Frank Wess
(04 Jan 1922 - 30 Oct 2013)
Male Person - United States
Releases (22)
Official
Album
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Opus In Swing
20 Jun 1956
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Yo Ho! Poor You, Little Me
1963
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Flute of the Loom
1973
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Flute Juice
1981
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I Hear Ya Talkin'
1984
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The Flute Mastery Of Frank Wess
1988
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Jazz for Playboys
1992
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Trombones and Flute
1992
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Jazz Is Busting Out All Over
1992
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Going Wess
1993
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Tryin’ to Make My Blues Turn Green
01 Mar 1994
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The Frank Wess Quartet
2004
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Once Is Not Enough
2009
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Southern Comfort
12 Dec 2012
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Magic 101
2013
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Magic 201
11 Feb 2014
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Two at the Top
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Paris Barcelona Swing Connection
Album - Compilation
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The Long Road
2000
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The Savoy & Prestige Collection
2019
Single
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Wess to Memphis
1971
Relationships (6)
Member Of
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Frank Wess Quintet
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Frank Wess Septet
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Joe Newman Septet
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Thad Jones Septet
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Bennie Green and His Orchestra
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The Philp Morris Superband
Recordings by (183)
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Kansas City Side
8:32
(20 Jun 1956)
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Southern Exposure
6:49
(20 Jun 1956)
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Over the Rainbow
6:00
(20 Jun 1956)
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Wess Side
5:01
(20 Jun 1956)
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East Wind
5:10
(20 Jun 1956)
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What'd Ya Say
9:46
(1956)
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Dill Pickles
6:09
(1956)
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Dancing on the Ceiling
7:31
(1956)
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Hard Sock Dance
7:40
(1956)
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Salvation
3:52
(1956)
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Lazy Sal
6:11
(1956)
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Low Life
2:40
(1957)
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You’ll Do
3:45
(1957)
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Lo-Fi
3:15
(1957)
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Doin’ the Thing
2:50
(1957)
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Under Hog
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(1971)
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Ooh Child
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(1971)
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
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(1971)
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Cubano Chant
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(1971)
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Willow Weep for Me
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(1971)
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Fool on the Hill
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(1971)
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Catchy
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(1971)
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Wessward Ho
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(1971)
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Get on Board (The Train Is Coming)
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(1973)
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Red Roses
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(1973)
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Trezia
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(1973)
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Arundelle
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(1973)
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When I Fall in Love
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(1973)
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Wade in the Water
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(1973)
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You Are Everything
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(1973)
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Flowers
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(1973)
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I Know What's on Your Mind
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(1973)
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(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
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(1973)
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Lover Come Back To Me
6:17
(1981)
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Spring Is Here
5:59
(1981)
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Riled Up
5:05
(1981)
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There Is No Greater Love
6:26
(1981)
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Nada Mas
5:15
(1981)
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Battle Royal
5:37
(1981)
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I Hear Ya Talkin'
4:09
(1984)
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Liz
3:32
(1984)
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Boop-Pe-Doop
8:37
(1984)
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Opus The Blues
10:56
(1984)
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Struttin Down Broadway
5:35
(1984)
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Basie Ain't Here
2:50
(1988)
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Some Other Spring
4:26
(1988)
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All My Life
3:19
(1988)
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Wess Point
2:12
(1988)
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Pretty Eyes
3:10
(1988)
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Lover Come Back To Me - Take 1
6:36
(1988)
All Recordings By Results >>
On Recordings (50)
Instruments
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Waxin' for Maxie
?:??
The Van Perry Quintet
(1953)
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Chazzanova
3:43
Thad Jones
(1954)
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Bitty Ditty
4:51
Thad Jones
(1954)
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You Don't Know What Love Is
3:30
Thad Jones
(1954)
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Elusive
5:13
Thad Jones
(1954)
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Sombre Intrusion
2:47
Thad Jones
(1954)
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I'll Remember April
3:49
Thad Jones
(1954)
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’S Wonderful
2:38
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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Nevertheless
3:57
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
2:41
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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Opus de Funk
13:28
Milt Jackson
(1955)
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Osie's Oasis
4:34
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Midnight Mirage
2:53
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Jumpin' at the Water Hole
3:57
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Blues for the Camels
3:47
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Cokernut Tree
4:54
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Baggin' the Blues
5:41
Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Inhibitions
3:53
Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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That's a Woman
3:19
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Singin' in the Rain
2:28
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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A Fine Romance
2:31
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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Thou Swell
2:22
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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There Will Never Be Another You
2:54
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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Our Love Is Here to Stay
3:41
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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My Baby Just Cares for Me
2:27
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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I'm Beginning to See the Light
3:08
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
(1955)
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Come Rain or Come Shine
4:01
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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This Can't Be Love
2:33
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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Roll ’Em Pete
3:12
Count Basie and His Orchestra
(1955)
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Shorty George
?:??
