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Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the 1960s.
Genere. Jazz. Periodo di attività musicale. 1950 – 2013. Strumento. sassofono tenore, sassofono contralto, flauto. Sito ufficiale. Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale. Frank Wellington Wess ( Kansas City, 4 gennaio 1922 – New York, 30 ottobre 2013) è stato un sassofonista e flautista statunitense .
4 gen 2024 · In the intricate realm of jazz, Frank Wellington Wess emerged not only as a virtuoso saxophonist and flutist but also as a key architect of the genre’s evolution. From his early days in Kansas City to his influential tenure with Count Basie and beyond, Wess left an indelible mark on jazz.
9 dic 2014 · Frank Wess (born January 4, 1922 in Kansas City) is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone (both alto and tenor) and flute. He began with classical music and played in Oklahoma. He later switched to jazz on moving to Washington, D. C. and by nineteen was working in the Big Bands.
4 nov 2013 · Frank Wess, who helped popularize the flute as a jazz instrument in the 1950s and ’60s with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he was also a standout saxophone soloist, died on Wednesday in...
Frank Wellington Wess was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the 1960s. Critic Scott Yanow described him as one of the premier proteges of Lester Young, and a leading jazz flutist of his era—using the latter instrument to bring new colors to Basie's music.
30 ott 2013 · A multi-instrumentalist whose inspired solos have kept big band jazz fresh and vital into the present, Frank Wess was revered as a smoothly swinging tenor saxophone player in the Lester Young tradition, as an expert alto saxophonist, and as one of the most influential, instantly recognizable flutists in jazz history.
