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'''Frank Rosolino''' (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American ] ]. '''Frank Rosolino''' (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American ] ].<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|pages=373/4}}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Rosolino was born in ], ], United States,<ref name="Larkin50"/> He performed with the ]s of ], ],<ref name="Larkin50"/> ], ], ], and ]. After a period with Kenton he settled in Los Angeles, where he performed with ]'s Lighthouse All-Stars (1954–1960) in Hermosa Beach.<ref>"Frank Rosolino: Biography" </ref>
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Frank Rosolino studied the guitar with his father from the age of 9. He took up the trombone at age 14 while he was enrolled at Miller High School, where he played with ] in the school's stage band and small group. He did not graduate. He joined the 86th Division Army Band during ].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}


Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, between nightclub engagements, Rosolino was active in many Los Angeles recording studios where he performed with such notables as ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. In the mid-to-late 1960s he and fellow trombonist Mike Barone, billed as "Trombones Unlimited," recorded for Liberty Records several albums of pop-style arrangements of current hits, such as the 1968 album ''Grazing in the Grass.'' He can also be seen performing with ]'s group in the film '']'' (1958) starring ], and also in '']'' (1957) with ] and ]. He was a regular on '']'' and a guest artist on '']'' and '']''. Rosolino was a talented vocalist, renowned for his wild form of ], notably on ]'s hit record, "Lemon Drop".<ref name="Larkin50"/>
Following his time in the Army, he returned home to Detroit. He performed in the Mirror Ballroom or the Bluebird with other musicians, such as ], ], ], and the Jones brothers, ], ], and ]). He played with ] in the 3 Deuces on ] in New York City.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}


During the 1970s, Rosolino performed and toured with Quincy Jones and the ] winning group ].<ref name="Larkin50"/>
During these years Rosolino was also performing with the ]s of ], ], ], ], ], and ]. After a period with Kenton he settled in Los Angeles, where he performed with ]'s Lighthouse All-Stars (1954–1960) in Hermosa Beach.<ref>"Frank Rosolino: Biography" </ref>


Rosolino's private life was deeply troubled. On November 26, 1978, Rosolino shot both of his sons, 11 year old Justin, and 7 year old Jason, as they slept. Justin died instantly; Jason survived, but was blinded.<ref name="Larkin50"/> Rosolino fatally shot himself in the head immediately after shooting his sons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Meet Me at Jim & Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World|url=https://archive.org/details/meetmeatjimandys00lees|url-access=registration|last=Lees|first=Gene|date=1988|publisher=]|isbn=0195046110|pages=}}<!--| access-date = 2015-07-19--></ref><ref>{{cite web
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, between nightclub engagements, Rosolino was active in many Los Angeles recording studios where he performed with such notables as ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. In the mid-to-late 1960s he and fellow trombonist Mike Barone, billed as "Trombones Unlimited," recorded for Liberty Records several albums of pop-style arrangements of current hits, such as the 1968 album "Grazing in the Grass." He can also be seen performing with ]'s group in the film '']'' (1958) starring ], and also in '']'' (1957) with ] and ]. He was a regular on '']'' and a guest artist on '']'' and '']''. Rosolino was a talented vocalist, renowned for his wild form of ]. He recorded one vocal album, '']'', featuring both his singing and trombone playing. He can also be seen performing in the half-hour syndicated program '']'', hosted by ]{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

It was during the 1970s that Rosolino performed and toured with Quincy Jones and the Grammy Award winning group ].

Rosolino's private life was highly troubled. On November 26, 1978, Rosolino shot both of his sons as they slept. One died instantly; the other survived, but was blinded. Rosolino shot himself in the head immediately after shooting his sons and died.<ref>{{cite book|title=Meet Me at Jim & Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World|last=Lees|first=Gene|date=1988|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0195046110|pages=115–119}}<!--| accessdate = 2015-07-19--></ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://jazztimes.com/articles/18822-the-last-recording-frank-rosolino | url = http://jazztimes.com/articles/18822-the-last-recording-frank-rosolino
| title = Frank Rosolino The Last Recording | title = Frank Rosolino The Last Recording
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| author = Owen Cordle | author = Owen Cordle
| date = May 2007 | date = May 2007
| accessdate = 2016-09-22 | access-date = 2016-09-22
}}</ref> }}</ref>


