Dan Rose

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Daniel T. "Dan" Rose (born November 6, 1947 in Elmira (New York) ) is an American modern jazz musician ( guitar , also composition ).

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Rose received music lessons on the piano from the age of four ; then came the drum. In 1965 he switched to guitar and moved to New York City. In the late 1960s he lived in San Francisco, where he studied with John Reible and Jerry Hahn . In 1973 he became a member of Paul Bley's band , with whom he also toured and recorded. There he worked intensively on compositions by Carla Bley and Annette Peacock . During the 1970s he was active in the New York loft scene ; For four years organized the concerts of the organization Free Life Communications (around David Liebman and Richie Beirach ), where he also appeared. There he worked with musicians such as Marty Cook , Monty Waters , Perry Robinson , Mark Whitecage , Badal Roy , Jay Clayton , Keshavan Maslak and Wilbur Little . He also made ballet music before presenting his first album in 1979. In the same year he went to Europe for two years, where he performed in jazz clubs . Since 1981 he worked again in New York. Between 1993 and 1994 he lived in Paris and also performed at European jazz festivals. From 1996 to 2001 he worked for Max Roach as a music producer and sound engineer; he also organized Jazz at Jennings in Bridgehampton until 2008 .

As a composer or performing musician, he was involved in the film scores for How to Draw a Bunny , Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins , Ghost of Girlfriends Past and Valentine's Day . He also played with Jean-Jacques Avenel , Marc Johnson , Billy Hart , Thomas Chapin , Arthur Blythe , Rashied Ali , David Eyges , Bruce Ditmas , Tom Malone, Danny Gottlieb , Mark Egan , Tony Perry, Connie Crothers and John Abercrombie .

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  1. Jazz Weekly Radio Chart