Small's Jazz Jam Session - With Joel Frahm

Shot at Smalls Jazz Club In NYC 2013
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Spike Wilner - Piano
Greg Henderson - Drums
Joel Frahm - Sax
Yotam Silberstein - Guitar
Video by www.studiomatchbox.com

[@JosephAraza]

Have you ever seen a sax player play so well with eyes opened? I love this guy😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@emmetfettig9196]

I play with my eyes wide open as wide as possible. Not on purpose though! 😂

[@pratyushkashyap2412]

A glass of whiskey, and I cigarette with this atmosphere is my kinda heaven

[@liamcashmore3127]

the tone on that guitar is brilliant

[@tvvoty]

Yeah, I'm usually not a big fan of guitars in jazz, but I somehow dig this one's sound very much.

[@tvvoty]

@linterna guitar :\ that's just my preference which i can't do anything about, guitar is my first instrument actually, but unfortunately i'm not into it in jazz (specifically electric, i love acoustics in gypsy and bossa nova) for some reason, even tho i like it in other ganres, no need to be a dick about it

[@andreashoppe1969]

I love he smalls jazz club… the atmosphere and the quality of drinks and music is simply outstanding!

[@oquielsax96]

What a beautiful solo by the saxophonist he gives me the feeling to take my own saxophone and start playing the same blue

[@johndough1779]

As no one has mentioned it yet, I also very much enjoyed the bassist's work. Gluing it all into place. :-)

[@MuriMorello]

+John Dough yep is really a shame his name isnt even on the list up there

[@tylerrussell9666]

Yesss, the bass is such an essential part, yet goes unrecognized and unloved so much of the time

[@tedcaldwell490]

Paul Gill on bass - one of the best!

[@mahamudra8150]

Is it just me or did the guitar player get a little distracted by the waitress at 1:15? :)

[@EnterGenericUserName884]

Thought the same ! We can't blame him though ;)

[@Bebopopotamus]

I didn't notice, I was looking at the waitress.

[@DavidRomeroMaldonado]

XD XD He can´t believe what he see

[@davidscott1052]

Matt Love no not at all I got distracted too ..but luckily recovered in time to really love Joel's solo ...wow

[@cdollar1]

I think she was the same waitress as when we were there. Not hard to look at!

[@mikefarmer7238]

Highly therapeutic jazz and all three musicians are listening to each other. Joal Frahm is my sort of tenor player. Must catch him somewhere.

[@zombieking75]

im relatively new to jazz but i love the piano work the gentleman is playing looks like a great time

[@MuriMorello]

ah man, everybody played great!

[@john-paulwatson4600]

sax killed it

[@jazzman5115]

Love the recording, great quality and great musicians.

[@georgerikken]

Powerful sax emotions . Like it !!!!!

[@davidscott1052]

and that... ladies and gentlemen is how you play blues on the saxophone....thankyou and goodnight

[@patarpon15]

Everyone mentioned about the drummer but the real hero is actually the bassist

[@saxman3336]

He got distracted big time, I don’t blame him.

[@navymusician822]

His wife probably did

[@MJKmedia]

It all Just feels pure

[@SebSquonks]

Spike is BURNING! Love it..!

[@modupimokoena8331]

Great 12 bar. Tight band. Can't get enough. Wow!

[@joshchapple9435]

A.A. Cruz it's a 12 bar blues in F

[@robertbloom1637]

cats wailin at fave club,,,blues is a healer,,,wilner bless u bro ...scene is a cooker

[@riyasen3997]

*This video really helped me out thank you so much...*

[@glenhorn4639]

That lead guitarist is cool and handsome.

[@capespacio]

What's his name?

[@MikeOria]

Tenor player is NOT fooling around! geez man. great tone too.

[@haooooo000]

so cool!! カッコいい！

[@jean-pierrecallut]

Spike Wilner (p), Yotam Silberstein (g), Joel Frahm (tn s), Paul Gill (b), Joe Strasser (d).

[@xschwifty2664]

I got to meet Joel Frahm at a masters class at a Jazz Festival at Northern Arizona University.. great player

[@JamesZitoMusic]

Yotam... great stuff

[@jacksontru4346]

Joel Frahm

[@soumiknandy7016]

I wish i could play like this😞

[@VictorJoseMartinez]

Yotams the man!!

[@MuriMorello]

+Victor Jose Martinez def one of the most expressive dudes out there!

[@hindlmissaoui5203]

My goodness what a pianist !

[@xarl89a]

made my friday

[@rudycueto6171]

awesome, my respects.