==Discography== ==Discography==
{{div col}}
=== As leader ===
* ''Frank Rosolino'' (], 1954)
* ''Frankly Speaking'' (Capitol, 1955)
* ''I Play Trombone'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ''Frank Rosolino Quintet'' (Mode, 1957)
* ''Turn Me Loose!'' (Reprise, 1961)
* ''Jazz a Confronto 4'' (Horo, 1973)
* ''Conversation'' with Conte Candoli (RCA Victor, 1976)
* ''Just Friends'' with Conte Candoli (MPS, 1977)


'''Posthumous releases'''
===As Leader===
* ''The Frank Rosolino Sextet'' (Affinity, 1954 – AFF61, LP only) * ''Thinking About You'' (Sackville, 1984) – rec. 1976
* ''Free for All'' (], 1986) – rec. 1958
* ''Frank Rosolino - Kenton Presents Jazz'' (Capitol; 1954, 1956 LP)
* ''The Last Recording'' (Sea Breeze, 2006) – rec. 1978
* ''Frankly Speaking! - Kenton Presents Jazz'' (Capitol, 1955 LP)
* ''I Play Trombone'', (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ''Frank Rosolino Quintet'' (Mode Records, 1957)
* ''Free for All'' (], 1958 SP-2161, OJCCD 1763-2)
* ''Turn Me Loose'' (Reprise, 1961)
* ''Fond Memories of Frank'', (], 1996)
* ''Thinking About You'' (Sackville, 1976)
* ''Conversation'' (RCA, 1974; CD re-issue 2009)
* ''Trombone Heaven (Live in Vancouver)'' (1978)
* ''Frank Talks'' (1998)
* ''Complete Recordings of the Frank Rosolino Quartet featuring Sonny Clark'' (2005)
* ''Last Recording'' (Sea Breeze Jazz, 2006)
* ''Let's Make It – Frank Rosolino Quintet'' (2008)


===As a sideman=== === As sideman ===
'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (], 1955) * '']'' (EmArcy/Mercury, 1956)
* ''The Georgie Auld Quintet Plays the Winners'' (Philips, 1963)
'''With ]'''

*'']'' (], 1956)
'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
* ''Max Bennett'' (Bethlehem, 1955)
*'']'' (], 1956)
* ''Max Bennett Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1956)

'''With ]'''
* ''Blue Flame'' (MPS/BASF 1976)
* ''Red Hot'' (MPS, 1977)
* ''White Heat'' (MPS, 1978)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (Verve, 1957) * '']'' (Verve, 1957)
* ''Swingin' Standards'' (World Pacific, 1959)
'''With ]'''

*''Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan - Double or Nothin' (Fresh Sound, 1992)
'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (], 1958) * '']'' (Contemporary, 1958)
*'']'' (United Artists, 1959) * '']'' (United Artists, 1959)

'''With ]'''
*'']'' (Specialty, 1958)
'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
* ''Fair and Warmer!'' (Capitol, 1957)
*'']'' (], 1977)
* ''June's Got Rhythm'' (Capitol, 1958)
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (Contemporary, 1958) * ''June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days'' (Capitol, 1959)
* ''Do-Re-Mi'' (Capitol, 1961)
'''With ]'''
* ''Big Band Specials'' (Capitol, 1962)
*'']'' (], 1976)
* '']'' (Interplay, 1977)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (Mode, 1957) * ''Vic Feldman on Vibes''(Mode, 1957)
*'']'' (Contemporary, 1960) * ''Latinsville!'' (Contemporary, 1964)

'''With ]'''
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (], 1962)
* ''Launching a New Band'' (Mercury, 1959)
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (Columbia, 1977) * ''The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band'' (Verve, 1961)
* ''Explosion!'' (Mercury, 1962)

'''With ]'''
* '']'' (], 1967)
* '']'' (Lee Mendelson Film Productions, 1969)

