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Joel Frahm: We Used to Dance
by Jim Santella
Working with pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Victor Lewis on a straight-ahead jazz session would be a real treat for anyone. It turns out to be especially fruitful for tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, who delivers this program of standards and originals with an artist's delicate touch. The proud owner of a rich, luxurious ...
Don't Explain
By Joel Frahm
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Don?t Explain; Get Happy; Oleo; Round Midnight #3; Mother Nature?s Son; East of the Sun; Turnaround; Away from Home; Smile; Round Midnight #1.
Don
By Joel Frahm
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Don't Explain, Get Happy, Oleo, Round Midnight #3, Mother Nature's Son, East Of The Sun, Turnaround, Away From Home, Smile, Round Midnight #1.
Joel Frahm's Musical Reunion
by Ed Trefzger
Joel Frahm's Don't Explain is just one of many reunions between the saxophonist and his high school classmate, pianist Brad Mehldau. The recording was a natural next step after the two reunited for two concerts to raise money for the nationally-known music program at their alma mater, William H. Hall High School, in West Hartford, Conn. ...
Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau: Don
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz in small spaces is always provocative: the smaller the band, the greater in intimacy. That is not to say that the solo performance is the most intimate setting for jazz, though. The solo performance is by its very nature dense and narcissistic. While certainly emotional, solitude is not about interaction between musicians, only action and ...
Joel Frahm: Don't Explain
by Jim Santella
Together, Joel Frahm and Brad Mehldau interpret six jazz standards, one familiar Ornette Coleman fixture, one memorable pop classic, and one original composition. Each piece is delivered with a straightforward approach, keeping the central melody in focus while venturing just a bit off the beaten path to express personal feelings about the subject. Frahm moves fluidly ...
Joel Frahm: The Navigator
by Mark Corroto
Joel Frahm’s second disc as leader has all the trappings of a John Coltrane legacy recording. Sure that’s a heavy burden, but one he proves worthy. Like his 1999 disc Sorry, No Decaf, Frahm mines hard-bop with a self-admission (like Coltrane) that he is not comfortable on up-tempo tunes. Fine, grace not speed signifies great art. ...
Joel Frahm: The Navigator
by David Adler
Joel Frahm’s second Palmetto release again features the fabulous pianist David Berkman, who contributed four of the album’s 10 tracks. Scott Colley and Billy Drummond lay down the rhythm on this terrific set, which also includes four of Frahm’s originals, a no-frills “My One and Only Love," and a soul-style tune by Matt Wilson titled “Hymn ...
