Frank Rosolino (August 20 1926 - November 26 1978) was an American jazz trombonist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in a family that included brothers Russell and Gasper, Rosolino studied the guitar with his father starting at age 9. Frank took up the trombone at age 14, and graduated from Miller High School, while playing in the Cass Tech Symphony Orchestra, a fine music program that also produced Donald Byrd. Wikipedia
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Frank Rosolino was born in Detroit on August 20, 1926 and began taking trombone lessons in the eighth grade or about the time he was 14 years of age. Many of the traditional musical hurdles had already been "smoothed" out prior to his introduction to the nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~egtbone/forward.html
Here goes with my attempt on a discography of Frank Rosolino . I don't have time to properly research a biography or to go into the depth that I would like to on recordings, but here goes. I'm hitting CDs as much as possible, but a few of these are avai www.52ndstreet.com/discog/rosolino/
.. Frank Rosolino was among the best-loved men in jazz. One of the finest trombone players in the history of the instrument, he had a superb tone, astonishing facility, a deep Italianate lyricism, and rich invention. Frank was, very simply, a sensation www.trombone-usa.com/rosolino_frank.htm
Frank Rosolino will be remembered and respected throughout the contemporary jazz world for his mastery of the trombone, his uncanny ability to fit and work successfully with a wide range of musical ideas, and perhaps last but not entirely forgotten, his w www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3924
