Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Joel Frahm Title: Navigator Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Palmetto Records Original Release Date: 8/15/2000 Release Date: 8/15/2000 Genres: Jazz, Pop Styles: Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 753957206321 |
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Tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm's second album, The Navigator, follows up on his first effort, Sorry, No Decaf and further marks him as an exceptionally mature-sounding young player with a broad stylistic reach. Frahm's exper... more » |
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Amazon.com Tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm's second album, The Navigator, follows up on his first effort, Sorry, No Decaf and further marks him as an exceptionally mature-sounding young player with a broad stylistic reach. Frahm's experience as a sideman--with drummer Matt Wilson and pianist David Berkman (heard to excellent effect here) and others--shows in his chameleon-like ability to slide effortlessly between styles, from the outward-bound freedom of Berkman's "Ants" to Frahm's ode to Wayne Shorter, "Fort Wayne," to the meditative and bluesy "Hymn for Don Cherry." It's a talent that marks Frahm more as a greater interpretive stylist than as a composer, and his ability to shape-shift so easily sometimes makes The Navigator seem like an exercise in variety for its own sake. Still, there are moments here, like Frahm's beautiful take on "My One and Only Love" and his interestingly abstract soloing on his own "Shards," where his own conception shines through to great effect. With the rock-solid rhythm team of bassist Scott Colley and drummer Billy Drummond lighting a fire beneath him, Frahm turns The Navigator into a calling card for greater acclaim. --Ezra Gale Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsFrahm's Multi-styled Talent Showcased Exquisitely Max McConkey | Tucson, AZ United States | 02/10/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "The first LP I ever owned (at least two years before I had a turntable to play it) was a gift from my jazz saxophone-playing uncle. "Great Jazz Reeds" featured an array of sax and clarinet talent considered among the jazz world's best in the late 1950s. I was reminded of that old 12-inch vinyl album when playing and replaying Joel Frahm's exceptional new CD, "The Navigator" (Palmetto Records, 2000). An even brighter, more polished recording than his remarkable debut CD, "Sorry, No Decaf," the new disk establishes Frahm as among the best of America's newest generation of talented tenor saxophonists. While the jazz public may better know Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, Don Braden, or David Sanchez, Frahm is certainly their equal. What is perhaps most astonishing about this talent (beyond the fact that he is but 31 years old) is his range of sound, reflecting a great diversity of direction the tenor saxophone has traveled in some 80 years of jazz history. While it may be fair to suggest that young Frahm has not yet found a singularly distinctive voice, one would need to search far to find another virtuoso performance by a saxophonist of any age that touches so eloquently on so many bases. On The Navigator's ten tracks we are treated to a Frahm whose range recalls vividly the sensitivity of Lester Young, the technical chops of John Coltrane, the lyricism of Stan Getz, the mystical vapors of Charles Lloyd, even the deep soulful cry of Ben Webster. Frahm does it all, oddly without any seeming attempt to impersonate. Rather, clearly aware of the instrument's history, Frahm simply allows the flavors of the best of the past to arise naturally and to permeate his solos. The Navigator swings (the CD's title track, composed by the saxophonist), enchants ("Sister Julie"), and soars {"Ants"). The exciting "The Shoko Dance" is a musical essay, layered with sophisticated expression. "My One and Only Love" is as beautifully captivating as any solo tenor recording since the young Lloyd first found his voice with the old Chico Hamilton quintet. Frahm, known throughout the northeast for his work in the Matt Wilson band (and for backup work to the talented young jazz vocalist, Jane Monheit), is well served here with a trio of colleagues: David Berkman on piano, Scott Colley on bass, and a driving drummer, Billy Drummond.The Navigator is a breakthrough recording by one of the great emerging talents in jazz."
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