Frank Catalano

Frank Catalano
Background information
BornMarch 12, 1977
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsSaxophone
Years active1987–present
LabelsLake Shore, Columbia Records, Delmark, Bright, Savoy, Ropeadope
Associated actsJimmy Chamberlin, Von Freeman, David Sanborn
Websitecatalanomusic.com

Frank Catalano is an American jazz saxophonist.

Biography

Frank Catalano began playing saxophone at age 7. When he was 16, his right middle finger was severed while working on a car engine. Following reconstructive surgery, he forced his hands to relearn his technique.[1] When he was 18, he toured with the rock band Santana, then signed with Delmark to record his first solo album, Cut it Out (1988), with trumpeter Ira Sullivan.

Cut It Out was chosen for album of the year lists by the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Weekly, and JazzTimes. Catalano has worked with Louie Bellson, Tony Bennett, Randy Brecker, Charles Earland, Kenny Loggins, Jimmy McGriff, Arturo Sandoval, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, and Clark Terry. He recorded Bye Bye Blackbird with David Sanborn and Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins.[2]

While recording with Ministry in 1999, Catalano was inspired by the band's use of sampling and engineered a sampling keyboard attachment for the saxophone. His device was patented on Dec. 11, 2001, on the two-year anniversary of the death of his mentor, Charles Earland.

His albums include You Talkin to Me?!, which features a tandem tenor session with Von Freeman, and Live at the Green Mill with Randy Brecker on trumpet. Mighty Burner debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard sales chart, while Bang debuted at No. 12.

Discography
  • Cut It Out (Delmark, 1998)
  • Pins 'n' Needles (Lake Shore, 1999)
  • You Talkin' to Me?! with Von Freeman (Delmark, 2000)
  • Ring-a-Ding Romance! (Retropolis, 2001)
  • Live at the Green Mill with Randy Brecker (Delmark, 2001)
  • Mighty Burner (Bright, 2006)
  • Bang! (Savoy Jazz, 2008)
  • Live Only! (Savoy Jazz, 2010)
  • Love Supreme Collective (EP) (Ropeadope, 2014)
  • God's Gonna Cut You Down (Blu Jazz, 2015)
  • Bye Bye Blackbird with David Sanborn and Jimmy Chamberlin (Ropeadope, 2016)[3]
gollark: Interesting question. All the search results I can find after about five seconds looking are for beeswax, which is of course a less interesting question.
gollark: https://xkcd.com/2276/
gollark: You can still explain to people that they'll lose money on average and they might understand it and still not actually care.
gollark: I'm not sure about that.
gollark: I don't see how it's particularly helpful to compare it to other things, foolish humans still have awful intuition for probability.

References
  1. "Busy teen fills life with music". Daily Herald. 1995-09-30. p. 10. About two years after the 1994 accident that severed a finger on the teen's right hand, the 18-year-old Catalano entered DePaul University in Chicago this fall on a full-tuition music scholarship for his talent as a saxophone player.
  2. Harris, Craig. "Frank Catalano". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Frank Catalano | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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