Dom Franks is a former winner of the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition and a past member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) who studied at London’s Guildhall School of Music with former Jazz Messenger Jean Toussaint and saxophonist Stan Sulzmann. Based in Cheltenham, Dom is a leading jazz musician, arranger and composer. Dom’s touring schedule has seen him travel far and wide playing with a range of great artists. He has also recorded with, among others, Jocelyn Brown, Alison Limerick, Ikon and Shaft. Dom leads the Dom Franks’ StrayHorn Quartet, a dynamic groove driven quartet/quintet which performs Dom’s original compositions. As a teacher, Dom holds the post of Director of Music at the Dean Close School.
‘Local sax hero Franks is a Cheltenham based musician with a national reputation and has been featured on national radio and in the national jazz press. Fluent, authoritative tenor sax soloing and lyrical soprano playing’. The Jazzman.com review 2025
Dom has chosen a range of tunes to play with the house band and jam musicians that focus on the tunes of Miles Davis and Antônio Carlos Jobim, a theme he’s titled Sketches of Spain.
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
Further information: www.stroudjazzclub.com
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