023: Danny Frankel (Lou Reed, Fiona Apple, KD Lang)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Danny Frankel began his career as the drummer for DC band Urban Verbs. After the group dissolved in 1981, Danny moved to Los Angeles and became an in-demand session drummer. He tells Joe tales of his adventures with Lou Reed, Fiona Apple, and KD Lang. And he discuses how his mentor, jazz great Paul Motian, changed his life.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
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0:13.1	This episode of The Trap Set is brought to you in part by Collecivo Coffee, handmade coffee since 1993.
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0:24.6	This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:43.3	I want to play something for you. You're hearing apple cider vinegar by my guest, Danny Frankel, along with Nels Klein and Larry Goldings.
1:14.6	Over the past three decades, Danny has been in great demand as a session drummer for a diverse array of artists including Lou Reed, Fiona Apple,
1:23.6	Cady Lang, and Babel Giobto. His unique style draws equally from his backgrounds
1:29.7	in art rock and world percussion, and he has a dynamic range in musical sensitivity that comes
1:35.0	partly from the tutelage of jazz great Palm Motion. Despite being blessed with the signature
1:40.3	style, Danny is incredibly adaptable.
1:51.0	Danny began his career as the drummer for DC band Urban Verbs. Although they never achieved mainstream success, the band released two albums for Warner Brothers
1:57.0	and earned the respect of contemporaries like Perubu, the B-52s, and Brian Eno.
2:02.6	Urban verbs dissolved in 1981, and Danny soon made his way to Los Angeles.
2:12.6	I recorded this interview several months ago, and since then, Danny and I have become friends.
2:19.2	We live in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles, and often we meet up for hikes in Griffith Park.
2:24.8	Not only is he an expert hiker, Danny is known and loved by almost everyone we encounter on the
2:29.8	trail. He exhibits an exuberance and a genuine interest in everyone, which, when combined with his prodigious
2:36.3	musical abilities, explains why he remains in demand, even after 30 years in the business.
2:47.1	And now our interview with Danny Frankel.
2:53.6	I hail from planet Earth in a city that some people call the mistake on the lake, which is Cleveland, Ohio, which I particularly like a lot.
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