Gigs

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Albums

	The Dynamic Duo -- whimsical original jazz from trumpet and guitar. (iTunes link) (Yahoo music)
	fuselage in the rumpus room by anton and dan -- crazy jazz from trumpet and saxophone (or sometimes flugelhorn and clarinet).
	twin cities suite by the Minneapolis Postsecondary Jazz Sextet -- an original-music jazz sextet.

Groups

I play in Steeling Dan, a great 13-piece Steely Dan cover band. If you like Steely Dan, you'll love this band-- four singers, four horns, two guitars, keys, bass, drums. The full deal. If you don't like Steely Dan, then you won't care.

I play in the larger incarnation of Terramara, an original pop band whose musical influences include Steely Dan and the Police.

Old Groups

I used to play with the Nova Jazz Orchestra, a big band that plays original music every fourth Tuesday of the month at O'Gara's. See the Nova CD at http://www.mp3.com/novajazz. We just released a CD "Ireland" on which I have two charts, and helped to design the cover, which looks awesome.

I used to play in Mobius (a.k.a. Zee-bop), a moody basement jazz quartet (or quintet).

The Minnesota Postsecondary Jazz Sextet is gone, but the album remains, with mostly my sextet compositions.

I am half of "anton and dan", a tenor saxophone and trumpet duo that plays original offbeat jazz. See our CD at http://www.mp3.com/antonanddan. We haven't played out in awhile, but we've still got that special something.

I used to play with the Twin Cities Jazz Orchestra, a Kenton/Maynard-style big band that plays at O'Gara's as well. Think high, fast, loud.

I was half of The Dynamic Duo, a trumpet and guitar duo that plays arrangements of jazz standards. Juan moved to Manhattan. There is a CD in post-production.

I used to play in Liars Club, a "chamber ensemble of the 21st century." Hard-edged, original compositions. They're still cool.

I used to sing for a ska band, Umbrella Bed, but they're still cool without me. This is loud hard-edged guitar-bass-drums-horns dance music, originally Jamaican, then British.

Biography

Dan Frankowski is a thinker, novelty-seeker, trumpet player, and composer.

He was born and raised in the Twin Cities. He started playing trumpet in 4th grade. He played in local bands and orchestras through high school. His high school band (director Dennis Malmberg) and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) were crucibles. He got a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1991. There, he studied jazz playing with Donald Byrd (the trumpeter), Kenny Davis, and Jack Wilkins, and jazz composition with Dr. Wendall Logan. He got a master's degree in computer science at the University of Minnesota in 1993. He went to Budapest, Hungary for a year on a Fulbright grant to study mathematics.

At the University of Minnesota, he later studied jazz with Dr. Ron McCurdy, attended master classes by Slide Hampton, Joshua Redman, Hal Galper, Terrel Stafford, Wynton Marsalis, and members of the Mingus Big Band. He also played in the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo. He recorded an album of mostly his original compositions with the University jazz sextet. He played the solo chair in the pit orchestra of the nationally acclaimed touring production of "A Harlem Nutcracker" by Donald Byrd (the choreographer), music director David Berger.

He is one half of an experimental horn duo "anton and dan" that focuses on original music and an original sound. They released the album "Fuselage in the Rumpus Room."

He has played with area big bands, including the Nova Jazz Orchestra, the Twin Cities Jazz Orchestra, and the Cedar Avenue Big Band. His big-band compositions are on Nova's "Ireland" album, and Nova's "An Odd Christmas."

He plays with Steeling Dan, a Steely Dan cover band. If you like Steely Dan, you'll love this band. 13 members of Steely goodness.

He has two albums of his own music: the Minnesota Postsecondary Jazz Sextet, The Dynamic Duo.

He received a commission from the Jerome foundation for a piece for jazz orchestra.

He lent Freddie Hubbard his trumpet to play at Qwest (no joke, but a good story).

His free-lance work includes work with Fat Soul City, Streetside Rhythm, Free and Easy, Power of Ten, the Maroons, the Beau Koo Jax, Terramara, the KC Gospel Orchestra, and stirring church favorites on Easter, which he calls "trumpeter's full employment day."

He has sat in on jam sessions at the Artist's Quarter in Minneapolis, the Doo-Wop Club and the Jazz Café in Budapest, St. Mark's Bar in New York City, The Note in Chicago, Olé Madrid in San Diego, The Rex in Toronto, the Dogpatch Saloon in San Francisco, and the (mumble-mumble) Cafe in Montreal, among others.