Nick Rosen
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"“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”"
sherman oaks, California
United States
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| Nick Rosen: General Info
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| Member Since | 1/4/2005 | | Band Website | nickrosenmusic.com (coming soon) | | Band Members | currently in Pre-production for my first album "For People" which will be produced by Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and will feature all new music and some great players. It should be out in early 2009.
The current live group is:
Nick Rosen-bass/vocals/guitar
Dave Wood-guitar
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson-piano
Dexter Story-drums | | Influences | people, Earth, stars | | Sounds Like | whats the point in really even trying to say who we sound like, there are entirely too many genres these days
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| | Record Label | TBA | | Type of Label | Major |
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Rosalie and Alva’s gallery, The Chris Dundas group |
san pedro, California |
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Details TBA, Ariana Delawari |
Los Feliz, California |
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The Silverlake Lounge, The Meemies |
silverlake, California |
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The Temple Bar, The Meemies |
santa monica, California |
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Mantua Festival, Build an Ark |
Dublin |
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start tour in France, trio w/ Antoine Salem and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson |
Poitou-Charentes |
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end tour in France, trio w/ Antoine Salem and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson |
Rhône-Alpes |
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Barnsdall Art Theater, The Arthur Blythe quintet |
los angeles, California |
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Barnsdall Art Theater, The Nick Rosen Group |
los angeles, California |
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Pehrspace, The Meemies |
los angeles, California |
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| About Nick Rosen |
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Nick Rosen is a freelance bassist/composer/improviser that resides in Sherman Oaks, CA. In 2002, Nick played a role in helping jazz legend Henry Grimes back onto the jazz scene after a 35 year break; he was a student of Mr. Grimes and also played in a band with him that featured Nels Cline (of Wilco), Vinny Golia, and Bobby Bradford. Nick has been featured in many major publications, including: the LA Times front page, The Hollywood Reporter, Jazz Times, the LA Weekly, and Vanity Fair. Nick was a featured soloist at the 2003 vision festival in New York City playing with bassist William Parkers big band (Henry also played bass at this concert, this being the first time that he had played in NY in over 30 years).
Currently Nick leads his own group, the Nick Rosen Ensemble, that plays all original compositions and arrangements; he also plays with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, The Arthur Blythe Group, Lion of Panjshir, Judy Valencerina, Antoine Salem, The Meemies and Adam Rudolphs Organic Orchestra. He also currently collaborates with poet/writer Chris Abani; they are currently working on a full-length album. Nick’s tune "In her Smile" will be released internationally in September 2007 on the new Build an Ark record entitled "Dawn", on this record he is also featured on tunes with Big Black and Ralph "Buzzy" Jones. Other than Build an Ark, Nick plays in several other projects led by producer Carlos Nino which include the Life Force trio and Ammon Contact. Carlos Nino is also one of the co-producers along with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Nick for Nick's first full length album entitled "For People" that should be available by late 2008 and will feature all new compositions by Nick.
Nick has performed world premieres by Gavin Bryars and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and he played in a US premiere by Busotti. In March, 2007 Nick was invited to perform with legendary cellist Rohan de Saram playing a Xennaxis piece that was written for Mr. Saram. Nick has recorded with Ndugu Chancelor, Big Black, X-Ray Dog music, DOP, Charlie Hilton, Kim Richmond, and has performed with Billy Bang, Joe LaBarbera, The Chris Walden Big Band, Bennie Maupin, Bobby Bradford, Sherman Ferguson, Ches Smith, Azar Lawrence, Sonship Theus, Adam Benjamin, and Jim Keltner. He holds a Bachelors Degree from California Institute of the Arts.
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