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Frank Vacin

Frank Vacin has been living and working in New York City since 1991. He presently lives with his family in Manhattan . A baritone saxophonist and woodwind doubler Frank also plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, contra alto, bass, alto and soprano clarinet, flute and bassoon. Frank began studying music in preschool and piano at age five. He received his first lessons from his Aunt Nancy Darnall in Alva, Oklahoma. He started clarinet in elementary school and began classical saxophone lessons from Vince Gnojek in high school. Frank Vacin has been blessed to have many great teachers over his lifetime, including Rich Matteson, Hamiet Bluiett, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Owens and many others

What Next?

By Russ Anixter

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: I Saw Her Standing There; Freddie’s Dead; I Walk on Guilded Splinters; Freeway Jam; Shakedown Street; Bird Song; A Remark You Made; Compared to What; No Quarter/Bitches Brew.

Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Next?

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2026

A big band by any other name... Arranger and orchestrator Russ Anixter has chosen to call his 11-piece ensemble the Hippie Big Band. Which is fine, Russ. Whatever works for you. Alas, much of the music on What Next? sounds as though it could have been imported from the mid- 20th century. ...

What Is?

By Russ Anixter

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: What Is Hip?; Dixie Chicken; Free Man in Paris/Freedom Jazz Dance; She Said, She Said; Heaven on Their Minds; Saint Stephen/Turn on Your Love Light; Uncle John’s Band; Hide Away; Into the Mystic; Whipping Post; Green Hornet.