Mark Wartenberg, The Prickle Emma Frank’s third album, Ocean Av, is a brilliant reflection on selfhood and life. Her performance at Berlin’s ZigZag Jazz Club was a prime example of how authentic music can gradually disarm and win over new audiences. Her songs are inner meditations made delicately public, which lose nothing of the inner swirl … Read More
Emma Frank To Perform in Europe This Winter Dates From January 7th through January 13th In Zurich, Valencia, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Ghent and Modena “Emma Frank, who reaches a sublime new plane of musicality on her excellent third album is an artist worthy of observation with serious ears,” – Ron Hart, Downbeat “Frank’s songs sit … Read More
Nelson Brill, Boston Concert Reviews Emma Frank, Ocean Ave [Susan Records; www.emmafrankmusic.com]. Frank’s original songs hit the bullseye of breezy pop and effervescent jazz. Her voice is a soft, breathy marvel as she climbs high with supple confidence (on her “Magnolia”; “Best Friend” and the wondrous title track). She also imbues beautiful soft ballads, such as her “Sunless … Read More
Simon Rentner, WBGO Today’s show unfolds in two parts. First Joe Lovano shares his appreciation of fellow tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, whom he first learning about his while growing up in Cleveland, OH. (Lovano expressed his appreciation many years later with an original blues, “Big Ben.”) Then we’ll take you to the 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival … Read More
Hector Avileson, Cancion A Quemarropa La discográfica residente en la localidad de Brooklyn, Susan Records, anuncia la publicación, este 16 de febrero del presente año 2018, la salida al mercado del disco de la cantautora Emma Frank. Es el tercer álbum de estudio de la autora y tiene el título de Ocean Av. Muchos críticos han … Read More
Michelle DeLateur, The Knockturnal Emma Frank Celebrates Album Release At Rockwood Music Hall With Ocean Av, Emma Frank floats and never settles, just like New York Two hours before Emma Frank’s show and release party at Rockwood Music Hall, she narrated a Hudson sunset through song. Well, not literally; figuratively, as I streamed her most recent album, Ocean … Read More
Jorge Schmitt, Sonic Soul Zart-Musik. Mit mild-bitterem Unterton. Ganz fein sortierte Klang-Welt. Singer-Songwriter-Jazz-Folk. Oder auch nicht. Emma Frank erzählt ihre Geschichte mit klarer Stimme, Aaron Parks lässt ein paar Töne dazu aus seinem Rhodes ent-perlen, während Bass und Schlagzeug fast schon unmerklich begleiten. Und „Best Friend“ unvermittelt in ein gesteigertes Tempo entführen, dass um uns herum … Read More
