Joel Frahm

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Joel Frahm
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Frahm in 2013
Background information
Born
Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1988–present

Joel Frahm (born 1970 [note 1] ) is an American jazz saxophonist.

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Early life

Frahm was born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1970. [1] [note 2] He attended the Stephen Bull Fine Arts School, where he began playing the tenor saxophone. [1] At the age of 15 he and his family moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he attended William H. Hall High School. [1] He met pianist Brad Mehldau at school, and the two had weekly gigs locally. [1] "After leaving high school in 1988, Frahm attended Rutgers University for a year before transferring to The Manhattan School of Music, and following graduation with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz Performance he entered Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead workshop." [1]

Frahm lists saxophonists John Coltrane, Stan Getz and Chris Potter as influences. [2]

Later life and career

His debut recording as a leader was Sorry, No Decaf, for Palmetto Records, in 1998. [3] A 2001 recording, Don't Explain , was a series of duets with Mehldau. [3]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

With Omer Avital

With Brad Mehldau

With Adi Meyerson

  • Where We Stand (Independent, 2018) [4]

As invited soloist

With Sant Andreu Jazz Band , Barcelona

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joel Frahm". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Milkowski, Bill (December 2000) "Joel Frahm" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine . JazzTimes.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 503. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ↑ Meyerson, Adi (June 5, 2018). "Where We Stand". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ https://joanchamorro.com/album/jazzing-6-vol-1, https://joanchamorro.com/album/jazzing-6-vol-2
  6. ↑ https://www.tempsrecord.cat/ [ bare URL ]

Notes

  1. ↑ A request to change this to 1969 has been submitted to AllMusic
  2. ↑ A request to change this to 1969 has been submitted to AllMusic

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