Frank Wellington Wess was born on Jan. 4, 1922, in Kansas City. He grew up and learned the saxophone in Oklahoma, but took his horn seriously only after he moved to Washington, D.C., and attended ...

Known affectionately as "Magic" to his professional colleagues, saxophonist/flautist Frank Wess is a living legend in the jazz world. His résumé includes stints with Billy Eckstine, the Clark Terry ...

Frank Wess' new album, Magic 201, is a sequel to last year's similar helping of ballads and midtempo strollers, Magic 101. The new album is very nearly every bit as good, and made a little more ...

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 ...

Frank Wess Quintet. Where: Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave. South, New York. When: Tonight through Sunday, 9 and 11. How much: $20-$25 music charge, $10 minimum. Call (212) 255-4037 or visit ...

Frank Wess' Celebration Nonet. When: Tonight through Sunday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Where: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Fifth Floor, Time Warner Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New ...

Long before jazz pianist Billy Taylor became world-famous, he planned in high school to switch to saxophone. But then he heard the new kid in school — Frank Wess — play the horn. “He’s the reason I ...

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Frank Wess, who helped anchor the saxophone section of the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1950s and ’60s and who pioneered the use of the flute in jazz during a career that spanned more than 70 years, ...

Barron and Reid worked together with Frank Wess in the 1980s, and the full quintet has an easy rapport. (Winard Harper is on drums.) Wess plays one solo flute ballad ("The Summer Knows"), but his new ...

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