Jazz Articles about Rebecca Coupe Franks

Meet Rebecca Coupe Franks

by Cheryl K.
April 18, 2025

In this hour, an interview with trumpeter and composer Rebecca Coupe Franks. Her release Landscape Suite for Trumpet is available on RCF Records. Franks combines Classical elements and Jazz forms in six movements, all named after nature found in the New Paltz, NY area. Playlist The Reddish Fetish with The Jersey All Stars “Journey into Satchidananda" from Llegue (F&Fl) 6:13 [excerpt] Rebecca Coupe Franks “Lake O" from Landscape Suite for Trumpet (RCF) 6:27 [excerpt] Rebecca Coupe Franks “Wallkill ...

Rebecca Coupe Franks Quartet : San Diego, March 8, 2011

by Robert Bush
March 28, 2011

Rebecca Coupe Franks QuartetSaville Theater, San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, CAMarch 8, 2011 Trumpeter Rebecca Coupe Franks brought her own brand of lyrical mainstream jazz into the Saville Theatre, along with her New York pianist and several Los Angeles colleagues. Franks, who now resides in upstate New York, stopped in San Diego while on a short, west coast tour. The rhythm section had a few dates under its belt and, together with the superb ...

Rebecca Coupe Franks

by Matt Merewitz
September 14, 2004

What can a change of scene do for a musician? First of all, it can change your daily routine; your outlook on things. It can change your feeling of self as part of a greater whole. It can make you humble or arrogant, set you free or box you in - neither the former nor the latter is necessarily better or worse. For a musician, it can inspire you to do different things than you might have done in the ...

Rebecca Coupe Franks: Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson

by Craig W. Hurst
July 7, 2004

Rebecca Coupe Franks Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson Independent 2004

Rebecca Coupe Franks is a California-bred and -based trumpet player. Her newest CD Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson is reflective of years she spent in New York City, and her friendship with, and mentorship from the late master tenor saxophonist, Joe Henderson. Franks’ new recording features ten original tunes written in remembrance of the spirit of Joe Henderson’s personality and his music. ...