“Find the beauty inside yourself…and say that” – Joel Frahm

Joel Frahm 

In this episode we touch on the following topics:

•  How Covid has impacted Joel

•  Chick Corea and other jazz heroes

• Transcription as a tool

• How he worked on his amazing sound!

•  Reclaiming the joy of playing music

•  What would Charlie Haden do?

• Playing in a Duo
• His newest recording The Bright Side
• Learning Standards

Links from the episode:

• Don’t Explain – Brad Mehldau and Joel Frahm
• Round Midnight
•  Music Cares
• Julliard
• The New School
• Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau
• Nice Jazz Festival
• The Crystal Silence – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
• Bud Powell – performed by Chick Corea and Gary Burton
• Three Quartets – Chick Corea
• The Blue Note Jazz Club
• Thelonious in Action – Thelonious Monk
• Rhythm-A-Ning
• S’Posin – Miles Davis
• Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
• Wish – Joshua Redman
• Blues for Pat – Joshua Redman
• The Fins
• People Time – Stan Getz and Kenny Barron
• Serenity – Stan Getz
• Anniversary – Stan Getz
• Anzic Records

Show Notes:

• Joel recorded with the Prime Rib Big Band out of Ottawa, Canada last year

People Mentioned:

• Brad Mehldau
• Ashley Pezotti
• Chick Corea
• Omer Avital
• Tim Garland
• Christian McBride
• Marcus Gilmore
• Gary Burton
• Lyle Mays
• Freddy Cole
• Wallace Roney
• Lee Konitz
• Jimmy Heath
• Ellis Marsalis
• Michael Brecker
• Roberto Romeo
• Bob Berg
• Cedar Walton
• Johnny Griffin
• Dennis Irwin
• Roy Haynes
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik
• John Coltrane
• Charlie Rouse
• Stan Getz
• Sonny Rollins
• John Purcell
• Dick Oatts
• Chris Potter
• Miles Davis
• Cannonball Adderley
• Bill Evans
• Gordon Jenkins
• Eddie Van Halen
• Charlie Haden
• Joshua Redman
• Pat Metheny
• Billy Higgins
• Max Roach
• Bill Withers
• Stevie Wonder
• King Curtis
• Junior Walker
• Charlie Parker
• Illinois Jacquet
• Gene Ammons
• Buddy Guy
• James Brown
• Shirley Horn
• Billie Holiday
• Carmen McRae
• Sarah Vaughan
• Billy Eckstine
• Jane Monheit
• Matt Wilson
• Ari Hoenig
• Stan Getz
• Kenny Barron
• Rufus Reid
• Victor Lewis
• Jimmy Raney
• Anat Cohen
• Colin Negrych
• Ernesto Cervini
• Dan Loomis