[@paulgibby3340]

IMO shouldn't give the guitarist a hard time, since his sound is so far "forward" in the mix. I think he has the left channel all to himself. Also he is in the foreground of the vid. Nice job!

[@salomosimatupang518]

goosebumps!

[@AIWITHF]

Yeah 6:13, saxy !

[@chupajarpa]

The stereo sound....Wow.... All of them are good... i feel like a shitt xD

[@cliffworks748]

Looks like Julian but it's Yotam on guitar? great player

[@SeanLeonDrumz]

Oh how I would love to work at smalls.

[@SomeDudeFromHeaven]

i hear drum but see no drum

[@vibrantdragon3123]

8:33

[@patarpon15]

Everyone mentioned about the drummer but the real hero is actually the bassist

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

What a great jam!! Loved it.

[@iFacTzZ]

Hell yeahh man

[@funkeety]

actually the guitar is doing fine, and great solo, but the volume we hear from this video i think its too loud, so it make an impression that he played too much, i can assure that on stage his guitar volume is fine n balance

[@sheskimusic]

Joel Frahm!

[@whitehill91]

Paul Gasol playing guitar :)

[@runeer]

Yeah, thinking the same here

[@josiasreyes4929]

whitehill91 jajajja yeah

[@patarpon15]

Pau*

[@jayjoeie]

That's the essence

[@pauladraguicevic3886]

Fantastico!

[@Damianjara123]

Suena hermoso. ¿Que guitarra es?

[@seanwintersax]

Even Joel Frahm misses altissimo notes.

[@andys36]

Are you sure it wasn't intentional ?

[@rosalindabecerra5254]

Me gusto 👍

[@sickboy7005]

fucking beautiful

[@greenwoodjazz]

What is difficult living jazzmusicians in NYC? usually, that guys studied jazz much time at very good universtiy or other school. if not US, are they make more good job in other countries? and then why they play in NYC?because, Jazz in NYC?haha always it is interesting.

[@thecordels]

why is the mirror moving :O 2:18

[@mterc]

I guess you can say it was "moved" by the music :D

[@philbouche7650]

J'aime bien... Vous chercherez un bassiste contre tout qui vie loin dans les îles???

[@SeanLeonDrumz]

smokin solos!

[@AroldoLuvisottoNeto]

Does anyone know the brand and model of that guitar? Thanks!

[@foxybrown2]

i know this is old but it looks like he is playing a Taylor T3

[@jazzercaster4749]

Comins GCS-ES-1

[@brucelaudenberger8056]

Piano player reminds me how Ramsey Lewis plays. Very similar!

[@mizpahboy7513]

Lawwwwwd hammercy!

[@ricaard]

Nice partial Charlie Parker quote at 9:26

[@JJ_Photo]

Great!!

[@jamesmusic110757]

NIce video! What did you use to record?

[@sirka111]

A shure 57 on the piano and a sennheiser gun mic next to the sax

[@jamesmusic110757]

ah pro stuff. cool thanks.

[@jayflorida]

Had to be more than just those 2 mics because you have a pretty good stereo image with the guitar and drums, and they all sound like they are playing behind me. ;)

[@tiluriso]

Could swear it was Joey Calderazzo on piano. Who's on bass?

[@FabiannoNascimento]

great job!!!

[@jiyujizai]

💙🌸😃🌱

[@contactkeithstack]

7:52- The tenor plays- A-Bb-C- Db-C-B-G -Bb-Ab-Eb Gb-F-Db-Ab-F-G. Can someone explain the chord/scale thing going on here.

[@thecordels]

contactkeithstack its jaaaazz baby

[@contactkeithstack]

Igor Beduin

[@keeganneer6150]

+contactkeithstack If you re-arrange them to groups of descending and ascending notes, they look like this: a: A,Bb,C,Db - 3,4,5,6b d: C,B,G, - 5,5b,2 d: Bb,Ab,Eb - 4,2b,7b d: Gb,F,Db - 2b,1,6b a: Ab,F,G - 2b,1,2 The notes that sound funny are the ones that are out of the blues scale, in the F-natural scale. It makes it sound like he's playing above key almost. It's a dissonant set based on the Phrygian dominant Scale (with a variation 5b,) rather than blues. (i.e 1 2b 3 4 5 6b 7b). He plays it over an (I'm simplifying the changes) Fmaj7 to F(aug) (F,A,C#) and F7+5. There's something similar at 7:37.