'''With ]'''
* ''In a Jazz Orbit'' (Andex, 1958)
* ''Bill Holman's Great Big Band'' (Capitol, 1960)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
* '']'' (Prophesy, 1972) * '']'' (Prophesy, 1972)
* ''Body Heat'' (A&M, 1974)
* ''Mellow Madness'' (A&M, 1975)
* ''I Heard That!!'' (A&M, 1976)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (Capitol Jazz, 1952 CDP 7 92865 2) * '']'' (Capitol, 1953)
*'']'' (], 1953) * '']'' (Capitol, 1953)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1953) * '']'' (Capitol, 1953)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1953) * '']'' (Capitol, 1953)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1953) * '']'' (Capitol, 1953)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1954) * '']'' (Capitol, 1954)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1940–54, ) * '']'' (Capitol, 1955)

'''With ]'''
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (Contemporary, 1957 )
* ''Drummin' Man'' (Columbia, 1963)
'''With ]'''
* ''1949'' (Alamac, 1974)
*'']'' (], 1958)

''' With ]'''
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (Capitol, 1964)
*'']'' (Capitol, 1965) * ''This Time the Drum's On Me'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ''Grand Stan'' (Bethlehem, 1957)
'''With ]'''

*'']'' (United Artists, 1958)
;With ] '''With ]'''
*'']'' (Verve, 1959) * '']'' (Capitol, 1964)
* '']'' (Capitol, 1965)

'''With ]'''
* ''Mariano'' (Bethlehem, 1955)
* ''Charlie Mariano Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1956)

'''With ]'''
* ''Scheherajazz'' (Pye/Golden Guinea 1959)
* ''Songs and Sounds from the Era of the Untouchables'' (Somerset 1960)
* ''Perspectives in Percussion Vol. 1'' (Somerset/Stereo-Fidelity, 1961)
* ''Perspectives in Percussion Vol. 2'' (Somerset/Stereo-Fidelity, 1961)

'''With ]'''
* ''The Jazz Combo from I Want to Live!'' (United Artists, 1958)
* ''Nightwatch'' (United Artists, 1961)

'''With ]'''
* '']'' (Verve, 1959)
* ''Trav'lin' Light'' (Verve, 1961)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (], 1957) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1959) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
*'']'' (MGM, 1960) * '']'' (MGM, 1960)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1960) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1961 ) * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1997)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (EmArcy, 1956) * '']'' (EmArcy, 1956)
*'']'' (EmArcy, 1956) * '']'' (EmArcy, 1957)
*'']'' (Mercury 1956 ) * '']'' (Mercury, 1958)
*'']'' (EmArcy, 1957) * '']'' (EmArcy, 1958)
*'']'' (EmArcy, 1958) * '']'' (EmArcy, 1958)
*'']'' (EmArcy, 1959) * '']'' (EmArcy, 1959)
*'']'' (Warner Bros., 1960) * '']'' (Warner Bros., 1960)
*'']'' (Mercury, 1960) * '']'' (Mercury, 1961)
*'']'' (Time, 1961) * '']'' (Time, 1961)

'''With ]'''
'''With ]'s Lighthouse All-Stars'''
*'']'' (], 1972)
* ''Vol. 6'' (Contemporary, 1955)
* ''Lighthouse at Laguna'' (Contemporary, 1956)
* ''Volume Three'' (Contemporary, 1956)
* ''Music for Lighthousekeeping'' (Contemporary, 1957)
* ''Double or Nothin' '' (Liberty, 1957)
* ''In the Solo Spotlight!'' (Contemporary, 1957)
* ''Jazz Rolls Royce'' (Lighthouse, 1958)
* ''Jazz Structures'' (Philips, 1961)

'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (], 1964) * '']'' (Colpix, 1965)
*'']'' (RCA Victor, 1965) with ] * '']'' (RCA Victor, 1965)

'''With ]'''
'''With ]'''
*'']'' (World Pacific, 1966)
'''With ]''' * '']'' (Blue Note, 1975)
*'']'' (Blue Note, 1975) * '']'' (Blue Note, 1976)

