 9:30 PM BOB NELL TRIO Bob Nell (piano), Michael Bisio (double bass), Jay Rosen (drums) Tickets $13/$10 seniors and students For nearly twenty-five years, Bob Nell has been recording and performing some of the most enriching piano based compositions of the last two decades. Winner of the prestigious Dewars Profiles Performance Arts Award for Jazz Piano, his work is all about ...

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Music Industry

IVO PERELMAN, TENOR SAXOPHONIST AND UNBRIDLED IMPROVISER, RELEASES TWO NEW ALBUMS -- THE EYE LISTENS, A TRIO DATE, AND THE HAMMER, A SERIES OF DUETS WITH DRUMMER JAY ROSEN

IVO PERELMAN, TENOR SAXOPHONIST AND UNBRIDLED IMPROVISER, RELEASES TWO NEW ALBUMS -- THE EYE LISTENS, A TRIO DATE, AND THE HAMMER, A SERIES OF DUETS WITH DRUMMER JAY ROSEN

Source: All About Jazz

Masterful and daring improviser Ivo Perelman, a musician Bill Milkowski called in Down Beat “one of the most distinctive and imposing tenor sax voices to come along in years," has released two new albums that exemplify the remarkable scope of his powers: The Eye Listens, a trio date on Boxholder Records, and The Hammer from Leo Records, on which he is paired with drummer Jay Rosen.

Joined on The Eye Listens by two other hyper-kinetic improvisers--bassist Wilbur Morris and drummer ...

"Rosen is one of the most accomplished drummers around and his musical acumen is second to none" —All About Jazz(1/06)

"Rosen is an intuitive drummer who adapts his large talent to the moment" —One Final Note (2002)

"Jay Rosen is a drummer's drummer" —All Music Guide (2001)

"Jay Rosen is a critical fixture in creative music" —One Final Note (2001)

"Rosen supports with masterful cymbal work" —Cadence (10/97)

"Rosen has remarkable ears and those who have the opportunity and observe him are inevitably impressed by the appropriateness, intuitiveness, and musicality of his work" —Cadence (6/98)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Keep The Dream Up

Fundacja Słuchaj!
2023

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Blue Reality Quartet!

Mahakala Music
2021

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Luminous Arcs

Latham Records
2019

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Songs for Samuel

CIMP Records
2005

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Sieiro

Leo Records
1999

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