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Bouncin' With Boots
11:17
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Doin' the Thing
6:52
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Stereophonic
3:09
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Opus Pocus
7:31
Milt Jackson
(1955)
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You Leave Me Breathless
6:31
Milt Jackson
(1955)
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Opus and Interlude
6:31
Milt Jackson
(1955)
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The Desert Song
2:25
Osie Johnson
(1955)
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Telefunken Blues
5:52
Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Klook's Nook
5:11
Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Blues in a Cold Water Flat
5:11
Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
(1955)
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Over the Rainbow
6:00
Frank Wess
(20 Jun 1956)
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East Wind
5:10
Frank Wess
(20 Jun 1956)
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Kansas City Side
8:32
Frank Wess
(20 Jun 1956)
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Southern Exposure
6:49
Frank Wess
(20 Jun 1956)
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Wess Side
5:01
Frank Wess
(20 Jun 1956)
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Cherry Red
3:25
Big Joe Turner
(23 Jul 1956)
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Roll 'em Pete
3:45
Big Joe Turner
(23 Jul 1956)
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How Long Blues
5:47
Big Joe Turner
(23 Jul 1956)
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Low Down Dog
3:42
Big Joe Turner
(23 Jul 1956)
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Morning Glories
2:13
Big Joe Turner
(23 Jul 1956)
Credited as (54)
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Frank Wess
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Hank Jones & Frank Wess
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Kenny Burrell & Frank Wess
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Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones & Ed Thigpen
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones & Gus Johnson
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Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones & Ed Thigpen
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell & Eddie Jones
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones & Gus Johnson
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Coleman Hawkins & Frank Wess
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Milt Jackson with Frank Wess & Bobby Jaspar
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Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess
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Joe Newman & Frank Wess feat. Kenny Burrell
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Bob Brookmeyer, Richard Davis, Benny Golson, “Sir” Roland Hanna, Hank Jones, James Moody, Jimmy Owens, Mickey Roker & Frank Wess
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DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; Frank Wess
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The Howard Alden Trio with Frank Wess
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John Coltrane / Frank Wess
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Mal Waldron with John Coltrane / Jackie McLean / Paul Quinichette / Frank Wess
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Bill Charlap with Frank Wess
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Wess - Manne
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Joe Newman - Frank Wess
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Frank Foster + Frank Wess
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Bennie Green, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Frank Wess, Cecil Payne, Cliff Smalls & Osie Johnson
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Roland Hanna, Frank Wess, George Mraz, Ben Riley
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Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin and Frank Wess
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Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Charles Mingus, Kenny Clarke
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Junior Mance, Alvin Queen, Martín Rivera, Frank Wess
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Frank Wess - Bobby Jaspar - Seldon Powell
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Herbie Mann, Bobby Jaspar, Seldon Powell, Frank Wess
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Curtis Fuller, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, John “Billy” VerPlanck, Frank Wess
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Frank Wess, Roland Hanna
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Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones & Kenny Clarke
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The Van Perry Quartet feat. Frank Wess
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Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
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Frank Foster And Frank Wess
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Bob Brookmeyer, Richard Davis, Benny Golson, “Sir” Roland Hanna, Hank Jones, James Moody, Mickey Roker, Frank Wess
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Paul Meyers Quartet featuring Frank Wess with special guest Andy Bey
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Thad Jones, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Teddy Charles, Doug Watkins, Elvin Jones
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Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor
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Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Joe Newman, Ed Thigpen
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Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Gus Johnson
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Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Thad Jones, Curtis Fuller, Charlie Fowlkes, Eddie Jones, Gus Johnson
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Frank Wess, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Jones, Bobby Donaldson
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Frank Wess, Al Aarons, George Barrow, Tommy Flanagan, George Duvivier, Osie Johnson, Ray Barretto, Oliver Nelson
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Frank Wess, Thad Jones, Gildo Mahones, Buddy Catlett, Roy Haynes
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Mal Waldron Quintet , Kenny Burrell , Thad Jones . Frank Wess , Paul Chambers , Art Taylor
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Frank Wess / John Coltrane / Paul Quinichette / Mal Waldron / Doug Watkins / Arthur Taylor
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Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Kenny Clarke, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones
All Recording Results >>
Works (14)
Composed
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Secrets
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Senator Whitehead
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The Patient Prince
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Segue in C
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Blue on Blue (No. 2)
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Blue on Blue (No. 1)
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Blues for Ruby
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If You Can't Call, Don't Come
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Don't Come, Don't Call
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Wess Side
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Menage A Bleu
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Estoril Soul
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Magic
Lyrics
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Don't Come, Don't Call
Links (16)
Official Homepages
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http://frankwess.org/
Other Databases
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https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901108d
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https://d-nb.info/gnd/134554922
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83045066
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83045066
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http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j99s0t
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https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210889
Songkick
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https://www.songkick.com/artists/207479
Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess
Discogs
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https://www.discogs.com/artist/10096
Allmusic
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https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000138635
Imdb
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921785/
VIAF ID
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http://viaf.org/viaf/119858348
Wikidata
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182792
Stream For Free
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https://www.deezer.com/artist/92455
Streaming Page
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https://tidal.com/artist/3872389