Don't Explain (Joel Frahm album)

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Don't Explain
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Studio album by
Joel Frahm
RecordedDecember 2001
Genre Jazz
Label Palmetto

Don't Explain is an album by jazz saxophonist Joel Frahm.

Contents

Background

Frahm and pianist Brad Mehldau had been friends since the age of 15. [1]

Music and recording

The album was recorded in December 2001. [2] The material consists of "six jazz standards, one familiar Ornette Coleman fixture, one memorable pop classic, and one original composition." [3] "Mehldau, who functions as the entire rhythm section, alternates between being an accompanist, a soloist, and an equal part of the ensembles." [1]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the overall result as "a very beautiful but slightly soporific album." [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. "Don't Explain"
  2. "Get Happy"
  3. "Oleo"
  4. "Round Midnight"
  5. "Mother Nature's Son"
  6. "East of the Sun"
  7. "Turnaround"
  8. "Away from Home"
  9. "Smile"
  10. "Round Midnight"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott "Joel Frahm – Don't Explain" Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine . AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 503. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ Santella, Jim (January 13, 2004) "Joel Frahm: Don't Explain" Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine . AllAboutJazz.
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