Bob Franceschini
Bob Franceschini (* 15. December 1961 in New York City ) is an American jazz - saxophonist , composer and arranger .
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He is a multi-instrumentalist, but his main instrument is the tenor saxophone . But he plays all kinds of saxophones, flutes of different kinds, clarinets and keyboards .
Franceschini played the piano and saxophone from an early age and was also active in bands as a teenager. Right after high school, he played two years at Club Breezin lounge of George Benson in Harlem, in the house band with Marcus Miller , Omar Hakim and guitarist Bobby Broom . The house band also formed the core of the touring and recording band for funk jazz musician Tom Browne . He played with Eddie Palmieri and toured with Mike Lawrence's band . He also played with Michael Brecker , Bob Berg and Lenny Pickett and took lessons from Steve Grossman , Eddie Daniels and Joe Henderson .
He toured worldwide with Chaka Khan for two years in 1982 . From 1986 to 1991 he toured with Willie Colón , with whom he also recorded a lot (Franceschini was also co-producer of albums and arranger). He became musical director of his band and was also in his salsa band Seis de -Solar from 1994 (originally the backup band of Rubén Blades ). With her he recorded Alternate Routes and toured worldwide. They were also engaged by Paul Simon in his Broadway show Capeman (album Songs from the Capeman ). He also arranged for other Latin jazz musicians such as Mario Bauzá's band.
From the end of the 1990s he was in Mike Stern's quartet . He played on the Grammy- nominated albums Voices ( Atlantic Records 2001), These Times and Who Let The Cats Out as well as Mike Stern's Big Neighborhood and many other albums and tours with him regularly (as well as Dave Weckl , Tom Kennedy , Victor Wooten ). Because of his background in Latin jazz, he founded the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and Arturo O'Farrill in the 2000s . For the orchestra he wrote The Soul and Culture Suite (An Afro Latino Ballet) , which premiered in 2005 and was also released on CD.
Franceschini often took on as a sideman. In addition to the musicians already mentioned, he performed with Celine Dion , Tito Puente , Lionel Richie , Ricky Martin , Victor Wooten, the big band of Chico O'Farrill , Ralph Irizarry's band Timbalaye (for which he also composed and arranged), Bebo Valdez and Anthony Cox (A factor of faces 1992 with Ralph Peterson , Michel Caine). He also played in the background of Sex and the City by composer Doug Cuomo . He played the flute with Jennifer Lopez on television and at various concerts .
He plays with the band Metro (with Chuck Loeb, Mitch Foreman, Dave Weckl, Gerald Veasley, Randy Brecker) and in the last formation of the Yellowjackets as a replacement for Bob Mintzer .
Web links
- Bob Franceschini at Allmusic (English)
- All about jazz
- Portrait as part of Yellowjackets at j-word
- Portrait at the Montreal Jazz Festival
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Franceschini, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |