Frank Wess RIP

[Mike Schwartz]

One of the Grand Masters leaves us.....RIP

Edited October 30, 2013 by Mike Schwartz

[king ubu]

oh no - very sad ... somehow I thought he'd stay around forever.

http://tedpanken.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/a-2002-downbeat-profile-of-frank-wess-for-his-90th-birthday/

[romualdo]

RIP Frank

perchance, yesterday I received the Basie live Roulette set - lots of listening & here's to you

[clifford_thornton]

Wow. Sad news, but he led a long and distinguished life.

[mjzee]

Another great is gone. RIP.

[Mark Stryker]

Remarkable man & musician. True master of craft, art & life. Cats like Frank, whew, these men are heroes. Special condolences to board member Michael Weiss who worked with Frank a lot (and with whom I last saw Frank play a few years ago.)

[jeffcrom]

Dang.

[GA Russell]

RIP. I think his self-titled The Frank Wess Quartet was one of the last OJCs issued.

http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/The-Frank-Wess-Quartet/

[felser]

91 years old, great legacy, RIP.

[J.A.W.]

Sorry to hear this.

[Harold_Z]

Bad news!

[Peter Friedman]

Terrible news. A truly fine jazz musician. The IPO label just recently released a lovely quartet CD by Frank Wess with Kenny Barron on piano.

R.I.P

[Dan Gould]

Damn.

[thirdtry]

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

[Milestones]

I was recently listening to After Hours, a late 50's jam technically led by Thad Jones. But Frank should be considered co-leader. He usually soloed on both flute and tenor. Good stuff!

[CJ Shearn]

RIP

[jlhoots]

That IPO CD mentioned (twice) above is very nice.

R.I.P.

[Hardbopjazz]

^{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.}

Edited October 31, 2013 by Hardbopjazz

[Mark Stryker]

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.

Edited October 31, 2013 by Mark Stryker

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i like how he also made a lot of records with people from pre-bop jazz, like those swingville releases, etc. he was the real deal. RIP

[B. Goren.]

Sad news to start the day with.

RIP Mr. Wess.

[ValerieB]

what a blessing that Frank had such a long, active career. he will be missed.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

my frank selection for right now, everone on this lp has now passed

Edited October 31, 2013 by chewy

[brownie]

He led a full career...

always loved the moments when he stepped to the microphone for solos when he was with the Basie band!

[sidewinder]

A Master musician - RIP. Glad that I got the chance to see/hear him once.