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Frank Stratton is a New York Based Professional Pianist, Arranger & Composer.

Educated at THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC (’74) and HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (’77). His background includes comprehensive studies in pianoforte, arranging & composition.Influenced by such jazz greats as Chick Corea, Joe Sample & McCoy Tyner, his original music bridges the gap between Jazz Fusion, Film & Multi Classical.

Frank, in the past joined forces with Prof. Herbert A. Deutsch (Composer, Author, Educator and MOOG Synthesizer co-developer with the late Robert Moog) in one of the first Multi-Synthesizer Ensembles called “KITCHEN SYNC”. The Deutsch/Stratton collaboration led to a compositional joint venture for ‘MULTI GRAVITATIONAL AERODANCE’.

As of recently, his music can be heard on national TV and Radio representing products for JERGENS® (Kao Brands Company) and PROCTER & GAMBLE (OLAY Definity) as shown on SPIKE-TV (formally TNN) & ANIMAL PLANET (Discovery Communications, Inc.) In the New York City area, he has composed incidental and program music for WNYC (National Public Radio) & WBAI (Pacifica Communications).

Franks' current discography contains over forty compact discs of his original music. His music is posted nationally and internationally on the Web and he has on many occasions, been voted 'Top Latin Jazz Artist’ on Sony's ACIDplanet. He can be heard on the 'EPIPHANY FANTASTIQUE' podcast, a program produced monthly and available for streaming and download on his website: www.frankstratton.com.
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The universe is a pretty big place! It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before! So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space... Right? ... (The movie "Contact")

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