October 2010
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Three reviews from AllAboutJazz on Dave Frank's...
”Jazz and New York are like hot dogs and baseball, or peanut butter and jelly. The Big Apple has been the epicenter of so many important movements and moments in jazz, that it’s hard to think of any other place—save perhaps New Orleans—that deserves the honor of being captured in song. Pianist Dave Frank, widely recognized as a premier jazz educator and performer, pays tribute to New...
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Review: Buffalo News on Dave Frank's Portrait Of...
“Scrawl it on the walls the way they used to when Charlie Parker died: Dave McKenna Lives! And in the exact same way that “Bird Lives” was, in its way, true all those years ago. McKenna’s death in 2008 after a singular life of solo jazz piano didn’t entirely rob jazz of fearsomely virtuosic mainstream pianists with ripping left-hand basslines and right hands capable...
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Review: JazzWax on Dave Frank's Portrait Of New...
”Dave Frank plays solo piano on ‘Portrait Of New York’. I was not familiar with Frank before receiving this CD. At first thought this was just another jazz piano album—until I heard Frank’s ballad work. He has an ability to grow introspective and moody without becoming lost in a song. Much can be said for how he moves horizontally, with wide chord voicings and strong pedal tones that...
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Dave Frank - Portrait Of New York
Jazzheads is proud to announce our new release - Dave Frank’s fourth solo CD titled ‘Portrait Of New York’. This is a burnin’ recording! Dave’s concept of solo piano playing is highly acclaimed. Join Dave Frank in his whirlwind trip through the world’s greatest city!
Dave Frank on Jazzheads
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Ole Mathisen's CMA commission was recorded for NPR
Saxophonist Ole Mathisen’s composition Mirage for his group FFEAR featured in a performance at the Miller Theatre in New York City on October 23 was recorded for later broadcast on JazzSet, an NPR program hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater. The work was commissioned with support from CMA’s New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development Program.
Ole Mathisen at Jazzheads.com
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