*'']'' (Blue Note, 1976)
'''With ]''' '''With ]'''
*'']'' (Pablo, 1977) * ''Zoot Sims'' (Vogue, 1973)
'''With ]''' * '']'' (Pablo, 1977)
*'']'' (Verve Records, 1959)
*'']'' (], 1977)
;Other albums
* ''Zoot SIMS & Frank ROSOLINO'' (Vogue VG 655622), 1953
* Stan Levey ''Stanley the Steamer'' (] BCP 1017, Affinity CD AFF 768) 1954–55
* Stan Levey ''This Time the Drums On Me'' (LP) Bethlehem BCP-37 US 1955
* Howard Roberts Quartet ''Something's Cookin' ''(Capitol/EMI ST 2241), 1965
* Trombones Unlimited, ''These Bones Are Made for Walkin''' (] LST-3449) 1966
* Trombones Unlimited, ''Holiday for Trombones'' (] LST-7527) 1966
* Trombones Unlimited, ''One of Those Songs'' (] LST-7549 ) 1968
* Trombones Unlimited, ''Grazing in the Grass'' (] LST-7591) 1968
* ''Tutti's Trombones'' (Bainbridge – BCD2049), 1970
* ''June Christy'' 1977 (Storyville/ STCD 4168) 1977
* ''First Flight'' Don Menza with Alan Broadbent, Frank Strazzeri and others, 1977
* ''Supersax''
* ''Conversation'' (RCA TPL1-1509 ), 1973
* ''Trombomania!'' (Affinity CD AFF 761) , 1956
* Buddy Rich ''This One's for Basie'' (] MGN-1086/Verve 817 788-2) 1956
* Helen Humes '']'' (Contemporary S-7571/OJCCD-453-2) 1959
* Mel Tormé ''Tormé'' (Verve 823 010-2)
* Mel Tormé ''Swings Shubert Alley'' (Verve – 821 581-2)
* Mel Tormé ''The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks'' (Verve 823 248-2)


'''With ]'''
;On DVD
* ''Jazz Scene USA'' (Hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr.) 1962 * ''For Those Who Think Young'' (Warner Bros., 1962)
* ''The Voice of the Sixties!'' (Warner Bros., 1961)

'''With ]'''
* '']'' (Verve, 1959)
* '']'' (Catalyst, 1977)

'''With ]'''
* ''Taurus'' (Revelation, 1973)
* ''Frames'' (Glendale, 1975)

'''With ]'''
* ''Supersax Plays Bird with Strings'' (Capitol, 1975)
* ''Chasin' the Bird'' (MPS, 1977)
* ''Dynamite!!'' (MPS, 1979)

'''With ]'''
* ''Swings Shubert Alley'' (Verve, 1960)
* ''I Dig the Duke/I Dig the Count'' (Verve, 1962)
* ''A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde'' (Liberty, 1968)

