“I have two words for you—Ray Brown.”
"Q & A"
“Alex Frank, Jeff Goldblum’s MONSTER bass player . . . is my new bass inspiration. Wow.”
“You’ve got a Ray Brown thing going on, but in a 2023 way.”
Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
Alex Frank is the Musical Director and bassist for Jeff Goldblum’s jazz group, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. He has arranged or co-arranged many songs on the group’s three albums for guest vocalists Kelly Clarkson, Fiona Apple, Gregory Porter, and Miley Cyrus. Alex spent the first ten weeks of 2023 in London as Jeff Goldblum’s on-set vocal coach during the filming of the Wicked movies, working with stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, director Jon Chu, composer Stephen Schwartz, and record producer Greg Wells. Previously, Alex appeared on the screen playing the bass live for the film Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Jeff Goldblum and the band have toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, performing in such iconic venues as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, London’s Royal Festival Hall, New York’s The Town Hall, England’s Glastonbury Festival, and Le Trianon in Paris. A major highlight was performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2019 for England’s Festival of Remembrance. They performed an arrangement of Alex’s, accompanied by The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, and attended by the late Queen Elizabeth and the entire Royal Family. Television appearances include The Today Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Graham Norton Show, as well as multiple appearances on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Late Show with James Corden. When Jeff guest-hosted the latter show, Alex wrote the music to a special opening song performed by Jeff and the band.
Additional Recordings
Alex played bass on Michael Bublé’s 2023 Grammy-winning album, Higher, as well as recordings by such diverse artists as American Idol’s Haley Reinhart, jazz trumpeters Till Brönner and Benny Benack III, rockabilly and jazz singer Imelda May, blues guitarist Josh Smith, indie rocker Sharon Van Etten, and influential rapper Nas. He co-produced and arranged Spencer Day’s highly acclaimed Broadway By Day album, featuring guest artists Dave Koz and Jane Monheit.
Education and Further Studies
Alex is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied bass with Peter Dominguez and Eddie Gomez. He has continued private studies in Los Angeles with jazz legend John Clayton and David Allen Moore of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Alex is a proud endorser of Gallien-Krueger Amps.