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Profile GeneratorFrankie Alexander is often referred to as a musicians singer. Like an instrumentalist, she rarely performs a song the same way. Her understated style has been compared with such vocalists as Carmen McRae and Shirley Horn, two singers that Alexander is quick to claim as influences. A resident of Durham since the late seventies, Alexander has worked with and learned from some of the most talented and influential musicians in the area including Yusuf Salim and mentor, Bus Brown.
Alexander, a Concord, NC native, is a 1975 graduate from UNC-CH. In 1998, she received the first Linda A. Ironside award for the Arts from the Triangle Community Foundation, and is a contributing writer to the 2001 anthology, "Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories." A recipient of a 2005-2006 Emerging Artists grant from the Durham Arts Council, Alexander just completed her first CD "Mad About the Words."
Here's a new review:
"Frankie Alexander is also a very good singer full of a conviction that recalls Sarah Vaughan or Abbey Lincoln. She caresses the words on “Moonlight In
Vermont†and “Once I Loved†while exploding on “Taking A Chance†and “At Long Last Love.†Her singing isn’t technically polished but that does not matter because she makes an emotional connection to what she sings, creating performances that are haunting and affecting. Frankie Alexander
seems to be one of those vocalists who can bring heart to whatever she sings." - Jerome Wilson in the May 2007 issue of Cadence Magazine
Here's a recent review of the CD by Joe Vanderford: The Independent Weekly
