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The best kept secret in music

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"Scene 2005 Music Awards"

Early last year, J. Scott Franklin lost his job as a schoolteacher. The poet-songwriter proceeded to sell most of his belongings -- with the exception of his guitar -- before moving into his car and embarking on an impromptu 96-day tour of America. It's this sort of unflinching impulsiveness that defines Scott and his wide-open tunes. A trumpeter who once studied under members of the Count Basie Orchestra and performed with Grammy-winning arranger Willie Smith, Scott is an accomplished musician. There's a subtle jazz influence in his pastoral indie musings, which range from hushed experimental rock to tinges of old-school country. The result is an album full of big-hearted songs as inviting as the open road.

--Jason Bracelin - Cleveland Scene Magazine


"Tuning In"

J. Scott Franklin is definitely pitching his tent in the camp of the often quoted "creative class" of Cleveland. An accomplished jazz trumpet player who has also been influenced by country and rock music, Franklin is a multi-instrumentalist with an innovative approach for performing to live audiences. Franklin has just recently returned from traveling in his automobile on a three-month tour of America, where he took his words and music to points North, South, East and West. It was an adventurous undertaking, and he brought back observations from his life on the road with some trenchant and experiential words-to-the-wise for Clevelanders.

--Daiv Whaley

Full Length Interview:
http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/TuningInJScottFranklin - Thomas Mulready/Cool Cleveland


"On The Road with J Scott Franklin"

"J. Scott Franklin is definitely pitching his tent in the camp of the often quoted "creative class" of Cleveland. An accomplished jazz trumpet player who has also been influenced by country and rock music, Franklin is a multi-instrumentalist with an innovative approach for performing to live audiences. Franklin has just recently returned from traveling in his automobile on a three-month tour of America, where he took his words and music to points North, South, East and West. It was an adventurous undertaking, and he brought back observations from his life on the road with some trenchant and experiential words-to-the-wise for Clevelanders."...
read it all at:
http://view.exacttarget.com/?ffcd16-fec213747d64077a-fe291170756d007f701277 - Cool Cleveland


Discography

Chain of Words LP
can be heard at www.chainofwords.com

Photos

Feeling a bit camera shy

Bio

NOMINEE FOR CLEVELAND SCENE'S "BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER 2005" Scott's intimate and thought provoking lyrics are enough to win you over, but close your eyes and you'd think he was an orchestra. Influences, Johnny Cash, Gillian Welsh, Kurt Cobain, Miles Davis, Chet Baker and Ani DiFranco