'''With others'''
* ], ''Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz'' (Dot, 1963)
* ], '']'' (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
* ], ''Mr. Easy'' (RCA, 1960)
* ], ''Louie Rides Again!'' (Percussion Power 1974)
* ], ''Nobody Else But Me'' (Atlantic, 1955)
* ], '']'' (], 1956)
* ], ''The Jazz Soul of Doctor Kildare'' (Choreo, 1962)
* ], ''Brass Fever'' (Impulse!, 1975)
* ], ''Jazz Song Book'' (Coral, 1960)
* ], ''Camarata Featuring Tutti's Trombones'' (Coliseum, 1966)
* ], ''Percussion in a Tribute to Henry Mancini'' (Kimberly, 1961)
* ], ''I'm Easy'' (Asylum, 1976)
* ], ''At the Club'' (Philips, 1966)
* ], '']'' (Specialty, 1960)
* ], '']'' (Contemporary, 1958)
* ], ''Hot Rod Rumble'' (Liberty, 1957)
* ], '']'' (], 1977)
* ], ''Jackie Davis Meets the Trombones'' (Capitol, 1959)
* ], ''Frances Faye in Frenzy'' (Verve, 1961)
* ], ''Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones'' (Capitol, 1955)
* ], ''Dino'' (Epic, 1957)
* ], J. J. Johnson, Frank Wess, ''The Trombone Album'' (Savoy, 1980)
* ], ''Four Horns and a Lush Life'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ], '']'' (Limelight, 1965)
* ], '']'' (Columbia, 1977)
* ], ''Sweet Smell of Success'' (MCA, 1973)
* ], ''The Yard Went On Forever'' (Dunhill, 1968)
* ], ''Jazz Suite On the Mass Texts'' (RCA Victor, 1965)
* ], ''Helen Humes'' (Contemporary, 1960)
* ], ''Free and Easy!'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958)
* ] & Bill Holman, ''Jazz Erotica'' (HiFi, 1957)
* ], '']'' (Contemporary, 1962)
* ], ''Let's Love'' (Atlantic, 1974)
* ], '']'' (], 1958)
* ], ''Marching in the Street'' (Arista, 1975)
* ], ''Homecooking'' (Elektra, 1976)
* ], ''First Flight'' (Catalyst, 1977)
* ], '']'' (Capitol, 1960)
* ], ''Live from Beautiful Downtown Burbank'' (Direct-Disk, 1978)
* ], ''Zounds!'' (Contemporary, 1958)
* ], ''Ranier'' (Warner Bros., 1976)
* ], ''This One's for Basie'' (Norgran, 1956)
* ], ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ], ''First Course'' (Epic, 1976)
* ] and ], ''Drummin' the Blues'' (Liberty, 1958)
* ], ''Something's Cookin' '' (Capitol, 1965)
* ], '']'' (Blue Note, 1972)
* ], '']'' (World Pacific, 1966)
* ], ''Mad About the Boy'' (Inner City, 1980)
* ], ''Puttin' in Time On Planet Earth'' (Blue Thumb, 1973)
* ], ''Ring-a-Ding Ding!'' (Reprise, 1961)
* ], ''Huracan'' (Crystal Clear, 1978)
* ], ''Back to Oakland'' (Warner Bros., 1974)
* ], ''Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
* ], ''Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Michel Legrand'' (Mainstream, 1973)
* ], ''Encounter with Time'' (Discovery, 1977)
* ], ''With Love'' (Temponic, 1972)
{{div col end}}


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American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)

Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino (middle) at the Village Lounge, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, in 1978Frank Rosolino (middle) at the Village Lounge, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, in 1978
Background information
Born(1926-08-20)August 20, 1926
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedNovember 26, 1978(1978-11-26) (aged 52)
Van Nuys, California
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrombone
Years active1945 - 1978
Musical artist

Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist.

Biography

Rosolino was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, He performed with the big bands of Bob Chester, Glen Gray, Tony Pastor, Herbie Fields, Gene Krupa, and Stan Kenton. After a period with Kenton he settled in Los Angeles, where he performed with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars (1954–1960) in Hermosa Beach.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, between nightclub engagements, Rosolino was active in many Los Angeles recording studios where he performed with such notables as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Michel Legrand, and Quincy Jones. In the mid-to-late 1960s he and fellow trombonist Mike Barone, billed as "Trombones Unlimited," recorded for Liberty Records several albums of pop-style arrangements of current hits, such as the 1968 album Grazing in the Grass. He can also be seen performing with Shelly Manne's group in the film I Want to Live! (1958) starring Susan Hayward, and also in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. He was a regular on The Steve Allen Show and a guest artist on The Tonight Show and The Merv Griffin Show. Rosolino was a talented vocalist, renowned for his wild form of scat-singing, notably on Gene Krupa's hit record, "Lemon Drop".

During the 1970s, Rosolino performed and toured with Quincy Jones and the Grammy Award winning group Supersax.

Rosolino's private life was deeply troubled. On November 26, 1978, Rosolino shot both of his sons, 11 year old Justin, and 7 year old Jason, as they slept. Justin died instantly; Jason survived, but was blinded. Rosolino fatally shot himself in the head immediately after shooting his sons.

