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Frank Wess RIP


Mike Schwartz

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The IPO recording 'Magic 101' was his latest release:

http://www.allegro-music.com/online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=IPO31023

And in the description it lists this disc as "the first in a series of three CDs" so I think there will be some new Frank Wess in the future.

Also, George H. Buck's Progressive Records just released a 1981 session of Frank exclusively playing flute a few days ago:

http://www.jazzology.com/item_detail.php?id=PCD-7057

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RIP Frank. Thank you for all the music. He had a long productive life. I'm glad I got to see him live several times.

Frank and band from 2011.

Here's the band that night at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. November 2, 2011 .

Frank Wess- ts,
Michael Weiss- p,
Greg Gisbert- tp,
Noriko Ueda- b,
Winard Harper- d.

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One way to think about the sweep of Frank Wess' life in music is to consider the big bands that he worked with: Billy Eckstine in the '40s, Count Basie in the '50s/60s; Jazz Composer's Orchesra in '68; Clark Terry in the '60s/70s, Jaco Pastrorius' Word of Mouth in the early '80s, Toshiko Akiyoshi in the mid '80s/early 90s.

Wow.

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