[@GerryLSmith]

Phrygian dominant is a nice idea, I think it can sound great in a blues, but tends to fit more naturally than this line imho, albeit with a 'Gypsy' sound to it. He's got some b3s you've written as b2s, I think it's more a case of playing maj/min blues scale with some flattened 6s and flat 9s. Or am I wrong and it's common to flatten the 3rd of Phrygian dominant and still regard it as that? I usually don't like 'too many notes' in a blues but Joel being the master that he is doesn't over do it and sounds great of course. Igor I agree about scales, and patterns etc, etc, but it's sure fun to try to figure out sometimes..! (And helps me to internalize something cool).

[@GerryLSmith]

I also agree with +mark sepinuck below, he does sound great on a Merlot!

[@anirudhananda13]

hello, can some one tell me whats the venue where this event takes place.

[@sirka111]

Smalls Jazz Club, New York

[@Javier-cg7gv]

MUY BUENO ESE VIOLERO ADEMAS DEL GRUPO EL CAÑO

[@TheGingersnap33]

Cooks like homemade candy. HOT

[@martisole6249]

isn't the audio left and right inverted? going crazy here

[@jazzman5115]

Maybe you wear your headphones the wrong way? 🤔

[@charx225]

Who's the bassist?

[@hannusivula5522]

Paul Gill

[@562jrr]

🔥🔥🤘

[@gbarajas2971]

how beautiful guitar, anyone could tell me what brand is it?

[@kennethgumbs2788]

It's a Comins GCS-1

[@BonnyLads]

badass

[@pathfinder6991]

Where do I find more of this stuff!?!

[@ginguenga]

wowowowwowo

[@camilo.antonio]

id you look closely you find out that pianist threw a solo somewhere in there

[@capespacio]

What's the name of the guitar player?

[@eddiegertzen]

HOW THIS SONG CALLED? ]

[@eliiii1953]

Yo I'm showing up 4 years late but they improvised everything. Theres probably bits and pieces of random songs they like in there but it's all original my lad

[@gabrieledonega2226]

@@eliiii1953 I'm showing up 2 weeks late but it's just a blues man

[@raefblack7906]

badd ass!

[@turquoiseelement7890]

Credit for bass?

[@juanalexander6467]

Is this just a blues in B flat ?

[@brycebasscovers9884]

Would someone be so kind as to share what key this is played in?

[@gonssavm4048]

BryceBassCovers check the comment above yours

[@gonssavm4048]

BryceBassCovers i guess you emant guitar but oh well

[@brycebasscovers9884]

Jorge Daniel Oh okay, thanks

[@filiguitar]

BryceBassCovers F blues

[@rkelley40]

+BryceBassCovers The is an F Blues with a few turn arounds added for color

[@couco1]

Does anybody know the model or the guitar? Tank you

[@benharrison501]

Comins GCS-1ES I think

[@estagiariomanutencao3642]

whats this blues ???

[@giothemath]

Turn your guitar up

[@joziah______241]

Comedy

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

La grosse torche du fond.......... C'est ça.

[@FriendzoneLP]

Ayo who mixed that shit

[@jazzpote4316]

1:12 guitarist spotted

[@gonssavm4048]

why ahah?

[@מנדיסגל]

LoL what you expect him to do 🤣

[@joohanlee2459]

This song sounds exactly like Oscar Peterson's Hymn To Freedom.

[@guidemeChrist]

What, no? This is a 12 bar

[@bennywongso8326]

@@guidemeChrist Parker's Mood

[@nicomelgares]

i thought this is blues.....? maybe the sax and drums part is jazzlike.

[@fattirevsbud]

Notice how the guitar player turned down a few minutes in. That’s the sign a great player. Always turn down when you play rhythm guitar.

[@fattirevsbud]

Very Bluesy

[@GuillermoCarrasco]

Now I´ve got it....Mr Wilner is the owner of Smalls...

[@shantalexhaviters2866]

No Bass? :0

[@utbreak6174]

Hes behind the sax

[@MyArmHurtsBad]

Gotta love who ever panned the guitarist to the left ear so we could hear him struggle XD

[@Soulsdeep]

Besides the distracting waitress it's such a great Jazz-Jam. Thanks for uploading :)

[@TonyAguirreJazz]

Back when Jams at Smalls were not full of kids trying to sound like Trane

[@zacmusicality]

swang

[@robertpowers6207]

Nice pentatonics work!

[@aneudysortizzarzuela342]

What scales does the guitarist use ?

[@dobiacco]

Reptilian.

[@Danny-lm9xk]

Pentatonic base, but with lots of modal runs and arpeggios, dorian, mixolydian etc

[@pinsk94]

All of them

[@Husterization]

I feel like too much showing skills but not doing any soulfull melody! Best part from saxo.

[@funkman0811]

Wheres the Footage of the drummer Its a Piss poor quality Video Leaving out the Drummer