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Frank Wess: The Message of Swing

by Riel Lazarus
April 5, 2005

The genetic makeup of sax and flute legend Frank Wess is pure jazz. What else could explain over 60 years on the bandstand, dozens of cities seen and conquered, the message of swing spread to all within earshot? Though perhaps best known for his years with Count Basie, bookending those are decades of vigorous development and ...

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The Frank Wess Quartet

By Frank Wess

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: It

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Frank Wess: The Frank Wess Quartet

Read "The Frank Wess Quartet" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
May 24, 2004

Frank Wess, sterling saxophone star of the classic Fifties Count Basie Band, leads a relaxed date eponymous to his chosen band size on this recent Original Jazz Classics reissue. The Moodsville tag should give fairly solid indication of what’s in store. Six standards and an original fill out the set list with an emphasis on balmy ...

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First Date

By Frank Wess

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Be Bop (Harris/Parker) - 6:32 2. Ceora (Morgan) - 6:54 3. Sumpn' Went Wrong (Wess) - 6:34 4. Rainesville (Grolnick) - 8:41 5. This I Dig of You (Mobley) - 4:40 6. Pretty Is (Wess) - 5:01 7. Equal Parts (Wess) - 3:36 8. A Child Is Born (Jones) - 4:14 9. Flutopia (Cunliffe) - 6:24

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Frank Wess & Flutology: First Date

Read "First Date" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
November 12, 2003

If you like flutes this record may already be familiar; but if you're one of those listeners who's a little shy when it comes to the instrument some feel is too “pretty" for real jazz, this disc could well be the perfect first date. Flutology features veteran flautist Frank Wess - the musician who first popularized ...

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The Long Road

By Frank Wess

Label: Original Jazz Classics
Released: 2000

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Frank Wess: The Long Road

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 2000

Frank Wess was a busy man in the 1960s. Along with juggling roles as Count Basie’s chief tenor and sessions as a sideman he was also fortunate enough to secure plentiful dates as a leader. In each setting his tenor was allowed room to move, but it was on his own gigs where his powers were ...

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Tryin' To Make My Blues Turn Green

By Frank Wess

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1994
Track listing: Come Back To Me; Tryin' To Make My Blues Turn Green; Listen To The Dawn; And So It Is; Short Circuit; Little Esther; Stray Horn; Night Lights; Surprise! Surprise!; Blues In The Car; Small Talk; Alfie;

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Opus De Blues

By Frank Wess

Label: Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1993

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Live At The 1990 Concord Jazz Festival Third Set

By Ernestine Anderson

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1991
Track listing: Blues In The Closet; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; I Should Care; There Is No Greater Love; Skylark; On My Own; Never Make Your Move Too Soon;