My arrangement, created over years of performances, of one of the most well-know Antonio Carlos Jobim tunes; a track from my new CD "Soully Guitar".

Wave

From my new CD: a Jimmy Van Heusen tune, this one get going pretty well after an ad lib intro.  Played on my Carvin SH250 made completely (except for the rosewood fingerboard) of walnut.

Polka Dots & Moonbeams

My solo arrangement of the great Beatles tune, from my new CD "Soully Guitar" www.Frameworkjazz.com

Norwegian Wood

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Charlie Byrd's great album "Brazilian Byrd", one of Jobim's beautiful melodies - "Someone To Light Up My Life" (Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce); from my first solo guitar CD, "Picture This".

Someone To Light Up My Life

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Romanza

The Way You Look Tonight lyrics by Dorothy Fields; music by Jerome Kern --- a Great American Songbook Classic; done by many, many performers, among whom the (perhaps) most well know was Frank Sinatra.

Soully Strings II

The Way You Look Tonight

Besame Mucho

One of Rodgers & Hammerstein's enduring classics, played in an unusual arrangement: solo guitar introduction, then taken with a samba-esque feel by the trio.

Icarus

It Might As Well Be Spring

A beautiful composition by Federico Moreno Torroba; it highlights the more sonorous, in my opinon, lower end of the guitar's range.  Arrangement by Charlie Byrd.

Burgalesa

Bossa Nova standard; nylon-string fingerstyle and electric guitars.

Favela

Guitar 2 Guitar-  duo of Robbie Wilson & Joe Frame

More (Theme From Mondo Cane)

Framework Acoustic Jazz Ensembles

Since the mid 1990's, Framework ensembles have been performing at various venues throughout New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. We can provide several different types of ensembles, depending on your needs.

One of our most popular formats is as a Quartet with saxophone/flute, vibraphone, guitar, and bass. This ensemble offers the rich harmonies of both the guitar and the vibes, underpinned by the bass, over which floats the melodic flute or saxophone. Never harsh or piercing, this grouping of instruments produces a pleasing background for an event, or can be the main focus of the evening (violin can be substituted for flute/sax or vibraphone).

Another format available is the Trio, which can consist of sax/flute, bass, and guitar; or violin, bass, and guitar; or vibraphone, bass, and guitar. Since it requires a little less room, the trio might serve the needs of those with more limited space.

We also perform as duos: guitar and bass; flute/sax and guitar; violin and guitar.

Whatever your choice, you may be assured that every effort is made to provide you with "beautiful music, elegantly performed, at a pleasing volume".


Joe Frame

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