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Bob Franceschini

BOB FRANCESCHINI Tenor saxophone, soprano, alto and baritone. Flute, alto flute and ethnic flutes. Clarinet, bass clarinet. Keyboards, Composer, arranger, producer and contractor.

Bob Franceschini was born and grew up in New York City. His first professional gigs were just after graduating from Music and Art High School . For two summers Bob played at a club in Harlem, called the "Breezin’ Lounge" owned by jazz super star George Benson. The band also featured Marcus Miller, Omar Hakim, Bobby Broom on guitar. ( “It was awesome. We were just kids and were getting paid to play jazz and R&B standards, four night a week. Occasionally Benson would sit-in with us“) They became the nucleus of the band for trumpeter Tom Browne ( of "Jamaica Funk" fame) with whom they recorded and toured. Bob also worked with Eddie Palmieri (with Ronnie Cuber, Barry Rogers, and Andy and Jerry Gonzalez) and with trumpeter Mike Lawrence’s band along side Kenny Kirkland, Anthony Jackson, Barry Finnerty and Steve Ferrone. “These experiences really set the course for me. I was very fortunate to get to play with such awesome cats at such a young age“. I was also hanging with Mike Brecker, Bob Berg, and Lenny Pickett and picking their brains. I got to take some formal lessons from Eddie Daniels, Joe Henderson, and Steve Grossman. In 82-84 Franceschini toured with Chaka Khan. In 86 - 91, Bob was touring and recording with Willie Colon, eventually becoming musical director of the band as well as arranging for and co- producing several of his albums. (“This was a tremendous experience for me , my parent’s grew up in Puerto Rico and I grew up listening to a lot of latin music, Willie was one of my heroes.“) Around this time Franceschini was recording and gigging with Victor Bailey, Hilton Ruiz, Roland Vasquez, Renee Rosnes, Chris Botti, Bobby Broom, Marcus Miller, Dave Weckl, Michel Camilo, and Anthony Jackson and many other great musicians. Bob also worked as an arranger and mentored with the great Mario Bauza. “Mario hipped me to what the clave was all about and how to combine and orchestrate Jazz harmony with traditional Latin rhythms“. Of note in 92 he recorded with bassist Anthony Cox ("A Factor of Faces"). The CD also features, Ralph Peterson and Michael Caine In 94 Franceschini joined "Seis del Solar". They were originally the back up band for singer/actor/politician, Ruben Blades, they recorded an album for Messidor Records "Alternate Routes" (recently reissued on Universal) and went on a world tour.

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Album Review

Clivia Tanisi: Love's Way Back

Read "Love's Way Back" reviewed by Jim Worsley


It wasn't so much about “Learning How to Fly," as the opening track has it, as it was apparent that Clivia Tanisi still knew how to navigate in space. Tanisi took a twenty-year sabbatical to be a mom and raise her children. Singing proved to be like riding a bike, as she grooved into her lane, and fell in time with the other bikers. These were no weekend joy riders that Tanisi was pedaling with either. With drummer Dave Weckl, ...

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Robby Ameen: Diluvio

Read "Diluvio" reviewed by Jack Bowers


It's a given that wherever Grammy-winning drummer Robby Ameen goes, irrepressible rhythm is sure to follow. Diluvio, Ameen's third album as leader of his own ensemble, is clearly no exception to the rule. Ameen's half-dozen compositions are intrepid and lively, and even Gerry Mulligan's “Line for Lyons" and John Coltrane's “Impressions," which seal the album, are given bright rhythmic makeovers in keeping with the leader's metrical frame of mind. To lend color and variety, Ameen employs a ...

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Robby Ameen: Diluvio

Read "Diluvio" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Perhaps it's a flood of rhythm that the title and cover art refer to on this third leader outing from drumming dynamo Robby Ameen. A heavy hitter in Afro-Cuban circles for decades, Ameen's frangible linear Latin funk workouts, intricate rhythmic roadmapping, song-serving chops and good taste have earned him an overwhelmingly positive reputation. Everybody from musical polymath Ruben Blades to flutist Dave Valentin and pianist Eddie Palmieri to trombonist Conrad Herwig has called on Ameen multiple times over the years, ...

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Sherman, Franceschini, Benedettini, Pinciotti Quartet in Casalmaggiore

Read "Sherman, Franceschini, Benedettini, Pinciotti Quartet in Casalmaggiore" reviewed by Danilo Codazzi


Photos from the Sherman / Franceschini / Benedettini / Pinciotti Quartet concert held on January 30th at the Comunale Theater in Casalmaggiore, for the 2020 Tracce di Jazz Festival featuring Mark Sherman, Bob Franceschini, Paolo Benedettini and Antony Pinciotti. ...

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An Evening With A Superband: Mike Pope & The House Of Cardinals Featuring Mike Pope, Eldar Djangirov, Joe Locke, Bob Franceschini & Mauricio Zottarelli

An Evening With A Superband: Mike Pope & The House Of Cardinals Featuring Mike Pope, Eldar Djangirov, Joe Locke, Bob Franceschini & Mauricio Zottarelli

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions

Cambridge, MA: Cambridge's jazz hotspot—the Regattabar—will present An Evening with A Superband: Mike Pope & the House of Cardinals featuring acoustic and electric bassist and composer Mike Pope, pianist Eldar Djangirov, vibraphonist Joe Locke, saxophonist Bob Franceschini and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 7:30 PM. The Regattabar is located in the Charles Hotel, One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tickets at $25.00 are on sale now at regattabarjazz.com or information and tickets are also available by calling ...

Primary Instrument

Saxophone, tenor

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Clinic/Workshop Information

Saxophone tone production, technique. Improvisation all instruments and general musical concepts. I work on freeing musicians of fear and break down the elements of music.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Influências

Self Produced
2023

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Diluvio

Origin Records
2020

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Love's Way Back

Autumn Hill Records
2020

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Cinco 4

From: Influências
By Bob Franceschini

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