Joel Frahm

For more than 30 years, Joel Frahm  lived in New York City, working in jazz clubs, collaborating with other musicians, and honing his craft. He now lives in Nashville, where he continues to play the music he loves. His bold, inventive tenor sound has won fans in the U.S. and across the world. He has worked alongside Betty Carter, Kenny Barron, Freddy Cole, Dianne Schuur, Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit, Bill Charlap, Brad Mehldau, Matt Wilson, Cyrille Aimee, and many other top artists. He has played as a leader or sideman on more than 100 recordings and has appeared at jazz festivals in the United States, Europe, Israel, Canada and South America

Tenor Madness

By Ryan Middagh

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Wiley Roots; Waiter, Make Mine Blues; Tenor Madness; Cry Me a River; This Time the Dream��s on Me; Wired.

Haunted Melody

By Peter Campbell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sweetest Presence (Doce presen?a); Lost in a Summer Night; My Mood Is You; No One After You; He Never Mentioned Love; Invitation; Song for Old Lovers (La chanson des vieux amants); I��m Lost; Forgetting You (Esquecendo voc��); If Ever (Saudade de amar)

A Canadian Songbook

By Ernesto Cervini

Label: TBR Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Skeletons; When I Fall; If, Then; Stuck Inside; Clumsy; Aureole; The Inertia Of Complacency.

Joel Frahm, Ryan Keberle, Eddie Moore, Thomas Fonnesbaek & Adam Galblum

by Joe Dimino
July 6, 2025

We kick off the 913th episode of Neon Jazz with the rich, swinging sound of Kansas City violinist and bandleader Adam Galblum, leading his Hot Club KC ensemble. The show opens with the title track from his fresh 2025 release, Dream Dancing--a vibrant nod to vintage jazz with modern flair. From there, we stay rooted in ...

Anat Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari: On Togetherness, The 3 Cohens and The Art of Interaction

by Dan Bilawsky
March 5, 2025

As clarinetist Anat Cohen and arranger Oded Lev-Ari sit down to chat on a frigid February morning, they're completely cognizant of a pair of major milestones on the horizon in early 2025: Anzic Records--the label they initially launched with valued partner and supporter Colin Negrych, and have long run as a two-person team--marks its 20th anniversary; ...

Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra: Tenor Madness

by Jack Bowers
February 9, 2025

Nashville-based composer, arranger and saxophonist Ryan Middagh salutes apostles of the mid-range wind instrument on Tenor Madness, his second recording as leader of the Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra. Even so, there are no tenor solos after the first three of the album's half-dozen numbers, on which tenors Don Aliquo and Jeff Coffin ("Wiley Roots"), Aliquo again ...

Jane Monheit, Samara Joy, Jazzmeia Horn, Nubya Garcia and more.

by Benjamin Boddie
January 1, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by John Fedchock, Jane Monheit, Christian Sands, Thom Rotella, Samara Joy, Jeff Rupert, Steve Davis, Jazzmeia Horn, Brian Lynch, Joel Frahm, OJT, Nubya Garcia, Omer Leshem, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mike Stern, Brandon Sanders, Sarah Hanahan, Anne Saidera, Immanuel Wilkins, JD Allen, and more. Playlist John Fedchock “Minor Mist" from Justifiably ...

Romance In The Dark

By Diane Marino

Label: M&M Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Out Of This World; Trust in Me; Romance in the Dark; The Jazz in You; You Don't Know What Love Is; So In Love; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Speaking of Happiness; I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know; Yes, I'm Ready

Songs for You

By John Ambrosini

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Horses; Maybe I'm Crazy; High & Dry; Midnight Rider; Rocket Man; Pretzel Logic; Sweet Baby James; Lover; Doctor, My Eyes; New York State of Mind; 4 + 20; The Long and Winding Road.