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YouTube CD - Brothers of Contrapuntal Swing - One Night in NYC!

Join NYC’s newest band of jazz masters as they blow their brains out at a recent live NYC performance in April 2014! This is the sound of NYC) Dave Frank -piano, Jimmy Halperin -sax, Larry Meyer – guitar, Bill McCrossen, Skip Scott -drums

Advanced Jazz Piano #4 w/Dave Frank - Leave Me by Lennie Tristano

Join pianist Dave Frank and bassist Jeff Dingler – The Ethiopian Connection – for this studio performance of Lennie’s great composition based on the standard Love Me or Leave Me. Features octave improv, LH melody/RH improv, block chords, turning the time around, LH lead lines and more)

Advanced Jazz Piano #3 w/Dave Frank: Block Chords on Lennies Pennies

Join Dave and the superb bassist Jeff Dingler for a romp through Lennie Tristano’s composition Lennie’s Pennies, featuring the improvised use of block chords.There will be a pop quiz after the video)

Joy of Improv: Jazz Counterpoint #2 - Dave Frank, piano Charley Krachy, sax

Please enjoy this example of Jazz Counterpoint improvising over Yardbird Suite from the Mall Cats) This clip starts with a solo by Dave, then goes into 4’s and counterpoint.

Dave Frank and Pat Martino - Lean Years

Enjoy this burner written by Pat from Dave’s YT master class An Evening with Pat Martino. Dave and Pat Turn it Loose!

Joy of Improv - Jazz Counterpoint 1: Dave Frank, piano, Charley Krachy, sax

Please join the Mall Cats – Dave Frank, piano and Charley Krachy, sax, for this example of Jazz Counterpoint Improvisation – the art of 2 or more jazz musicians improvising at the same time. Try this at home)

Dave Frank and Pat Martino - Alone Together

This one’s for you) Dave and Pat groove on the standard, from Dave’s YT master class An Evening with Pat Martino. Pat tears it up!

Dave Frank/Richard Tabnik Quartet - Kary's Trance (Play Fiddle Play)

Join the DFRT4 for a medium romp through the Lee Konitz classic composition. Featuring Frank Canino, bass and Billy Mintz, drums. Recorded at Hari NYC

Dave Frank: 5 Solos for Lennie Tristano's 100th Birthday Celebration

Join Dave for 5 piano solo excerpts from a performance at the First Lennie Tristano Symposium at Berklee College of Music on 3/27/19. Solos are on: Lennies Pennies, Baby, Ghost of a Chance, Subconcious Lee, and You’d be so nice to come home to. Featuring Jimi Halperin, sax, Rick McLaughlin, bass, and Bob Tamagni, drums. Burnsville)

Introducing the Dave Frank Trio Project: So Nice to Be Home

Join Dave Frank, piano, Jeff Dingler, bass and the legendary Skip Scott, drums for a mad romp@*&$^#@*@! Recorded in NYC 3/17/19

NYC Fire Dept. - Dave Frank/Jimmy Halperin: Lennie's Pennies Take 1 & 2

Dave Frank -piano, Jimmy Halperin -sax. recorded in Sept. 2014 at Dave’s studio on 52nd St. in NYC.

"Pennies in Minor" - Dave Frank and Dick Hyman TURN IT LOOSE!

Contemporary jazz piano monsters Dick Hyman and Dave Frank TURN IT LOOSE on 18 feet of Steinways, recorded in March 2011

Dave Frank & Dick Hyman - "Fine & Dandy"

Contemporary jazz piano monsters Dick Hyman and Dave Frank TURN IT LOOSE on 18 feet of Steinways, recorded in March 2011

Dave Frank master class - An afternoon with Dick Hyman

Join pianist/educator Dave Frank for a unique live master class with jazz legend Dick Hyman! Includes two new great solo performances by Dick, two Dick Hyman/Dave Frank burnin duo piano performances, and loads of interesting, informative and educational information. For anyone interested in jazz piano, this is a historic document granting an in-depth look at into the mind and music of a jazz icon.

It's You or No-One - Ethiopian Connection: Dave Frank, piano, Jeff Dingler, bass

Having recently completed an average of 4-5 hours/day of piano practice for 60 years, I humbly offer this music to you in the hopes that it will put a smile on your face) Blessings and keep swingin’ from NYC, Dave Frank Burnsville)

Dave Frank's Solo on 317 E 32nd St. w/Brothers of Contrapuntal Swing

You may*digg* this solo from a recent performance by the Brothers of Contrapuntal Swing in April 2014)

Dave Frank and Jimmy Halperin: Lennie's Pennies

Join Dave Frank, piano and Jimmy Halperin, tenor saxophone, as they burn through their teacher Lennie Tristano’s CLASSIC line. Recorded at Dave’s studio on E. 52nd St. in NYC in 2014.