Discography

As leader

  • Frank Rosolino (Capitol, 1954)
  • Frankly Speaking (Capitol, 1955)
  • I Play Trombone (Bethlehem, 1956)
  • Frank Rosolino Quintet (Mode, 1957)
  • Turn Me Loose! (Reprise, 1961)
  • Jazz a Confronto 4 (Horo, 1973)
  • Conversation with Conte Candoli (RCA Victor, 1976)
  • Just Friends with Conte Candoli (MPS, 1977)

Posthumous releases

  • Thinking About You (Sackville, 1984) – rec. 1976
  • Free for All (Speciality, 1986) – rec. 1958
  • The Last Recording (Sea Breeze, 2006) – rec. 1978

As sideman

With Georgie Auld

With Max Bennett

  • Max Bennett (Bethlehem, 1955)
  • Max Bennett Plays (Bethlehem, 1956)

With Francy Boland

  • Blue Flame (MPS/BASF 1976)
  • Red Hot (MPS, 1977)
  • White Heat (MPS, 1978)

With Buddy Bregman

With Benny Carter

With June Christy

  • Fair and Warmer! (Capitol, 1957)
  • June's Got Rhythm (Capitol, 1958)
  • June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days (Capitol, 1959)
  • Do-Re-Mi (Capitol, 1961)
  • Big Band Specials (Capitol, 1962)
  • Impromptu (Interplay, 1977)

With Victor Feldman

  • Vic Feldman on Vibes(Mode, 1957)
  • Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1964)

With Terry Gibbs

  • Launching a New Band (Mercury, 1959)
  • The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band (Verve, 1961)
  • Explosion! (Mercury, 1962)

With Vince Guaraldi

With Bill Holman

  • In a Jazz Orbit (Andex, 1958)
  • Bill Holman's Great Big Band (Capitol, 1960)

With Quincy Jones

  • The Hot Rock OST (Prophesy, 1972)
  • Body Heat (A&M, 1974)
  • Mellow Madness (A&M, 1975)
  • I Heard That!! (A&M, 1976)

With Stan Kenton

With Gene Krupa

  • Drummin' Man (Columbia, 1963)
  • 1949 (Alamac, 1974)

With Stan Levey

  • This Time the Drum's On Me (Bethlehem, 1956)
  • Grand Stan (Bethlehem, 1957)

With Shelly Manne

With Charlie Mariano

  • Mariano (Bethlehem, 1955)
  • Charlie Mariano Plays (Bethlehem, 1956)

With Skip Martin

  • Scheherajazz (Pye/Golden Guinea 1959)
  • Songs and Sounds from the Era of the Untouchables (Somerset 1960)
  • Perspectives in Percussion Vol. 1 (Somerset/Stereo-Fidelity, 1961)
  • Perspectives in Percussion Vol. 2 (Somerset/Stereo-Fidelity, 1961)

With Gerry Mulligan

  • The Jazz Combo from I Want to Live! (United Artists, 1958)
  • Nightwatch (United Artists, 1961)

With Anita O'Day

  • Cool Heat (Verve, 1959)
  • Trav'lin' Light (Verve, 1961)

With Shorty Rogers

With Pete Rugolo

With Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars

  • Vol. 6 (Contemporary, 1955)
  • Lighthouse at Laguna (Contemporary, 1956)
  • Volume Three (Contemporary, 1956)
  • Music for Lighthousekeeping (Contemporary, 1957)
  • Double or Nothin' (Liberty, 1957)
  • In the Solo Spotlight! (Contemporary, 1957)
  • Jazz Rolls Royce (Lighthouse, 1958)
  • Jazz Structures (Philips, 1961)

With Lalo Schifrin

With Horace Silver

With Zoot Sims

With Joanie Sommers

  • For Those Who Think Young (Warner Bros., 1962)
  • The Voice of the Sixties! (Warner Bros., 1961)

With Sonny Stitt

With Frank Strazzeri

  • Taurus (Revelation, 1973)
  • Frames (Glendale, 1975)

With Supersax

  • Supersax Plays Bird with Strings (Capitol, 1975)
  • Chasin' the Bird (MPS, 1977)
  • Dynamite!! (MPS, 1979)

With Mel Torme

  • Swings Shubert Alley (Verve, 1960)
  • I Dig the Duke/I Dig the Count (Verve, 1962)
  • A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (Liberty, 1968)

With others

References

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 373/4. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
  2. "Frank Rosolino: Biography" AllMusic.
  3. Lees, Gene (1988). Meet Me at Jim & Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World. Oxford University Press. pp. 115–119. ISBN 0195046110.
  4. Owen Cordle (May 2007). "Frank Rosolino The Last Recording". Jazz Times. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

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