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Joel Frahm
Joel Frahm
	Frahm in 2013
Background information
Born	Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres	Jazz; Neo-bop; avant-garde jazz;
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone
Years active	1988–present

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

Early life edit

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 edit

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 edit

As leader/co-leader edit

Sorry, No Decaf (Palmetto, 1998)
The Navigator (Palmetto, 2000)
Don't Explain (Palmetto, 2001)
We Used to Dance (Anzic, 2005)
With Bruce Katz, Project A. (Anzic, 2009)
Caminhos Cruzados (Venus, 2010)
Live at Smalls (Smallslive, 2011)
With Pavel Wlosok Trio, Czechmate (New Port Line, 2013)
With Johannes Mössinger, New by Two (Unit, 2017)

As sideman edit

With Omer Avital

New Song (2014)

With Brad Mehldau

Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch, 2019)
Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch, 2020–2021)

As invited soloist edit

With Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Barcelona

Jazzing 6 Vol. 1+2, Temps (2016))^[4]^[5]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Joel Frahm". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ Milkowski, Bill (December 2000) "Joel Frahm". JazzTimes.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
^ https://joanchamorro.com/album/jazzing-6-vol-1, https://joanchamorro.com/album/jazzing-6-vol-2
^ https://www.tempsrecord.cat/